Column by Mahfuz Anam / July charter implementation: Growing distance between BNP and the opposition is worrisome
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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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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Are our preschools truly preparing our youngest?
The primary goal of preschool is to prepare children for formal schooling.
30 June 2025, 07:00 AM
Why the WHO Pandemic Agreement matters for Bangladesh
The agreement also endorses the “One Health” approach, which integrates human, animal, and environmental health.
30 June 2025, 05:00 AM
The weaponisation of religious sentiments
The most haunting aspect is the state’s lack of proper action
30 June 2025, 04:00 AM
NBR crisis is the result of institutional egos clashing
Why should ordinary citizens bear the burden of a bureaucratic breakdown?
30 June 2025, 02:00 AM
How vertical farming can ensure Bangladesh’s food security
Bangladesh is experiencing a steady decline in agricultural production.
29 June 2025, 11:00 AM
Israel–Iran conflict: The West’s enduring double standards
When Israel conducts airstrikes in countries like Syria, Western responses are typically muted or supportive.
29 June 2025, 09:00 AM
Rohingya repatriation at a crossroads
The international community must facilitate the repatriation of the Rohingya refugees to their homeland.
29 June 2025, 06:00 AM
How to quiet Dhaka's horn habit
Bangladesh has laws for controlling noise pollution, but enforcement remains feeble.
29 June 2025, 04:00 AM
How AI shaped the Iran-Israel 12-day war
Palantir Technologies, a US-based analytics firm, was publicly acknowledged to have strategic partnerships with Israel’s Ministry of Defence.
29 June 2025, 03:00 AM
In the halls of fear, an uprising was born
In Bangladesh, authoritarianism began with a knock on a dorm room door.
29 June 2025, 02:00 AM
The ground reality of disaster risk governance in Bangladesh
Over the past two decades, 185 extreme weather events have caused 11,450 deaths and resulted in economic losses amounting to $3.72 billion.
28 June 2025, 12:00 PM
Why Dhaka has become unliveable
To survive Dhaka, you need a strategy. Start by embracing the absurd: treat every crisis as a plot twist.
28 June 2025, 07:00 AM
A quiet shift in South Asia’s energy landscape
South Asia saw the first instance of a functioning, trilateral power trade arrangement.
28 June 2025, 06:00 AM
Who is holding the baby while she works?
Let’s be clear: daycare is not just a holding room, but a place of cognitive, social, and emotional growth for children as well.
28 June 2025, 03:00 AM
Media reform shouldn’t be left out of the July Charter
Ignoring media reform now would be a serious strategic misstep.
28 June 2025, 02:00 AM
The West’s AI dominance is the new colonialism
AI colonialism goes beyond economics; it also involves language and cultural erasure.
27 June 2025, 10:30 AM
Bangladesh’s search for a balanced national identity
Bangladesh stands at a pivotal moment in its political and ideological evolution.
27 June 2025, 06:01 AM
‘Those responsible for custodial torture and death are rarely punished’
Nur Khan Liton, a human rights activist, discusses his experience of dealing with cases of custodial torture and deaths in an exclusive interview with Monorom Polok of The Daily Star.
27 June 2025, 03:00 AM
Transitioning from autocracy to democracy: The four challenges for Bangladesh
The challenges are not exclusively of the interim government's but of the entire political class.
27 June 2025, 02:00 AM
Chattogram's live bird markets expose disturbing gaps in poultry welfare
For example, in traditional bazaars, slaughtered chickens and their waste are kept together in the same containers.
26 June 2025, 11:00 AM