The History of Green Politics
What started as a protest became politics. What was once dismissed as extreme is now the subject of international summits. The questions Green activists were asking 50 years ago -- how do we live within the limits of this planet, and who pays when we do not -- are still the most important questions today.
Peace or Strategic Reset?
The ceasefire has created an opportunity. Whether the parties seize it will depend not only on the negotiators in the room but also on political leaders willing to accept outcomes short of their maximalist positions. Transforming that opportunity into lasting peace remains the region's greatest challenge.
Why Doesn’t Bangladesh Produce More Breakthroughs?
A country becomes innovative not when its officials announce innovation, but when its inventors no longer need to beg them for the right to build.
The History of Green Politics
What started as a protest became politics. What was once dismissed as extreme is now the subject of international summits. The questions Green activists were asking 50 years ago -- how do we live within the limits of this planet, and who pays when we do not -- are still the most important questions today.
Peace or Strategic Reset?
The ceasefire has created an opportunity. Whether the parties seize it will depend not only on the negotiators in the room but also on political leaders willing to accept outcomes short of their maximalist positions. Transforming that opportunity into lasting peace remains the region's greatest challenge.
Why Doesn’t Bangladesh Produce More Breakthroughs?
A country becomes innovative not when its officials announce innovation, but when its inventors no longer need to beg them for the right to build.
Morality Before Democracy
Democracy survives not because leaders are always virtuous, but because citizens possess the courage and awareness to resist injustice.
Europe's Defence Dilemma in an Era of American Retrenchment
A more self-reliant Europe could also stimulate greater defence-industrial cooperation, increased arms exports, and new opportunities for technological and industrial partnerships with smaller states. It may ultimately contribute to a more multipolar international security environment in which European powers exercise greater strategic influence.
Beijing Before Delhi
The significance of this visit lies in whether Dhaka brings the political alignment and focused preparation to match it. The advance preparation of specific project proposals, the investment conference architecture, and the push on FTA negotiations suggest it does.
Two Weeks to Sharpen Bangladesh’s AI Budget
The budget should tie its connectivity targets to affordability so that rural and low-income citizens can actually use what is being built, not just live within range of it.
What Is Preventing Bangladesh from Becoming Cashless?
Fragmented payment systems, inconsistent fees, and weak interoperability are slowing Bangladesh’s transition to a truly cashless economy
Rethinking the Path to Revive Shuttered Industries
Liquidity is a necessary condition for industrial revival, but it is not sufficient.
The Digital Shalish Court
The most obvious solution is the legal system must criminalize online shaming and punish the cyber-harassers instead of forcing women to disable their accounts.
Why are We Talking About What Women Wear?
Women are neither vessels of national honour nor laboratories of cultural experimentation. They are citizens. And the value of a citizen lies not in her clothing, but in her ideas, her voice, her political convictions, and her contributions.
The Bedsheet Theory of Women's Success
A political culture that cannot imagine women as independent political actors inevitably returns to patriarchy's oldest explanation: If a woman has succeeded, she must have traded her body for power. That explanation tells us very little about women. But it tells us almost everything about the society that produces it.
Did Washington Project Power or Cede the Strait?
The US-–Iran memorandum ended a war on American terms. But the fine print on the Strait of Hormuz, like the rise of the mediators who brokered it, tells a more complicated story.
In Bangladesh, Communication is No Longer Optional -- It's Essential
The simple rule is this: If something can be misunderstood, it probably will be. And if it can be said in a simpler way, it should be. Because people do not expect perfect speeches. They just want clear ones.
The World Hanging on a Bamboo Pole
The distance between Bangladesh and the World Cup cannot be measured in kilometres. It is measured in institutions, accountability, planning, and political will. Perhaps one day, when the World Cup comes around again, one flag on that bamboo pole will sell just a little more than the rest.
