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Kulsum’s Disconnected Island

In Bangladesh, we nonstop speak of institutional reform, a tech-forward future, and human potential, but willingly deprive the people in char areas entirely of essential infrastructure.

Can We be an Alternative to the Strait of Malacca?

There is the India-shaped hole in the map. By excluding New Delhi, Beijing has made the corridor more diplomatically tractable, but it has also converted an economic connectivity project into a more explicit piece of the China-India strategic contest in the Bay of Bengal.

Women and Girls Must Still Fight the Beauty Wars

Mental health is significantly affected by the media's ideas given towards women's beauty, especially for younger girls. Research shows that exposure of media images of unachievable beauty standards can lead to body dissatisfaction, low self-esteem and eating disorders.

Life of a Paiki in Dhaka

For those unfamiliar with the cultural tapestry of Dhaka, your obligation as a paiki is to run as a spiritual messenger from one local shrine to another during the 7th to 10th day of Moharram -- entirely barefoot, enduring the burning asphalt and the direct heat.

So, Should the Education Minister be Fired?

Bangladesh needs emergency protocols that operate before photographs go viral, independent technical review of every national question paper, public disclosure of examination failures, and a transparent remedy for affected candidates.

Shut Down Ad-din Hospital? Not So Fast.

The recent closure of Ad-din Hospital in Bangladesh illustrates how policymakers sometimes impose extreme sanctions without considering proportional alternatives.

Where is the Evidence?

Law exists to separate truth from allegation, evidence from assumption, and justice from vengeance. The moment these lines become blurred, it weakens public confidence in the legal process.

Let's Get Real on Taxes

Taxation is not simply about extracting more money from society. It is about defining the relationship between the state and its citizens. Countries do not become middle-income merely because they collect more taxes. They succeed when taxation strengthens the social contract rather than weakens it.

How the Iran War is Changing Everything

The latest regional security shocks have exposed a deeper reality. Hormuz is not simply an oil chokepoint; it is the foundation upon which the modern economies of the Gulf were built.

Assessing Trump's Iran Deal

A war fought in part to eliminate Iranian leverage ended with Iran holding more of it, over Hormuz, over Lebanon, and over the sanctions regime, than it had before the first missile was fired. Whether that trade was worth it depends on whether the next 60 days produce a durable peace or simply a longer, costlier version of the same unresolved fight.

Why is Albert Pinto Always Angry?

Everyone knows that to understand the legal nitty gritty is not everybody’s cup of tea. But everybody at least is entitled to one's common sense.

Whose History Gets to Stay on the Wall?

Historians genuinely disagree about how much of the Bengal famine's death toll is attributable to policy versus war-driven scarcity that no government could have fully solved, just as historians and communities genuinely disagree about how the Nakba should be contextualized alongside the displacement of Jews from Arab lands.

The Doctor on the Motorbike

The image of Aall remains striking precisely because he was an outlier. He did not speak the language of diplomatic balance. He spoke about calories, mortality and responsibility. He insisted that humanitarian action was not morally neutral when people were dying.

The Cup of the World

By the time you read this, Morocco may already have had their rematch, and Norway may have taken England's measure. But something has shifted this June and July that no scoreline can shift back. The giants now walk onto the pitch uncertain.

Solving the Problem of Insolvent Banks

Unless we bail out bank depositors, we might experience bank runs, which could lead to economic collapse.

My Recommendations to the US Department of Energy

Why should this matter to Bangladeshi readers? The future of high-performance computing will likely be led by the United States and China.