Food Security: Delay Will Only Increase Risk
A RECENT report by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warns that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz—triggered by a potential war in the...
Editorial
Risk-based, data-driven, board-led: The new era of internal control in banking
Bangladesh Bank’s July 2026 “Guidelines on Internal Control Management System in Banks” reflects an important regulatory milestone for the country’s financial sector. This comprehensive guideline...
Bangladesh’s Apparel Industry Faces a Trust Deficit
For years, Bangladesh’s ready-made garment industry has measured success through a familiar arithmetic. More factories meant more orders. More orders meant more exports. More exports...
Winning the war against dengue Two city corps must act together
WITH the monsoon intensifying, Bangladesh once again faces the familiar threat of dengue. The contrasting mosquito-control strategies adopted by Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and...
Bangladesh–China Relations in a Changing Indo-Pacific: Balancing Development and Strategic Autonomy
The relationship between Bangladesh and China has evolved remarkably since the establishment of diplomatic ties in 1975. What began as a conventional bilateral relationship has...
Sudden rise in energy price use may tarnish govt image
Electricity is one of the foundations of modern life, powering industry, agriculture, healthcare, education, information technology and households alike. Consequently, any increase in electricity tariffs...
Economy, education and good governance
A nation’s progress is not measured solely by the wealth it generates, the roads it builds or the skylines that define its cities. True development...
Energy bottlenecks are strangling industrial growth
BANGLADESH’S aspiration to become a competitive manufacturing hub rests on a simple but indispensable foundation: reliable energy. Yet the persistent delay in providing industrial gas...
Young guns
V.S. Naipaul’s India: A Million Mutinies Now observed a subcontinent fracturing into a myriad localised, raging particularities, each subcaste and interest group discovering its sectarian...
Holy grail of economics
Some people may have watched Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade starring Harrison Ford as the eponymous swashbuckling archaeologist on a mission to find the...
It is a debt to our teachers Honour them with action
The prolonged delay in disbursing retirement benefits to teachers and employees of non-government educational institutions has exposed serious structural weaknesses in the country’s retirement financing...
From farm to market, oversight matters
As I had feared, the situation is unfolding much as expected. Recent heavy rainfall and flooding have damaged not only the Aus paddy crop and...