Export-led growth should be a movement -- not a monopoly. If we want the next generation of Bangladeshi exporters to rise, we need to trust them, back them financially, and give them the tools -- not traps -- to succeed.
Why can we not have a transparent timeline detailing what reforms can be achieved if the elections are held in December, another showing what's possible by April, and a third one with a June 30 deadline?
An orchestrated whisper campaign now paints Bangladesh’s July-Revolution youth as saboteurs of democracy. The allegation is as thin as it is dangerous, for it misunderstands both their mandate and the moment the nation inhabits.
The interim government's initiative to launch chain pharmacies and the plan to distribute essential medicines through graduate pharmacists in hospitals could be a groundbreaking step in healthcare
An inefficient private local company is driving port operations into the ground. We could enhance exports by bringing in an international operator. If we don't act now, it will only cost us that much more in the future.
In this era of internet and social media, people are not allowed to forget. Every information, every statement, every image lives forever. When we were given a rare opportunity for a new Bangladesh, people will remember who were for them, against them, and who betrayed them.
Bhasan Char is a symbol of the corruption and cronyism of the last regime, a so-called humanitarian scheme that served only to line the pockets of the powerful. The Interim Government can do the right thing by making a clean break from Sheikh Hasina's most disastrous Rohingya policy.
The Reappearance of the Once All-Powerful AL General Secretary Paints a Portrait of Moral Bankruptcy and Political Cowardice
Creating Chaos in Dhaka Is Cheaper for India Than Confronting China in Lalmonirhat and the Bay of Bengal
The White House is now a stage for public rebuke, political theatre, and intimidation disguised as diplomacy. Within this heavily guarded mansion now lies an inner chamber not of hospitality but of strategic humiliation, where world leaders no longer meet an equal but face a prosecutorial figurehead.
Is it for the Interim Government to arrogate to itself the sole power to determine the time-frame for elections?
The public may want elections sooner rather than later. But elections without reform threaten to make things worse, not better.
BNP should be careful what it wishes for. A post-Yunus Bangladesh may create more problems than it solves.
Could General Wakar’s words be interpreted as a masterclass in layered messaging -- a high-stakes chess match played across three boards –- domestic politics, regional pressure, and international diplomacy?
Let us step back for a moment and ask ourselves what it is the Bangladeshi people want at a time like this
