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Unacceptable Delays in Bangladesh’s Asset Recovery: A Summary of Failures -- and Proposed Action

Unacceptable Delays in Bangladesh’s Asset Rec...

The Erasure of Jahanara Imam

The Erasure of Jahanara Imam

What if the Elections were Held Today?

What if the Elections were Held Today?

My Father’s Manila Folder and How Politics Lost Its Memory

My Father’s Manila Folder and How Politics Lo...

Health Equity Must Be at the Heart of Bangladesh’s Democratic Transition

Health Equity Must Be at the Heart of Banglad...

Reflections from Capitol Hill: A Year On in Washington and Dhaka

Reflections from Capitol Hill: A Year On in W...

Farhana Sultana

A Defining Moment for Bangladesh–US Trade: From Tariff Turbulence to Strategic Triumph

A Defining Moment for Bangladesh–US Trade: Fr...

Zahid F. Sarder

The Second Tariff War: A New Dawn for Bangladesh's Export Ambitions

The Second Tariff War: A New Dawn for Banglad...

Kawsar Chowdhury

What if the Elections were Held Today?

What if the Elections were Held Today?

My Father’s Manila Folder and How Politics Lost Its Memory

My Father’s Manila Folder and How Politics Lo...

Lessons from Kathmandu: Why Bangladesh’s Next Government Faces an Existential Test

Lessons from Kathmandu: Why Bangladesh’s Next...

Bangladesh at a Crossroads: Populism or Principle?

Bangladesh at a Crossroads: Populism or Princ...

Unacceptable Delays in Bangladesh’s Asset Recovery: A Summary of Failures -- and Proposed Action

Unacceptable Delays in Bangladesh’s Asset Rec...

Running the Numbers on the Interim Economy

Running the Numbers on the Interim Economy

What Does Declining Inflation Mean For The Economy?

What Does Declining Inflation Mean For The Ec...

Bangladesh’s Financial Abyss: A Crisis of Corruption and Collusion in Finance Companies

Bangladesh’s Financial Abyss: A Crisis of Cor...

Kawsar Chowdhury

The Erasure of Jahanara Imam

The Erasure of Jahanara Imam

The Rohingya Crisis Through Student Eyes

The Rohingya Crisis Through Student Eyes

The Withering Roots of Dignity

The Withering Roots of Dignity

H.M. Nazmul Alam

Dhaka In Peril: We Can No Longer Fly -- and Build -- Blindly

Dhaka In Peril: We Can No Longer Fly -- and B...

We Need a National Artificial Intelligence Policy

We Need a National Artificial Intelligence Po...

An Open Letter to WHO: You Knew Who Her Mother Was. Why Did You Wait?

An Open Letter to WHO: You Knew Who Her Mothe...

Of July and Revolutions

Of July and Revolutions

Let Global Hands Steer Our Ports: A Call from a Son of Chittagong

Let Global Hands Steer Our Ports: A Call from...

All Policy ETC Politics Economics Society

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and Everything in Between: Bangladesh under the Post-July Revolution Interim Government

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and Everything i...

Junayed Chowdhury

The High Stakes of Tarique Rahman’s Political Absence

The High Stakes of Tarique Rahman’s Political...

H.M. Nazmul Alam

The Road to Net-Zero

The Road to Net-Zero

The Political Landscape Facing BNP

The Political Landscape Facing BNP

Faham Abdus Salam

The Road to Net-Zero

The Road to Net-Zero

Rethinking Bangladesh’s Rohingya Response

Rethinking Bangladesh’s Rohingya Response

Is the Bangladesh Public Service Commission Dead?

Is the Bangladesh Public Service Commission D...

The Stairs to Justice

The Stairs to Justice

Ehteshamul Haque

Your Home in the Sky and the House in Disarray

Your Home in the Sky and the House in Disarray

August 3: The Gulshan Protest

August 3: The Gulshan Protest

Md. Rubaiyath Sarwar

Ben Stokes’s Leadership is the Cornerstone of a Fearless England

Ben Stokes’s Leadership is the Cornerstone of...

The End of Exceptionalism: Why Israel Cannot Survive in Its Current Form

The End of Exceptionalism: Why Israel Cannot ...

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and Everything in Between: Bangladesh under the Post-July Revolution Interim Government

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and Everything i...

Junayed Chowdhury

The High Stakes of Tarique Rahman’s Political Absence

The High Stakes of Tarique Rahman’s Political...

H.M. Nazmul Alam

The Political Landscape Facing BNP

The Political Landscape Facing BNP

Faham Abdus Salam

Who was Charlie Kirk?

Who was Charlie Kirk?

Zahid F. Sarder

Tariff Relief or Strategic Trade-Off?

Tariff Relief or Strategic Trade-Off?

H.M. Nazmul Alam

Bangladesh Bank Is What Needs Reform

Bangladesh Bank Is What Needs Reform

Productivity Is Almost Everything

Productivity Is Almost Everything

Syed Akhtar Mahmood

How Can We Revive Bangladesh’s Capital Markets?

How Can We Revive Bangladesh’s Capital Markets?

A Matter of Life and Death

A Matter of Life and Death

Forget the Elite. We Need To Think About Aspiring Elites.

Forget the Elite. We Need To Think About Aspi...

Syed Akhtar Mahmood

Whatever Happened to the Bangladeshi Elite?

Whatever Happened to the Bangladeshi Elite?

Milestone’s Tragedy: From National Neglect to a National Emergency Response Authority

Milestone’s Tragedy: From National Neglect to...

Kawsar Chowdhury

Can You Tell the Difference Between Jibonanondo Das and AI?

Can You Tell the Difference Between Jibonanon...

Keeping the Faith

Keeping the Faith

When Propaganda Meets Corpses: Counting the Dead of 1971

When Propaganda Meets Corpses: Counting the D...

Kawsar Chowdhury

Thank you, Sister Joann

Thank you, Sister Joann

When Propaganda Meets Corpses: Counting the Dead of 1971

When Propaganda Meets Corpses: Counting the D...

Kawsar Chowdhury

Thank you, Sister Joann

Thank you, Sister Joann

Death of a Local Hero

Death of a Local Hero

Shafiqur Rahman

Adventures On A Train Ride Across Bangladesh

Adventures On A Train Ride Across Bangladesh

Tamim Choudhury

Who Will Pay Bangladesh?

Who Will Pay Bangladesh?

A Return to Roots

A Return to Roots

A metaphorical presence

A metaphorical presence

Chronicles of Coups Foretold

Chronicles of Coups Foretold

When the world was ours

When the world was ours

The J-Z Show। Ep. 5। Gen Z Revolution in Nepal

The J-Z Show। Ep. 5। Gen Z Revolution in Nepal

The J-Z Show। Ep. 4। Election, Interim Government and the Army

The J-Z Show। Ep. 4। Election, Interim Govern...

The J-Z Show। Ep. 3। Can we ever get out of history wars?

The J-Z Show। Ep. 3। Can we ever get out of h...

The J-Z Show। Ep. 2। July Anniversary, tariffs, reforms and election

The J-Z Show। Ep. 2। July Anniversary, tariff...

J-Z Show। Ep. 1। Bangladesh in Global Focus

J-Z Show। Ep. 1। Bangladesh in Global Focus

Interview with Khalid Quadir

Interview with Khalid Quadir

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Teknaf to Tetulia

Teknaf to Tetulia

Teknaf to Tetulia

Do you agree with the banning of Awami League?

Do you agree with the banning of Awami League?

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