GAZA does not mark the end of the settler colonial project. It marks, I fear, its final phase. Western states, enriched by their own occupations and genocides 鈥� in India, Africa, Asia, Latin America and North America 鈥� are returning to their roots as they face a global climate crisis and the obscene levels of social inequality that they engineer and sustain...
IN A world marked by volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity, formulating and implementing public policy has become increasingly complex. Policymakers must navigate a landscape where data is often incomplete, contradictory or...
IN TODAY鈥橲 digital era, news cycle moves at the lightning speed. Stories circulate across platforms within minutes, reaching millions almost instantly. Yet, this remarkable pace has produced a dangerous side effect: the unchecked rise of...
BANGLADESH stands at a decisive crossroads in its journey towards becoming an upper-middle-income country by 2031. With young people making up more than half of its population, the nation鈥檚 progress depends on how effectively it can...
ON MARCH 17, my article in 抖阴精品 posed a fateful question: 鈥榃ill Iran be bombed or have a bomb?鈥� It concluded that the failure of diplomacy would force a grim choice 鈥� a US military strike to preserve the regional status quo or a desperate...
TECHNOLOGICAL breakthroughs in generative artificial intelligence, robotics, automation and clean energy are rapidly transforming business, industry and the global workforce. Many traditional jobs are disappearing, while demand for future-oriented skills...
THE results of the 2025 Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations released a couple of weeks ago 鈥榡olted鈥� the nation. These conventional measures of student learning have been called a 鈥榙ebacle鈥�, which should also serve as a 鈥榳ake-up鈥� call for...
THE evolution of company law in South Asia reflects more than a legal history of business regulation; it tells the story of how capitalist and colonial power was institutionalised through the language of law. The Companies Act of 1862, enacted in British India and...
BANGLADESH has recently ratified three International Labour Organisation conventions 鈥� 150, 187 and 190. It sounds like something only bureaucrats might celebrate. But one of them, Convention 190, is not just another number on a treaty list. It speaks to...
BANGLADESH has since the early 2020s enjoyed demographic dividend as 65.08 per cent of its population falls in the working age population group, according to a report published by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics in 2023. Demographic dividend depicts the economic growth potential that arises when a country鈥檚 working age population, people aged 15鈥�65 years...
IN RECENT months, Bangladesh鈥檚 news media have been describing Sheikh Hasina in multiple ways: 鈥榝ormer prime minister,鈥� 鈥榦usted prime minister,鈥� or 鈥榯hen-prime minister.鈥� Technically, such phrasing isn鈥檛 wrong: even though the elections from 2014鈥�24 were widely condemned as fraudulent, in 1996 and 2008, she was in fact elected. But the core question is: is it...
