The government must focus on urgent issues
To prevent a return to authoritarianism or fascism, strengthening democratic processes is crucial.
3w ago
Teachers' empowerment can do wonders for education in Bangladesh
Education must be made enjoyable, accessible, and equitable for students, and for that teachers must have a quality life with dignity.
1m ago
The roadmap for energy sector must be changed
Govt must move away from import-loan-foreign company-dependent projects and adopt a cheaper, environment-friendly, and sustainable roadmap
1m ago
What the interim government needs to do urgently
After 15 years of autocratic rule and authoritarian economic policymaking, the time has come for significant societal reform
3m ago
The opportunity to reform Bangladesh must not be wasted
We Bangladeshis have a special strength, which enables us to form mass uprisings and put up resistance.
3m ago
The government must stop harassing the youth
The government showed us how to take a solvable problem and make it complicated
3m ago
Govt has completely failed to understand the youth
What is happening in Bangladesh right now is truly unfathomable.
4m ago
Quota reform resurgence: Stop violence against students
The government is complicating and antagonising a solvable proposition by ordinary citizens
4m ago
November 29, 2019
Media under surveillance capitalism
Yes, our world has entered into a new phase of rule which can be termed as surveillance capitalism, at home as well as on a global scale. Shoshana Zuboff, the author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism writes, “At its core, surveillance capitalism is parasitic and self-referential.
October 11, 2019
Youth against fear and injustice
The public universities, old and new, are in quite a sorry state. It seems that these institutions exist only to offer support for the government’s misrule.
May 3, 2019
Workers’ cry in workers’ land
Bangladesh is a workers’ land. More than seven million people are working here as manufacturing workers, nearly nine million in hotels and tea shops, more than four million in transport, two million in construction and more than 20 million women and men are actively engaged in agriculture.
June 8, 2018
In search of a development model that doesn't leave out people and the environment
Is development essentially harmful for the environment? Must we sacrifice the environment in order to achieve much-needed development? Should we allow poisoning of our air, destruction of our forests, and pollution of our water to embrace development? If the answer is yes, how can we survive—how can this mother earth retain its ability to support our existence and our reproduction?
July 28, 2017
Peoples' master plan for a livable future
The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports is proposing the “Peoples' Master Plan for Power and Energy (2017-2041)” as an alternative to the government's master plan.
April 21, 2017
The struggle continues
I have known the site of Rana Plaza in Savar for almost four decades now. I have to cross Savar to and from the Jahangirnagar campus
February 26, 2017
YES to Sundarbans NO to projects of environmental destruction
If we say yes to the Sundarbans, then we must say no to the commercial projects harmful for its survival. Whether it is a power plant or any other commercial activity, whether it is foreign investment (FDI) or local investment, whether it is investment from India,
April 11, 2016
Scrap projects of destruction
I first visited Bashkhali in 1991, immediately after a deadly cyclone devastated the area. I could not walk without touching a dead body or its parts...
March 22, 2016
Protecting the Sundarbans is our national duty
The Sundarbans, the last reserve forest in the country and a world heritage site, is again under attack. On March 19, 2016, a cargo
December 5, 2015
Promises or Rhetoric: Climate change and SDG
Without changing the development paradigm, these expensive conferences, goals and agreements will only result in failure. Development must not be reduced to 'growth', and 'construction'.
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