The semiconductor industry has become a strategic pillar of the global digital economy, supporting artificial intelligence (AI), smartphones, telecommunications, electric vehicles, industrial automation, and modern...
Until recently, Towhid Hossain served as Foreign Affairs Adviser to Dr Muhammad Yunus’s interim government. Earlier, in 2007, he was Foreign Secretary under the military-backed...
THE Anti-Corruption Commission’s latest findings at Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) expose a disturbing degree of institutional negligence in the city’s fight against dengue. If...
For centuries, justice has been symbolized by a blindfolded figure holding a set of scales – an enduring representation of impartiality, reason and human judgment....
The death of 13-year-old Ishiyat Shahriar Opratim of Cumilla leaves us with questions that cannot be buried alongside him. On Friday afternoon, Opratim left his...
by NNONLINE 01 · Published September 26, 2026 · Last modified September 25, 2026
Bangladesh has learned to produce more food from limited land, but the next challenge is more demanding: producing food in a way that can survive...
EVERY year, hundreds of thousands of young men and women enter the labour market with higher education degrees, yet they fail to find employment that...
A recent initiative by Bangladesh’s Education Minister Dr A N M Ehsanul Hoque Milon has revived an old question in my mind: how can education...
Bangladesh can reduce how much of an external energy shock becomes a domestic food-security shock. That requires treating energy security, fertiliser security, and food security...
For the people of this country, encountering bribes, harassment, and administrative red tape while seeking government services is an everyday reality. From obtaining official documents...
A society can be judged by how it treats those who cannot speak for themselves. Human beings can demand their rights, file complaints, seek legal...
Engineers frame a nation’s development dreams. Every highway, bridge, power grid, water network, and industrial setup requires engineering expertise from inception to execution. Yet, Bangladesh’s...
