Opinion

Remittance and Digital Finance

Bangladesh’s remittance system is moving from a branch-dependent, paper-heavy model towards a regulated digital network that can deliver money directly to bank accounts and mobile wallets. Bangladesh Bank’s November 2022

New Challenges for the Government After Honeymoon Phase

Since assuming office on 17 February, the government led by BNP Chairman and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has, over the past five months, created expectations of political goodwill and transformative

Strategic Restraint: Why Saudi Arabia Is Unlikely to Join Abraham Accords Now

The prospect of diplomatic normalisation between Saudi Arabia and Israel has become one of the most consequential questions in contemporary Middle Eastern geopolitics. Since the signing of the Abraham Accords

Sayeed Bhai: A Lifetime of Friendship, Literature and Unfinished Conversations

“The path along which the art, literature, and politics of Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) had been moving was indeed the right one for the Bengalis and for the Bengali language.

Every child deserves equal start

Investing in early childhood is not simply a social obligation but a national imperative, writes Md Siddique Ali A child’s future is shaped long before they enter a classroom. Just as

Man of Integrity, Leader in Wartime

There was integrity about Tajuddin Ahmad. There was in him the committed soul of a socialist. In him lived and breathed a leader in the real sense of the term,

Authenticity of Our Artefacts and Culture

A brief report was published in a leading Bangladeshi newspaper on 12 May regarding Bangladesh’s archaeological artefacts. According to the report, 47 artefacts from the Mahasthangarh Museum in Bogura were

Hydrogen Trains: Can Bangladesh Ride the Next Railway Revolution?

A New Chapter in Railway History Few inventions have transformed civilization as profoundly as the railway. Railways have connected cities, expanded commerce, accelerated industrialization, and shaped the economic geography of