While traditionally working part-time as a teaching assistant, intern, magazine writer, or home tutor has been quite common, the era of student entrepreneurs has begun.

In a coastal village in Cox’s Bazar, steel towers now rise where fishermen once cast their nets.

When the notification first flashed across her screen, Saraf Nawer froze. It didn’t feel real. She read the message again and again, checking the sender and the message to ensure she hadn’t misunderstood.

Bangladesh’s vulnerability to earthquakes and unsafe construction has once again come into sharp focus, as two major initiatives meant to safeguard lives and buildings remain stalled.

The Ganges Treaty does not have a guarantee clause to ensure the discharge of the agreed-upon amount of water at Farakka Barrage to Bangladesh.

When I first met Princess, she was sitting cross-legged on the floor of a tiny concrete room in Davao City on Mindanao island in southern Philippines, her notebook open to a page covered in neat rows of Japanese hiragana.

Stand in the middle of the High Barind in late April, and you are standing on one of the most geologically distinct surfaces in Bangladesh.

The greatest wealth of a nation is neither its geographical size, nor its natural resources, but its skilled young human resources.

In the recent reform efforts initiated by the interim government, significant attention has been paid to elections, electoral politics, and fundamental rights, yet a critical question remains largely unaddressed:

Globally, the boundary for biogeochemical flows of natural nutrient cycles, mainly nitrogen and phosphorus, through activities such as fertiliser use and sewage discharge from freshwater to the ocean has already passed a safe operating space for humanity.

When Rina finished secondary school in a small town near Khulna, she expected her education would open doors. It did not.

Her mother notices stolen glances at Fatema from nearby houses, which fills her with unease. Fearful that something “unholy” might happen to the girl, she decides to marry the teenager off instead of helping her prepare for the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations.

This special supplement examines these twin realities with care and urgency.

The demographic dividend is the accelerated economic growth resulting from declines in fertility and mortality and the subsequent change in the age structure of a country’s population.

The popular notion has been that we have surplus water. But Bangladesh presents a paradoxical situation.

Since independence, rural–urban migration has shaped the socioeconomic landscape of Bangladesh.

Bangladesh has turned a page in its political history and a new phase of political governments is about to start.

For nearly 50 years, Bangladesh has been one of the world’s favourite outliers. Born in the trauma of 1971 with a shattered economy and a population of 75 million, the country was summarily dismissed as a “basket case.”

When we try to envision, conceive, and plan for our priorities for tomorrow, we inevitably, and often unwillingly, submit ourselves to the concept and implications of the dominant paradigm of temporality in our lives.

Our country is a riverine land. Rivers are deeply intertwined with the very formation of this land. Yet, even today, the definition of a river has not been finalised in Bangladesh.