I spent two years learning AI, then another year unlearning it
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Gazi Nazrul’s case raises bigger questions for parliament
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Chattogram port’s empty-container problem needs more than quick fixes
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Our digital evidence framework must evolve with AI
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We need stronger digital systems to seize the China-plus-one opportunity
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Our forestry policy must be rooted in local evidence
26 July 2026, 15:45 PM
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Why are we still struggling to make health insurance work?
26 July 2026, 09:00 AM
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Citizens have already answered the ‘amendment or reform’ question
26 July 2026, 13:00 PM
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Interview / ‘Every child has the right to be taught by a properly trained teacher’
26 July 2026, 10:00 AM
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Mangroves, livelihoods, and Bangladesh’s economic future
26 July 2026, 11:00 AM
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Strategic approaches to mitigate rumours in Bangladesh
In recent weeks, Bangladesh has been swept up in a wave of rumours circulating across social media.
9 August 2024, 04:54 AM
The opportunity to reform Bangladesh must not be wasted
We Bangladeshis have a special strength, which enables us to form mass uprisings and put up resistance.
9 August 2024, 02:00 AM
Will the interim government be truly anti-discriminatory?
We expect that those who form the interim government will respect difference–be it of gender, religion, ethnicity, or language.
8 August 2024, 18:30 PM
How to get out of the constitutional gridlock?
The “interim” government will have to operate beyond the constitutional scheme as the current one does not endorse an interim
8 August 2024, 14:00 PM
What we need for a new Bangladesh
While challenges remain, there is a unique opportunity to reform and progress toward a better democracy.
8 August 2024, 12:00 PM
Revolution to reform: The long and arduous path to lasting democratic change
The necessary steps that must be taken in consultation with the constitution for a just democracy in Bangladesh.
8 August 2024, 10:30 AM
The winds of change
What does the nation have to look forward to?
8 August 2024, 10:18 AM
How do we clear this economic mess?
Decision makers need to be very cautious regarding who they put up to dispassionately clear the mess.
8 August 2024, 04:00 AM
The movement of tomorrow
The youth's stance against vandalism and violence after the fall of Hasina shows that this is the movement of tomorrow.
7 August 2024, 09:56 AM
This is not the Bangladesh we stood in the line of fire for
It is time for us to be vigilant on all fronts, it’s so much harder to protect freedom than to achieve it.
7 August 2024, 05:00 AM
We must never let such an environment of fear reign again
Fear cannot ever lead to forgetting.
7 August 2024, 04:00 AM
The cadences of a people’s victory
This victory has come at the cost of hundreds of lives of overwhelmingly young people, mostly students.
7 August 2024, 03:00 AM
Injustice must not beget injustice
Attacks on minorities, lootings and lynching must stop
7 August 2024, 02:00 AM
Does the crushing fall of Awami League augur true victory of the people?
Whether the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s regime will eventually lead to a sufficiently robust democratic transition remains to be seen.
6 August 2024, 15:00 PM
A new breath of life?
A joyous feeling overshadowed by waves of destruction, then revived by the hope of a new tomorrow.
6 August 2024, 10:40 AM
Victory and vandalism: Why do we never learn?
We were celebrating the end of difficult times after all, but is this really over?
6 August 2024, 09:55 AM
Voices from Shahbagh
Comments from Shahbhag on August 5, 2024.
6 August 2024, 05:08 AM
How will the interim government shape up?
As long as the demands of the quota reform movement are not fully implemented, the protesters should remain alert.
6 August 2024, 04:00 AM
The cheapening of life and the struggle for the state
Either we finally build a people’s republic or we condemn ourselves to repeat this “legacy of blood”.
6 August 2024, 02:00 AM
A walk through free (?) Dhaka
Bangladesh has gone through a day of historical proportions, and the people on the streets seem to know this.
5 August 2024, 14:30 PM