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What Dhaka's Traffic Tells Us About Ourselves
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Ships Sail on Dulu Aladar's Land
Four years ago, Dulu Aladar had his own house in the middle of the Meghna. Now there is nothing.
Why a Flat 15 Percent VAT Would Be a Costly Mistake
The case for a flat VAT looks tidy on paper, but will fall hardest on consumers.
Why Is the New Bank Resolution Act Stirring So Much Debate?
What (and who) the Bangladesh's Bank Resolution Act of 2026 truly acts on.
The New Year and the Secular Mask
How Pohela Boishakh was turned into an elite ritual, and why Bangladesh must reclaim its public culture
A War in the Gulf, a Village Without Its Son
How Bangladesh's Press Reads the Iran Conflict
From Ni Hao to Know-How: Bangladesh's China Turn
A new generation of Sino-literate professionals is reshaping Bangladeshi partnerships.
The Room with No CCTV
A philosophical and political essay on the dismantling of Bangladesh's accountability architecture
Suffering That Begets Suffering
A portrait of one climate migrant family's 50 year cycle of difficulties sinking into difficulties
The Relief That Hides a Reckoning
India's diplomatic pivot toward Bangladesh's new BNP government obscures its past support of authoritarian rule
Bangladesh: The Post-July 36 Syndrome
The BNP is the largest beneficiary of July 36, but does it seek to fulfil the revolution or undo it?
Caught Between War and Work in the Gulf
Bangladeshi migrant workers face the psychological & economic weight of the Iran Conflict
From Shipbreakers to Shipbuilders
As Global Trade Splinters, Bangladesh Sees Opportunity in Its Shipyards
The March Massacre: Beginning of the End
The mass killing that ignited Bangladesh's war of independence. An eyewitness account
Anwara Begum Has No Place for Her Grave
An in-depth look at one of the earliest faces of Bangladesh's climate migration crisis
Bangladesh's Fragile 'Power' Play
Every $5 increase in global oil prices is estimated to add $500 million to Bangladesh's annual import bill.
Watching Delhi Think
How Indian Television & Films Serve As Soft Power Briefings
Marx, Or the Intimacy of the Unfamiliar
A philosophical reading of Marx's central ideas through a Bangladeshi lens
The Eid That Lived Outside Our Walls
In 1990s Dhaka, a small gate separates a child's ordered world from the promise of endless adventure just beyond it.
The Wanderer Dhaka Had to Invent
Paris produced its flâneur through architecture. Dhaka had to invent its wanderer through fiction.
The Journalists Who Serve the Throne
Bangladesh's Press and the Habit of Power
When the Wind Carried Me to Iranian Cinema
Iranian cinema teaches the viewer how to watch again. And once you learn that way of watching, it becomes hard to go back.
Our Photocopied Republic
How literature reached a generation of 90's era Dhaka readers.
After the Landslide
Bangladesh's 2026 Election and the Question of Legitimacy: An Open Letter
Jamaat-e-Islami Provides Official Women's Charter
Party Pledges Commitment To Gender Equality Ahead of Feb 12 Election
The Choice Before Us
A Letter to the Editor Regarding the Epochal Decision Before Us On Feb 12th.
Mismanagement Will Undermine the Quality of the Upcoming Election
A Letter to the Editor Regarding Bangladesh's 2026 National Election
Why Book Titles Matter More Than Party Slogans
What Karl Marx Can Teach Us About Politics, Ideology, and the Poetry of History
The Shifting Compass
The Evolution of Moral Codes and Martyrs In Modern Bangladesh: A Brief History
Of Reason & Being
A Brief Statement of Purpose and Introduction to The Three
The Verdict of the Campuses
How Student Elections Quietly Redrew Bangladesh's Political Map
The Uncageable Bird
An Essay On Performance, Political Theology, and the Crisis of the Modern State
The Body That Cannot Be Erased
On the Shooting of Osman Hadi
When Dhaka Dreamed First
Marxist Romance, Feminist Awakening, and the Forgotten Magic of Surjo Konna