Without proper oversight, even foreign operators fail to deliver.
Bangladesh needs a bureaucracy that serves its citizens with professionalism and integrity, not one driven by blind obedience.
One cannot demand the abolition of the entire commission just because of differences of opinion on a few issues.
Many changes and reforms are being discussed nowadays, but the reality of the workers has not changed at all.
High construction costs in our mega infrastructure projects raise concerns.
The interim government must prove that they are not a follower of the destructive development model of the past autocratic regime.
Some provisions of the DSA (and the CSA) have been included in the new Cyber Protection Ordinance.
Indian news outlets and social media platforms have been spreading various types of disinformation about the persecution of religious minorities in Bangladesh.
Regular deaths on the highways of Bangladesh have become quite a "normal" thing.
The fact that a fair and impartial election is not possible under the ruling party’s government has become clear once again.
In Bangladesh, 2023 was the year of inflation.
An election without any competition will not be acceptable at home or abroad.
Illegal and indiscriminate sand extraction from the rivers is increasing at an alarming rate, with the backing of ruling party politicians, causing massive erosion of riverbanks and destruction of rural settlements and farmlands.
Why must the locals pay the price of projects supposedly being developed for the economic prosperity of the country?
How acceptable is this minimum wage of Tk 12,500?
Manipulation of potato prices is not new in Bangladesh.
These cases of illegal property purchase abroad are not the main acts of corruption – these are the symptoms.
It is not enough to plan and build expensive flyovers, expressways, metro rail or BRT.
