A model election?
Seeing what happened during the SCBA election, one cannot help but wonder about what might happen in the upcoming general election.
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Not road accidents, but ‘murder’ by neglect
A death is an accident only when it occurs in spite of all logical, scientific and experience-based steps taken to prevent it.
Destructive ‘development’ efforts by Water Development Board
Our rivers are being attacked one after another. India's dams, river connectivity plans, and various projects undertaken within the country, encroachment and pollution are all taking our rivers closer to extinction.
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Not road accidents, but ‘murder’ by neglect
A death is an accident only when it occurs in spite of all logical, scientific and experience-based steps taken to prevent it.
A model election?
Seeing what happened during the SCBA election, one cannot help but wonder about what might happen in the upcoming general election.
A song that exposed our fear of the hybrid
What made 'Nasek Nasek' so popular, whereas 'Nahubo' received sceptical responses?
Reading as a form of resistance: Some anecdotes from the 1971 war
After the war, the library authorities placed advertisements requesting people to return any books from the library that they might have in their possession, but the response was poor. The library's hundred-year-old collection was lost forever.
How far can the IMF loan promote clean energy?
A set of parallel initiatives need to be undertaken targeting the structural weaknesses of the gas sector and power sector development to ensure energy transition.
Lessons from Pakistan’s economic crisis
The country is in such a state because its forex expenditure is higher than its earnings.
Digital divide: The new face of gender inequality
With the converging crises of climate change, costs of living, conflicts, and the Covid pandemic, we are witnessing a reversal in gender equality gains.
Destructive ‘development’ efforts by Water Development Board
Our rivers are being attacked one after another. India's dams, river connectivity plans, and various projects undertaken within the country, encroachment and pollution are all taking our rivers closer to extinction.
LLA lessons feature in annual Gobeshona conference
The seven-day conference was a platform for local leaders of LLA from over 30 countries.
The politics and pollution of our rivers
Because the control of water and natural resources is no longer in the hands of the people, their use is eventually meant to benefit a particular class.