April 7, 2020
Online Exclusive: Will Covid-19 lead to a novel road of economic thinking?
Never before in the known history of human civilisation has the state agreed to pay the wages of those at risk of losing their jobs. Never before have they ordered social distancing.
February 12, 2020
Coronavirus and the deadly cost of state censorship
From its epicentre in China’s Wuhan, the deadly novel coronavirus has spread across the globe at tremendous speed, taking a heavy toll on human life.
January 18, 2020
Localised Digital Service Tax: Points to ponder
Global trade is being disrupted by the tax disputes over technology giants who mostly operate from Silicon Valley.
January 11, 2020
Taxing the technology giants
There is little doubt that technology will drive everything in the coming days. The developed world is witnessing an artificial intelligence-driven transformation of technology, earlier than us—but...
November 2, 2019
Muzzle me not, no impunity
Each year journalists, news media and supporters of free and independent journalism across the world celebrate November 2 as a red-letter day for journalism.
October 12, 2019
Abrar killing: When democracy fails to deliver
The beauty of democracy is that it provides space to anyone; irrespective of the social or economic status of a person they can assume power and with it can do an enormous number of good things...
February 15, 2019
Good governance: How the media and the public see it
The world at present is encountering remarkable challenges in promoting governance, democracy, transparency, press freedom and
November 23, 2017
Forcing internet giants to pay tax
If the influence of Google and Facebook continues to grow at this pace and regulators let them get away without giving a fair share of their income to the regulators and publishers, we will be...
October 1, 2017
A victim of an ugly conspiracy?
The judicial probe report by the chief judicial magistrate of Dhaka was submitted before the same court in January this year. While we are still waiting to know its contents, we cannot help but...
August 3, 2017
Rape, impunity and power: 18 years after the anti-rape movement at JU
The Banani rape case that took place in March this year is yet another example of how our faulty system tends to work in favour of the criminal. The media's exposure of these crimes helped the...