Is the Trump administration committing war crimes in Venezuela?
2 January 2026, 07:00 AM
Opinion
Uncertain politics, unsettling economy
7 December 2025, 07:00 AM
Opinion
Japan has opened its door for Bangladesh, let’s not ruin it
25 October 2025, 04:00 AM
Opinion
Will the upcoming election stabilise Bangladesh-India relations?
14 October 2025, 04:00 AM
Opinion
Bangladesh in the age of global economic flux
27 July 2025, 06:00 AM
Opinion
Rohingya repatriation at a crossroads
29 June 2025, 06:00 AM
Opinion
How extortion is strangling businesses
15 June 2025, 05:00 AM
Opinion
Remembering Mustafa Zaman Abbasi / A polymath with a melodious voice
18 May 2025, 05:00 AM
Opinion
Next budget should prioritise poverty elimination
4 May 2025, 05:00 AM
Business
Opinion / Economic lessons from the tariff war
20 April 2025, 06:00 AM
Opinion
Is the Trump administration committing war crimes in Venezuela?
Since September last year, the Trump administration has taken a hard line against Venezuela.
2 January 2026, 07:00 AM
Uncertain politics, unsettling economy
Bangladesh's much-anticipated parliamentary elections are scheduled for next February. And they could not have come at a more fraught time for the country. More than 16 months have passed since the interim administration took office, and unofficial estimates indicate a downward trend in the government's approval ratings.
7 December 2025, 07:00 AM
Japan has opened its door for Bangladesh, let’s not ruin it
Bangladesh plans to send one lakh people to Japan over the next five years.
25 October 2025, 04:00 AM
Will the upcoming election stabilise Bangladesh-India relations?
There are several areas where Bangladesh and India can collaborate.
14 October 2025, 04:00 AM
Bangladesh in the age of global economic flux
Any casual observer of the recent global scenario can see a constant shift in global crosscurrents.
27 July 2025, 06:00 AM
Rohingya repatriation at a crossroads
The international community must facilitate the repatriation of the Rohingya refugees to their homeland.
29 June 2025, 06:00 AM
How extortion is strangling businesses
The scourge of chandabaji has been eating away at business profits and also depleting the take-home wages of workers.
15 June 2025, 05:00 AM
A polymath with a melodious voice
Mustafa Zaman Abbasi, the musicologist, singer, scholar, and prolific writer, passed away on May 10.
18 May 2025, 05:00 AM
Economic lessons from the tariff war
Our understanding of tariffs might not be complete.
20 April 2025, 06:00 AM
Trump's tariff war: How Bangladesh can mitigate its economic impact
Since taking oath in January, US President Donald Trump has made raising tariffs on foreign goods a cornerstone of his foreign policy.
6 April 2025, 03:00 AM
A six-month progress report on the govt's economic record
Economic struggles and some successes mark the first 6 months of the interim government.
2 February 2025, 06:28 AM
An ode to Prof Anisur Rahman
Professor Anisur Rahman was the founding father of the “Two Economies” theory, which formed the intellectual foundation of Bangladesh’s Liberation War.
16 January 2025, 04:00 AM
The new year through my lenses
Bangladesh and the world's economic, political, or geopolitical outlook will be positive in 2025.
5 January 2025, 03:00 AM
The path to recovering our stolen assets
Corruption, embezzlement, and money laundering have been endemic in Bangladesh but reached new heights during the last 15 years of the now-toppled regime led by the Awami League.
21 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Post COP29 environmental challenges for the interim govt
Bangladesh is facing a disaster on the environmental front owing to the severe and ongoing threat posed by climate change.
8 December 2024, 06:00 AM
Inflation drags down Kamala Harris
It was clear from the beginning of this presidential race that the biggest thorn in Harris’s side was the poor economic record of the Biden-Harris administration.
10 November 2024, 04:00 AM
Does the 2024 Nobel-winning economic research tell the whole story?
The Nobel Prize in Economics for 2024 was awarded to three American economists whose research explained why some countries are rich and others poor.
27 October 2024, 06:00 AM
Removing roadblocks to economic and democratic recovery
The former government left a lot of debris in its wake that needs to be cleaned up.
13 October 2024, 06:00 AM
Hopes and anxieties of the Bangladeshi diaspora
There is indirect evidence that the interim government is very much aware of the roles played by the diaspora, particularly those who live in North America and the UK.
29 September 2024, 02:00 AM
The critical challenges facing the economy
How did the elite and the politicians manage to evade the rule of law and siphon billions out of the country?
15 September 2024, 04:30 AM