Steps needed to ensure adequate fertilizer during the Boro season
The conflict in the Middle East began at a time when farmers in the country’s northern region have started the Boro sowing season. The ongoing...
Editorial
Middle East war: Bangladesh’s emerging economic risks
This reality brings forward an important policy question—an energy crisis is not just a problem of electricity production or industry; it can also affect the...
Canal Excavation: A New Momentum for Rural Economy
Our country is called riverine not just for the number of rivers; rather, it is the vast network of rivers, canals, wetlands, and waterways that...
War against Iran and Bangladesh’s economy
The ongoing war in the Middle East is not ending as quickly as many had hoped. Many experts believe that there is a strong likelihood...
An accident in name, killing in reality at Daulatdia
The recovery of at least 26 bodies from the Padma River after a passenger bus plunged into the water on Wednesday might while boarding a...
Bangladesh in the shadow of MidEast crisis: A Gen Z reckoning
For the developing situation in the Middle East in Bangladesh is not merely a far-off geopolitical issue but rather it is a direct economic problem....
Fuel crisis: The terrible impact of Middle East War
The government’s statement that the country has adequate fuel reserves has done little to ease the concerns of consumers. According to a report of this...
Unlocking Bangladesh’s untapped natural resources
Bangladesh is known for its strong economic growth, increased exports, and progress in reducing poverty. However, the country has several valuable natural resources that are...
Counting the Dead, Not the Journey
The government insists the roads behaved this Eid. The data, however, tells a quieter and far more unsettling story. In the official version, 100 people...
How many more lives must be lost for safe roads?
Eid-ul-Fitr is meant to be a time of reunion, reflection and joy. Yet, once again, as The New Nation reported last Thursday, the country has...
Opinion: Growth potential amid reserve crisis
Bangladesh is the most densely populated non-city-state country in the world, with the eighth largest population (170 million) within a territory the size of Iowa....
Bangladesh’s strategic dilemma over Hormuz crisis
The escalating confrontation involving Iran, Israel and the United States has once again pushed the global energy system to the edge of uncertainty. What initially...