Why is water-rich Bangladesh running short of water?
16 September 2026
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Bangladesh's education crisis: The future has already begun
14 September 2026
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The global injustice behind Bangladesh’s shipbreaking industry
13 September 2026
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How to make essential medicines affordable and accessible in Bangladesh
12 September 2026
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Can Bangladesh make its plastic waste policy work?
10 September 2026
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Dhaka accidentally built the city planners now want. Can we make it liveable?
9 September 2026
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Can Bangladesh produce its own knowledge?
8 September 2026
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How we are killing Dhaka
7 September 2026
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Can Bangladesh afford not to invest in Bhola’s gas?
5 September 2026
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Bangladesh’s renewable policy: Still too little but not too late
4 September 2026
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Why Bangladesh cannot afford to waste its food
Be responsible for what we eat. Reducing food waste is not just an ethical choice; it is one of the most cost-effective ways to combat climate change and cut methane emissions.
30 March 2026
Gen Z and the erasure of the July 2024 uprising in Bangladesh: From événement to palimpsest
To speak of Generation Z today is to confront a cohort caught in what might be called a historical compression chamber. Born in the afterlife of grand narratives yet compelled to endure their violent returns, Gen Z inhabits a present that is neither stable nor self-contained.
29 March 2026
How Pakistan saw 1971: Inside the Hamoodur Rehman Commission Report
Imagine poring over a confidential war report that warns of unreliable data, only to find it quietly accepting the lowest figures possible.
28 March 2026
The Gurukul Legacy: The lost dialogue between teacher and student
In an age dominated by speed, screens, and relentless competition, something profoundly human is quietly slipping through our fingers: the gentle, ethical, and transformative dialogue between a teacher and a student.
19 March 2026
Typhoid in Bangladesh: A persistent public health challenge
Once inside the body, S. Typhi treats its new premium real estate with remarkable disrespect.
17 March 2026
Rooppur begins, but is Bangladesh Prepared?
This risk becomes particularly significant when a large nuclear reactor is involved. Nuclear plants are designed primarily for base-load electricity generation.
16 March 2026
The family card: Universal promise or targeted programme?
Public debate has been energetic but confusing. People hear "universal" in one statement, then "starting with the ultra-poor" in another, then learn of a pilot in selected upazilas. These are not details for technicians to iron out later.
12 March 2026
Why Bangladesh's new government faces an old narrative trap
In Bangladesh, power has rarely been exercised without a story attached to it. Governments have not governed only through policies and institutions, but through narratives that explain who they are, who belongs, and what dangers supposedly lie outside their authority.
11 March 2026
Ensure fair prices through auctions of agricultural commodities
Bangladesh is a country where millions of people still suffer from poverty, and so food prices are a political issue. It's imperative that the government ensures that agricultural commodities are sold at fair prices, but until now there has been no uniform understanding of a mechanism which can ensure fair pricing. z
10 March 2026
The crisis inside Bangladesh’s Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunals
Specialised courts remain one of the most important mechanisms for addressing crimes against women and children, but meaningful reform is urgently needed.
8 March 2026
Without a Bangladesh wildlife service, our wildlife has no future
On March 3, as the world marked World Wildlife Day, Bangladesh was reminded of a structural question: can biodiversity survive under a revenue-oriented forest governance model?
7 March 2026
Ramadan in the age of screens
Ramadan lives simultaneously in crowded markets and quiet hostels, in neighbourhood mosques and on mobile screens.
4 March 2026
What Bangladesh's Women's movement shares with Nepal and Myanmar
Activism is not just a reaction to an incident or a one-day event—it is a continuous process, a relentless fight for equality that must persist until it is achieved.
4 March 2026
The promises and perils of a ‘Notun Tej’ in Bangladeshi architecture
Nearly a hundred years ago, in 1927, something “revolutionary” happened in Stuttgart, Germany.
28 February 2026
Why writing classes still matter in the age of AI
The real problem is not the use of AI itself. The problem is that writing classes have often focused too much on the finished essay and not enough on the thinking behind it.
27 February 2026
What we miss when we talk about migrant labour
As we consider the realities faced by migrants, their power to organise, and the significance of their contributions, it becomes clear that migration is not a problem to be solved but a dynamic process to be understood and respected.
25 February 2026
Reading ‘Parallels’ through history, politics and literature
If we look at Bangladesh in parallel to Europe during the 1968 uprisings, we find Dhaka itself boiling with mass unrest in 1969.
24 February 2026
André Béteille: A sociologist Bangladesh should read
It is puzzling that in Bangladesh universities, both sociology and anthropology disciplines overlooked and neglected the Weberian model of multidimensional stratification system.
23 February 2026
Emerging pollutants and public health risks in Bangladesh
Moreover, microplastics can absorb heavy metals such as nickel, cadmium, lead, copper, and titanium onto their surfaces, increasing the risk of cancer in the human body.
21 February 2026
You won! Now what?
We don’t need more violence, not even in the name of punishment.
14 February 2026