If Bangladesh wants student unions to be credible after the 2024 uprising, finance cannot be an afterthought. The opportunity is clear: student politics has been revived after years of dormancy, and this revival can be the seedbed of a democratic culture if the money problem is confronted head-on.
Indian security forces pushed me over at gunpoint. I spent two days without food or drinking water.
A particularly striking section of the report focused on incitement to genocide
For Bangladesh, Artificial Intelligence (AI) can revolutionise education for its millions of students. It holds the key to overcoming longstanding challenges and unlocking their full potential by personalising learning, boosting inclusivity, and preparing the next generation for the future.
If Bangladesh wants student unions to be credible after the 2024 uprising, finance cannot be an afterthought. The opportunity is clear: student politics has been revived after years of dormancy, and this revival can be the seedbed of a democratic culture if the money problem is confronted head-on.
Indian security forces pushed me over at gunpoint. I spent two days without food or drinking water.
A particularly striking section of the report focused on incitement to genocide
For Bangladesh, Artificial Intelligence (AI) can revolutionise education for its millions of students. It holds the key to overcoming longstanding challenges and unlocking their full potential by personalising learning, boosting inclusivity, and preparing the next generation for the future.
Bengal’s deltaic landscape, nourished by the alluvial embrace of mighty rivers, has for centuries cultivated a unique and enduring architectural identity.
When justice is hijacked by rage and rumour, it takes only minutes for a mob to become a murderer.
In conversation with Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman—eminent social thinker, researcher, and Executive Chairman of the Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC), as well as a former Adviser to the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh—who shares his insights on the colonial legacies of governance, the dynamics of Bangladesh’s economic transformation, and the challenges of building human resources.
Globally, Bangladesh is known as the land of rivers and flooding.
Plastic pollution, projected to cause US$4.5 trillion in global economic damage by 2040, poses a severe threat to human health and ecosystems.
The government of China has formally embarked on constructing what is projected to become the world’s largest hydropower dam on the Yarlung Zangbo River, known downstream as the Brahmaputra in India and Bangladesh.
