Padma Barrage could create another dry, exposed riverbed like the Teesta project
21 May 2026, 09:00 AM
Its original name was the Ganges Barrage, which is more appropriate because the river is known as the Ganges up to Daulatdia.
21 May 2026, 09:00 AM
Interview / Why the Padma Barrage will be a disaster for Bangladesh
19 May 2026, 08:33 AM
The proposed Padma Barrage will deepen Bangladesh’s sediment, water, and ecological crises rather than sustainably resolving them.
19 May 2026, 08:33 AM
Interactive / The haor crisis explained
16 May 2026, 22:36 PM
The crisis in the Haor region of north-eastern Bangladesh is explained in an interactive, Slow Reads Special.
16 May 2026, 22:36 PM
Interview / Haor crisis is fundamentally a management failure: Ainun Nishat
16 May 2026, 00:00 AM
A defining factor is the massive rainfall it receives upstream. Across the border lies Cherrapunji, historically the wettest place on Earth.
16 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Why political cartoons are dying in Bangladesh
3 May 2026, 13:41 PM
The monetisation of news and corporate media influence drives self-censorship, eroding Bangladesh's vital political satire tradition.
3 May 2026, 13:41 PM
In conversation with Richard Wolff / Can workers seize the opportunity as Western capitalism declines?
30 April 2026, 22:10 PM
Richard Wolff argues that capitalist decline and Western hegemony offer the Global South opportunities for working-class organisation.
30 April 2026, 22:10 PM
Why Rana Plaza survivors are still protesting
30 April 2026, 23:03 PM
Thirteen years after Rana Plaza, survivors demand compensation, accountability, and dignity the state has yet to deliver.
30 April 2026, 23:03 PM
Dhaka's Tesla: Technological upgrade or poverty trap?
6 April 2026, 10:00 AM
Dhaka’s battery rickshaws, known as Tesla, offer high-speed urban mobility while trapping drivers in a cycle of debt.
6 April 2026, 10:00 AM
When 1971 enters the feed
The politics of memory is never only about the past. It concerns who gets to define the nation through selective remembrance and selective silence, and which parts of the history are elevated, ritualised, or pushed aside.
26 March 2026, 12:00 PM
The hidden cost of cutting women’s working hours
In the days following the election, as we found ourselves drifting through the familiar routine of scrolling endlessly on Facebook, we began noticing posts from friends and colleagues reflecting on the results.
14 March 2026, 01:36 AM
A wetland losing its farmers
Men who once harvested rice now drive auto-rickshaws along the asphalt.
24 October 2025, 18:00 PM