The Voter Nobody Owns
Bangladesh’s youngest voters have now been let down twice, and this time they have no obvious place left to go.…
Category: Features & Opinion
Deep dives, perspectives, and original voices that challenge, reflect, and provoke.
How Japan’s “cheap” loans are locking Bangladesh into its own most expensive infrastructure
Every ribbon-cutting in Dhaka’s metro system, every crane over Matarbari, every fresh stretch of the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway carries the…
The Cost of the Raise: What the Ninth Pay Scale Could Do to Bangladesh’s Inflation
On August 31, the cabinet approved the Ninth National Pay Scale, raising basic salaries for roughly 24 lakh government employees…
Why Tarique Rahman Still Hasn’t Gone to India Despite Two Formal Invitations
For six days running, Dhaka and New Delhi have performed the same ritual. A visit is “likely.” A schedule is…
Why Hasina’s December Return Might Be About Everything Except Actually Returning
Eleven days before telling Reuters she would surrender in December, Sheikh Hasina made nearly the same vow to Indian television.…
Fifty Years Later, Another Rahman in Beijing
In 1977, Ziaur Rahman went to China and opened a door. This week, his son walked through it — carrying…
Bangladesh-Malaysia Relations 2026: Tarique Rahman’s Visit Signals Shift Beyond Migrant Labor
Tarique Rahman chose Malaysia as his first foreign destination. That choice is either the smartest thing the new government has…
The Invisible Bridge: How Football United Bangladesh and Argentina Across 17,000 Kilometres
When viral celebrations in Dhaka reached an Argentine press conference in Qatar, something unprecedented began. Three and a half years…
Three More Years — Did Bangladesh Just Buy Time or Buy Itself an Excuse?
By Gonotaar | June 2026 On the same day — June 2, 2026 — two pieces of news came out…
India’s Cockroach Moment: When a Slur Lit a Nation’s Fuse
A Supreme Court judge called unemployed youth “cockroaches.” In three weeks, those cockroaches had more Instagram followers than India’s two…