The stolen haq of Qurbani hides
7 hour(s) ago
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Beyond kaanta-taar: Rethinking life at the Bangladesh–India border
23 May 2026, 00:00 AM
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Can Bangladesh save its haor food bowl?
22 May 2026, 09:56 AM
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The great Bangladeshi cattle reality show
22 May 2026, 08:30 AM
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Will Ramisa get justice in Bangladesh’s broken rape trial system?
21 May 2026, 11:30 AM
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Interview / Why the Padma Barrage will be a disaster for Bangladesh
19 May 2026, 08:33 AM
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How secular is the orna?
16 May 2026, 00:00 AM
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Haor crisis turning into a national crisis: Is the government aware?
13 May 2026, 09:30 AM
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Photo Story / The Mro children who could not reach the vaccine
12 May 2026, 17:40 PM
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The slow death of the haors and their swamp forests
12 May 2026, 11:11 AM
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The stolen haq of Qurbani hides
As leather profits grow, Bangladesh’s Qurbani hide market leaves the poor with shrinking returns and lost rights.
7 hour(s) ago
Beyond kaanta-taar: Rethinking life at the Bangladesh–India border
In conversation with Sahana Ghosh, author of A Thousand Tiny Cuts: Mobility and Security Across the India-Bangladesh Borderlands and assistant professor of Anthropology at the National University of Singapore.
23 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Can Bangladesh save its haor food bowl?
Safeguarding Bangladesh’s food security against devastating Haor Basin flash floods demands an urgent transition to climate-smart agriculture.
22 May 2026, 09:56 AM
The great Bangladeshi cattle reality show
From viral names to inflated prices, how social media has turned the Qurbani cattle market into a dramatic theatre.
22 May 2026, 08:30 AM
Will Ramisa get justice in Bangladesh’s broken rape trial system?
Bangladesh's justice system failure denies rape survivors justice due to massive judicial backlog and heavily politicised prosecution.
21 May 2026, 11:30 AM
Why the Padma Barrage will be a disaster for Bangladesh
The proposed Padma Barrage will deepen Bangladesh’s sediment, water, and ecological crises rather than sustainably resolving them.
19 May 2026, 08:33 AM
How secular is the orna?
Talk to any women in Dhaka, the bustling capital of twenty-two million people, and they will tell you a story about the orna.
16 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Haor crisis turning into a national crisis: Is the government aware?
Bangladesh's haor floods severely threaten national food security, demanding systemic livelihood recovery, climate adaptation, and debt relief.
13 May 2026, 09:30 AM
The Mro children who could not reach the vaccine
Geographic isolation and severe infrastructural deficits drive a devastating measles outbreak among Bandarban’s remote Mro community.
12 May 2026, 17:40 PM
The slow death of the haors and their swamp forests
The destruction of ancient swamp forests and upstream mining has caused the disastrous flooding of Bangladesh’s haors.
12 May 2026, 11:11 AM
‘Development’ tragedy in haor: Ami jamu hourbari pakka rasta chai
Unplanned infrastructure in Bangladesh’s Haor region causes severe ecological damage, demanding sustainable floodplain management over destructive roads.
11 May 2026, 16:41 PM
How Asia negotiated with Washington while Bangladesh lost out
Bangladesh’s interim government sacrificed long-term economic sovereignty for asymmetric, fragile US tariff concessions.
10 May 2026, 08:51 AM
The disagreements over presidential power and state religion
As members of the Constitution Reform Commission, we, Sharif Bhuiyan and Firoz Ahmed, submitted two written notes to the Commission—one dated November 23, 2024, on strengthening the office of the President, and another dated December 31, 2024, on the inclusion of “Bismillah” and a state religion in the Constitution.
9 May 2026, 00:00 AM
West Bengal’s election shift: Can it unlock the Teesta impasse?
West Bengal's recent BJP victory might finally unblock the stalled India-Bangladesh Teesta water-sharing treaty despite ecological challenges.
8 May 2026, 09:47 AM
Can Bangladesh manage its municipal waste better?
Effective municipal solid waste management in Bangladesh requires replacing open dumping with modern energy and fuel technologies.
6 May 2026, 10:40 AM
India’s top-heavy boom and the lesson for Bangladesh
India’s jobless growth and structural imbalance offer lessons for Bangladesh in diversifying its economy and achieving prosperity.
5 May 2026, 12:07 PM
Haor farmers are dying, why does no one care?
The agrarian crisis in Bangladesh's haor region stems from structural neglect, threatening farmers' livelihoods and agricultural sustainability.
4 May 2026, 14:13 PM
Why political cartoons are dying in Bangladesh
The monetisation of news and corporate media influence drives self-censorship, eroding Bangladesh's vital political satire tradition.
3 May 2026, 13:41 PM
Art and odyssey of female cartoonists in Bangladesh
When girls draw comics, the topics become far more diverse – touching on nature, family issues, mental health, and self-realisation.
3 May 2026, 13:00 PM
How reality is controlled in the age of digital disinformation
There is a significant overlap, as we are essentially describing the spread of authoritarian propaganda techniques in democracies, accelerated by the technologies of the digital age.
3 May 2026, 12:00 PM