Payment puzzle: Why Bangladesh’s digital talent is bleeding money
The entire generations of Bangladeshi digital workers who are winning in the global marketplace are losing at the bank for transaction troubles. The numbers...
Editorial
Unity, Not Revenge, Is the Need of Hour
The Prime Minister, Tarique Rahman, at the July National Conference in Dhaka on Saturday stated that the country must reject the politics of revenge and...
Bangladesh’s academic employment prospects depend on the human-AI integration
Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are reshaping economies, industries, and knowledge systems worldwide. While much attention has focused on AI’s impact on the manufacturing and...
Needing Budget Reconciliation for Maternity Allowance
“Every month I have to go to the field office! Otherwise it feels like I am not doing my job. The budget is ahead. What...
The life of the soil must be restored
In Bangladesh, agriculture is currently navigating a silent but profound crisis. Its impact is far-reaching. Various studies and surveys indicate that the use of organic...
PANDA BOND AND ITS USE FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
In 2000, I was undergoing military training at Hebei University, Shijiazhuang, China. In one weekend, we were taken to Shijiazhuang Zoo, where we saw a...
Education not just a right for women, but a condition for development
A country cannot call itself truly developed when half of its population has to fight for the basic conditions required to learn, work and live...
Justice in the Armed Forces: Restoring Dignity and Rightful Promotions
The strength of a nation is measured not only by its economy, infrastructure, or technological advancement, but also by the public’s confidence in its institutions,...
Bangladesh’s Gas Crisis Is a Crisis of Governance, Not Geology
Bangladesh is not running out of gas overnight. It is running out of time, foresight, and perhaps most dangerously, excuses. The country’s growing energy crisis...
Politically motivated murders must be stopped
It is alarming that nearly sixty political activists have been killed in the country during the first five and a half months of this year....
How BMD’s four out of five radars remain non-operational?
The state of the radar system used by the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) to issue timely forecasts is alarmingly poor. According to a newspaper report,...
Bangladesh’s Eastward Diplomacy
A New Strategic Reality in AsiaThe global economic and geopolitical center of gravity is steadily shifting toward Asia. For Bangladesh, this transformation presents both opportunities...