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24 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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The Commonwealth's greatest prize lies beyond the Games
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‘Textbooks should not undermine girls' confidence or reinforce the beauty myth’
23 July 2026, 10:00 AM
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Plan well before introducing separate question sets for DU admission
23 July 2026, 11:00 AM
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How can we protect our children from being preyed on?
23 July 2026, 08:00 AM
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What India’s ‘cockroach’ protest tells us about South Asia’s generation of discontent
23 July 2026, 09:00 AM
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How Islamic bank depositors can minimise sharing losses
22 July 2026, 16:45 PM
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Rethinking Bangladesh's health sector reform after SWAp
22 July 2026, 08:00 AM
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Tariffquake: Why Bangladesh economy must diversify or fall
The latest announcement from Washington has not only shaken Bangladesh’s industrial heartland, but has presented a moment of reckoning.
12 July 2025, 02:00 AM
Three realities, one future: Why youth voice must shape population policy
Bangladesh risks missing the full benefits of its demographic dividend.
11 July 2025, 08:50 AM
A fairer future depends on the empowerment of young people
Young people should have the freedom to choose to delay marriage and parenthood
11 July 2025, 06:00 AM
Money and power should never undermine justice
A gang rape accused has no fear of consequences because of his political affiliation.
11 July 2025, 04:00 AM
Are we ready for a proportional representation system?
The absence of any recommendation in favour of PR for the lower house has legal and procedural consequences.
11 July 2025, 03:00 AM
Our dreams are NOT for sale!
Supreme Court Advocate Manzur-al-Matin writes
11 July 2025, 02:00 AM
Dhaka’s rooftops could feed the city, but law keeps getting in the way
Even when rooftop farms are operational, they are not recognised as valid food sources.
10 July 2025, 10:00 AM
The digital strip search: How America’s visa edicts redraw colonial borders in cyberspace
The irony? The US condemns China’s "social credit system" while implementing behavioural vetting via visa forms.
10 July 2025, 07:00 AM
Challenging the Fifteenth Amendment through legal doctrine
As with questions of constitutionality and legitimacy, the tenure of the current government has sparked ongoing debate
10 July 2025, 06:00 AM
Bangladesh’s development model is failing its people
True progress is not measured by GDP alone, but by how fairly growth benefits are shared.
10 July 2025, 03:00 AM
Dhaka’s drains, dengue, and denial
During monsoon, Dhaka becomes a soggy simulation.
10 July 2025, 02:00 AM
When likes shape the message
Communication strategy is now a content calendar.
9 July 2025, 11:24 AM
Lessons we must learn before aspiring to be like Singapore
Unfortunately, much of our development narrative is undermined by corruption, nepotism, lack of law enforcement, and policy inconsistency.
9 July 2025, 07:00 AM
How we could broaden our export base
Diversifying Bangladesh’s export basket has been a high-priority policy objective for many years.
9 July 2025, 02:00 AM
The untold stories behind student deaths abroad
This week, a Bangladeshi student was found dead in an apartment in Japan
8 July 2025, 10:35 AM
Reversing the decline of Dhaka's canals
Any flood flow and sub-flood flow zones must be protected.
8 July 2025, 07:00 AM
Bangladesh's growth depends on women's economic empowerment
There are three major aspects of women’s empowerment—social, political and economic.
8 July 2025, 06:00 AM
Who is sponsoring bribery in Bangladesh?
Why do people offer bribes in the first place?
8 July 2025, 03:00 AM
Remand redecorated: Same torture, new curtains?
Let’s be clear: no law in Bangladesh is safe from abuse when power is unaccountable. Our track record speaks for itself.
8 July 2025, 02:00 AM
We can’t afford another discredited election
Shamsul Huda’s legacy is a lesson—integrity, transparency, and independence are not optional. Not this time…
7 July 2025, 07:58 AM