The footpath question we keep avoiding
Every few years, the same theatre unfolds in Dhaka. Footpaths are suddenly cleared, cameras arrive before...
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09 May 2026
A nation grows where its people grow
There is a persistent illusion that nations are built upon geography. We speak of rivers as...
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02 May 2026
DU registrar building: Lunch first, students later
Some buildings produce knowledge, and then there are buildings that produce patience, but in most cases,...
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20 Apr 2026
Living on borrowed time in a republic of negligence
We have, over time, cultivated a culture where survival itself is a calculated risk. Every ordinary...
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08 Apr 2026
Counting the dead, discounting the truth
There is something oddly comforting about numbers. They are neat, disciplined, and obedient. They sit quietly...
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30 Mar 2026
How violence is creeping into everyday life
The stories arrive almost every morning now, scattered across the inside pages of newspapers like fragments...
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24 Mar 2026
Transport politics and the extortion economy
There are 932 registered owner and worker organisations in Bangladesh’s road transport sector, according to the...
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17 Mar 2026
Why Jhenaidah keeps counting its dead
The death of Ananyo Ganguly should have unsettled the nation far beyond the confines of Jhenaidah....
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01 Mar 2026
Power, wisdom and the burden of governance
Civilisation has never progressed in a straight line. Its story is marked by cycles of order...
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12 Feb 2026
When rumour marries law and consent files for divorce
The rumour travelled faster than the law itself, which is not unusual in a country where...
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01 Feb 2026