Opinion

August 24, 2026, 9:25 pm

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PM for relaunching stipends, continuing mid-day meals for students ADP implementation drops below 1% in July Sundarbans climate project to close early amid UK aid cuts Gas-power crisis ripples from food to transport, construction PM Tarique Rahman to visit US in September Rangpur tragedy: Funerals held side by side Nusrat murder case: HC upholds death sentences for two, life terms for four The Hidden Melancholies of Climate Disasters Unregistered for 8 years, 40,000 CNG auto-rickshaws rule Sirajganj roads 6 sentenced to life term, another to 10 yrs in separate cases in Sirajganj

Opinion

The Hidden Melancholies of Climate Disasters

Nicholas Biswas Whenever climate change is discussed, some familiar images spring to our mind: wildfires, floods, heatwaves, and drought. These events dominate the news media because they are immediate, visible, Read More

Muri: A timeless taste of Bangladesh

The river will outlive maps: Teesta’s journey through geopolitics, myth and memory

Masud Rana turns 60, still going strong!

The Return of the Bureaucrat

Turn Crises into Possibilities

How Speed Steals Depth from Thinking

—Joya Mahbub— We are obsessed with having everything “now”. We want our ‘downloading’ to be completed in seconds, our lunch in minutes, and we want to express our opinions in

Data Science for National Policy and Planning

—Md Latiful Islam— National policy and planning play a decisive role in shaping the social and economic path of a country. Governments design policies to allocate resources, reduce poverty, improve

A judicial commission is the need of the hour

—Audite Karim— The United States Supreme Court has ruled that the global tariff policy imposed by President Donald Trump was unlawful. In its verdict delivered on Friday, the court stated

Markets abroad balance profit and festival spirit, why can’t we?

TDS Desk: There is something remarkable about how markets operate abroad during major festivals, especially in the final weeks preceding a holiday. Instead of hiking prices, retailers slash them significantly.