Delhi's Bangladesh problem is not Dhaka…it's Delhi
When Bangladesh’s newly elected Prime Minister, Tarique Rahman, took office earlier this year, there was a tentative hint that New ...
18 Jun 2026 19:30 PM
A budget to build a ‘European welfare state’ on a ‘South Asian tax base’
The presentation of Bangladesh’s 55th national budget on Thursday was always going to be a theatrical milestone. After almost two ...
11 Jun 2026 16:42 PM
What Islami Bank’s RDS figures reveal…and what they do not
A review of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC’s Rural Development Scheme (RDS) annual reports and lending data raises substantial questions about ...
10 Jun 2026 21:18 PM
Before travel influencers….there was Feluda
When I first visited Simla, early last January, a walk along the Mall Road produced a sudden, physical frisson.
Leaning ...
06 Jun 2026 19:10 PM
The haunting, circular beauty of Roid
Some films ask what human beings are willing to sacrifice for love; others ask what happens when love disappears. ...
02 Jun 2026 21:21 PM
How the tax trap is keeping cigarettes cheap in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has spent years raising cigarette taxes while somehow keeping cigarettes cheap.
This contradiction sits at the center of one of ...
31 May 2026 16:14 PM
Before 21st century’s climate grief….there was Bhibhutibhusan’s Aranyak
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay’s Aranyak is one of those rare books that seems to have arrived from the future while being buried ...
25 May 2026 02:20 AM
Why tobacco giant BAT’s Bangladesh operations are facing fresh scrutiny from the country’s corruption watchdog?
The investigation launched by the Anti-Corruption Commission into alleged fraud and money laundering involving British American Tobacco Bangladesh has triggered ...
24 May 2026 21:58 PM
Dreams abroad, deadly end
The last confirmed movements of Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy followed a pattern so ordinary that, in hindsight, it barely ...
19 May 2026 17:13 PM
Diplomacy à la Carte
In the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday, beneath the grand chandeliers, US President Donald Trump sat ...