ONE of the primary challenges for sustainable development globally is environmentally friendly waste management, and Bangladesh is no exception. Due to rapid population growth, planned and unplanned urbanisation, and changing consumer...
The Israel Defence Forces on September 9 conducted an airstrike on Qatar鈥檚 capital Doha. Senior leaders of Hamas, including negotiators from the Palestinian group, were the target of the attack. Immediately after, the Israeli prime minister鈥檚 office...
WHEN power operates unchecked, even a global superpower risks undermining its own legitimacy. This article investigates how US tariff and sanction policies, intended to compel compliance, may instead erode constitutional checks, international...
The judiciary, as a co-equal branch of the state, is central to constitutionalism and the rule of law. Although Article 22 of the constitution guarantees judicial independence, the judiciary still remains administratively and financially dependent on the...
MIGRANT workers from Bangladesh are the silent heroes of the country鈥檚 economy. Their hard-earned money, sent back home as remittances, is a huge source of foreign currency that helps keep the nation stable and growing. Their hard work builds the...
WHEN organisations announce a record quarter or a successful year, it is common to see the sales team applauded first. The logic is simple: sales bring in revenue; and, revenue drives growth. In many ways, this is justified. Sales teams work on the front lines, facing rejection, building relationships and, ultimately, securing the contracts that keep the business alive.
FREE and fair elections are fundamental to democracy, relying on state institutions 鈥� especially the police and other security forces 鈥� to maintain security, neutrality and public trust. In Bangladesh, political polarisation, declining institutional credibility and the rise of digital manipulation have complicated this role.
WHEN protesters pour into city streets, they often chant, 鈥榃hose streets? Our streets!鈥� Of course, they do not really mean it. Everyone knows that streets are for cars and that joyful incursions into streets 鈥� during fairs, protests, the Red Shirt takeover of parts of Bangkok, and so on 鈥� are purely temporary events.
THE world just observed International Peace Day on September 21 with a call for climate action for global peace, which resonates with unparalleled urgency in Bangladesh. In this vast and vibrant delta, embraced by the mighty Padma, the Meghna and the Jamuna, the rhythm of life has always been tied to the water. But now, that very lifeline is threatened by a changing climate.
ARTIFICIAL intelligence-powered technology has in recent times brought about a major breakthrough in the way complex tasks and challenges are resolved at work. Generally, in health care, where these complex tasks and challenges are most visible, artificial intelligence is expected to revolutionise diagnosis, medical care and disease research.
WHEN places of collective memory are attacked, what is being targeted is not merely stone, brick, or timber but the collective history, affective attachments, and plural inheritances they sustain
NE of my earliest childhood memories is walking with my elder brother in our village market and experiencing an overwhelming sadness that radiated all around. It was May 30, 1981 鈥� the day when President Ziaur Rahman was brutally assassinated in Chattogram. Entire Bangladesh was seized by the horror of his death. The enormity of shock and a sense of great loss that the sad news triggered were evident on people鈥檚 faces.
UNEMPLOYMENT has always haunted Bangladesh, but in recent years its character has changed in troubling ways. It is no longer only about people who cannot find work at all. Increasingly, it is about those who do work but in ways that neither match their qualifications nor fully utilise their skills.
ONE of Umar鈥檚 enduring preoccupations is 鈥� understandably 鈥� the politics of the left, the tradition he claims as his own. But he has never been blind to its lacunae, loopholes, weaknesses, and betrayals. On the contrary, he is almost notoriously famous for his sustained, devastating critique of the so-called 鈥榣eft鈥� 鈥� a critique that set him apart early on in his political career.
RAMNA Park in Dhaka is a place for me to go every time I travel to the city. I do my regular exercise in this large remaining green space in the otherwise concretised urban jungle. It was no exception during my most recent trip to Bangladesh.
