How climate shocks are pushing Bangladesh’s children out of school – and out of the system
09 Oct 2026 Today's Newspaper
From trade gap to gateway
Can Bangladesh turn Chinese market access into production, exports and a way into global supply chains?
19 Sep 2026 Today's Newspaper
From capital to capability
Can Chinese investment help Bangladesh build skills, suppliers, globally competitive industries?
18 Sep 2026 Today's Newspaper
Gas Prices or Human Lives?
The dangerous logic of great-power politics
18 Aug 2026 Today's Newspaper
Growing Old before Growing Rich
Bangladesh’s demographic dividend is slipping away, and the institutions meant to capture it were never quite built
14 Jul 2026 Today's Newspaper
Flood misery deepens: Million marooned as death toll hits 51
Bangladesh faces a severe flood crisis, with 51 dead and over a million affected. Relief operations under way as fresh
13 Jul 2026 Today's Newspaper
Why Dhaka’s Balanced Diplomacy Is an Economic Imperative
Why Dhaka’s Balanced Diplomacy
Is an Economic Imperative
06 Jul 2026 Today's Newspaper
A ‘Humane Economy’ Caught in an Arithmetical Trap
The Tk9.38 lakh crore FY27 budget attempts to deliver a democratic dividend amid a crippling domestic liquidity squeeze and a $3 billion external energy shock.
12 Jun 2026 Today's Newspaper
Bold ambition, harsh realities
Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Thursday placed a record Tk9.38 lakh crore
12 Jun 2026 Today's Newspaper
Historic budget to test fragile economy
BNP-led FY27 budget of Tk9.38 trillion raises concerns over inflation, weak revenue growth, banking crisis and rising debt pressure.
11 Jun 2026 Today's Newspaper
The Chain That Bleeds Everyone
Why Bangladesh’s agricultural supply chain is failing farmers and consumers alike – and what it will take to fix it
07 Jun 2026 Today's Newspaper
Forgotten nutritional crops: A hidden crisis beyond the rice fields
Abul Hashem has farmed the same three bighas of land in Pirgachha, Rangpur for over four decades. He remembers a
26 Apr 2026 Today's Newspaper
THE DOLLAR TRAP
With domestic gas dwindling and the US dollar at Tk123, Dhaka faces a “two-lung failure” in the real economy. Is a regional currency pivot the inevitable next step for energy security?
14 Apr 2026 Today's Newspaper
Teach the Teacher, or Fail the Child
Teach the Teacher, or Fail the Child
14 Apr 2026 Today's Newspaper
THE INVISIBLE FUEL
Why efficiency is quickest path out of the dark
13 Apr 2026 Today's Newspaper
THE SOLAR PARADOX
How fiscal architecture, policy inertia are throttling Bangladesh’s green transition
12 Apr 2026 Today's Newspaper
THE SILENT BAY
Why Bangladesh’s offshore riches remain untapped amid global storm
11 Apr 2026 Today's Newspaper
The anatomy of an artificial fuel crisis
Bangladesh fuel panic grows in Dhaka despite stable supply, as Middle East tensions trigger fears over oil imports; experts say
29 Mar 2026 Today's Newspaper
Rethinking Zakat, Sadaqah and Fitra as Social Architecture
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17 Mar 2026 Eid Privilege
The panic economy
How fear, greed and weak governance create Bangladesh’s own crises
