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24 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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UGC’s centralised research funding must not undermine academic independence
24 July 2026, 09:00 AM
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Padma Barrage: Reviving one region, risking another?
24 July 2026, 10:00 AM
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The Commonwealth's greatest prize lies beyond the Games
23 July 2026, 16:13 PM
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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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Can Bangladesh feed its projected 22 crore population by 2050?
Rice is at the heart of Bangladesh’s economy, culture, and food system.
23 June 2025, 06:06 AM
We must ensure every birth and death is recorded
A birth certificate is more than a document; it is a child’s first proof of existence in the eyes of the law.
23 June 2025, 05:00 AM
Interrogating power, envisioning emancipation
His work does not merely interpret the world; it is involved in the struggle to change it.
23 June 2025, 02:00 AM
How geopolitical interests trump international laws
When a state conducts military operations within another state’s territory, it frequently violates Article 2(4) of the UN Charter.
22 June 2025, 11:30 AM
The fallout of Trump’s Iran strike
Many experts have argued that Iran’s greatest mistake was not to acquire nuclear weapons
22 June 2025, 09:07 AM
Justice-based approach needed in reproductive health
Family planning programmes should emphasise choice, dignity, and shared responsibility.
22 June 2025, 07:00 AM
Is Mahmudul's arrest a message?
A journalism teacher at Begum Rokeya University, Mahmudul Haque now sits in jail
22 June 2025, 06:11 AM
Can Bangladesh’s urban drainage survive climate change?
Beneath the rising waters lies a tangle of institutional dysfunction and impunity that sabotages effective action.
22 June 2025, 06:00 AM
Israel and the reinvention of bio-necro-politics
The weaponisation of humanitarianism is perhaps the most insidious aspect of Israel’s bio-necro-politics.
22 June 2025, 04:00 AM
What Bangladesh can learn from Lee Kuan Yew’s Singapore
Lee Kuan Yew understood that if you want efficiency, you must first reward competence and enforce accountability.
22 June 2025, 02:00 AM
Myanmar’s new realities demand a new Rohingya strategy
When we look at the current situation in Myanmar, it’s important to understand how complicated things have become.
21 June 2025, 08:00 AM
USAID fund cuts: Reintegrate the ‘forgotten workforce’
The government can survey the number of unemployed workforce due to the fund cuts, followed by an economic impact assessment.
21 June 2025, 07:00 AM
An accurate forecast of global warming made 112 years ago
The buildup of carbon dioxide and other GHGs in the atmosphere has elevated global temperatures to perilously high levels.
21 June 2025, 06:00 AM
Understanding the university ranking mismatch
We need to change our mindset and up our game to improve our universities’ standing.
21 June 2025, 04:00 AM
We're witnessing the barbaric face of a global (dis)order
It is the duty of every individual across the world, to speak out, to resist, the Israeli-US war machine.
21 June 2025, 02:00 AM
Will our remittance warriors get government support to fulfil their entrepreneurial dreams?
Development means a responsible administration at the grassroots.
20 June 2025, 11:00 AM
Israel’s nuclear deception: Flagrant lies and brazen hypocrisy
In the mid-1950s, with the aid of France, Israel secretly began the construction of a large nuclear reactor in the Negev desert.
20 June 2025, 10:20 AM
A reflection on Eid, grief, and quiet compassion
For many, it was a time of joy and ritual—of family, food, and faith. But for some of us, it was quieter.
20 June 2025, 07:15 AM
Yunus in London: Who bears responsibility for the diplomatic misstep?
The foreign ministry should not be credited for Yunus's engagements in London with politicians, business leaders, academics, and leading diaspora figures.
20 June 2025, 04:00 AM
The locked archive: How bureaucracy silences Bengal’s poetic soul
The Dhanshiri still flows past the locked archive. It remembers young Jibanananda boarding steamers to Khulna, scribbling verses in the damp air.
19 June 2025, 10:30 AM