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Endangered Sundarbans: Will the Climate Crisis Destroy Bangladesh’s Natural Shield?
By G M Forhadul Mozumdar (Dhaka Bureau) The Sundarbans, the world’s largest undivided mangrove forest and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is now in a battle for survival. Due to the devastating impacts of climate change, this ‘natural shield’ of Bangladesh faces an existential threat, pushing the lives of millions in the southwestern coastal region…
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Bangladesh clings to fuel stocks as Middle East war triggers panic and smuggling fears
by Asif Showkat Kallol Long queues have returned to petrol stations across Bangladesh as the conflict in the Middle East disrupts global energy supplies, sparking panic buying and allegations of hoarding. Government officials insist there is no real shortage. On Tuesday, joint secretary Monir Hossain Chowdhury, spokesman for the energy and mineral resources division, told…
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Understanding geopolitical reality
If there is one area of political knowledge that remains poorly understood, it is geopolitics. This field examines international power relations (domination and resistance, colonization, imperialism, war) as well as the strategies that actors deploy to preserve or strengthen their dominance and exert control over territories, resources, or strategic spaces (buffer zones, spheres of influence,…
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When War Becomes Content, We Feel Before We Understand
As political communication adopts the language of spectacle, war is increasingly encountered as sensation before meaning—altering the sequence through which violence is perceived, understood, and judged. A word keeps appearing across political commentary and media critique, as if it might contain the problem: childish. It surfaces with remarkable consistency—leaders described as immature, as adolescent, as…
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Gardens Instead of Machine Guns – Making Peace through Organic Farming
How a mayor in the Philippines resolved an armed conflict through organic farming – by conquering hunger. Where previously a bitter civil war raged, there is now no hunger, almost no poverty and virtually no crime. What a Filipino mayor has achieved with his “Arms to Farms” program in Kauswagan, a town of 27,000 inhabitants…
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Bloody Eid Journey: Mismanagement of Road and Waterways Robbing Festive Joy
by Maruf Ul Alam (Dhaka Bureau) In Bangladesh, a densely populated South Asian nation, the joy of the Eid-ul-Fitr festival has once again turned into profound grief. A harrowing statistic covering a 15-day period from March 17 to March 28 reveals that approximately 394 people lost their lives in accidents across roads, rails, and waterways.…
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Human Rights Organisations Express Concern Over the Immediate Risk of Deportation of Russian War Resister Maksim Kuzmin to the Russian Federation
The undersigned organisations express their serious concern regarding the immediate risk of deportation of Maksim Kuzmin back to Russia, as he is approaching a yet another—and probably the ultimate— hearing on April 2nd 2026 at the Regional Administrative Court in Kaunas, Lithuania. Maksim Kuzmin is a Russian citizen from Kaliningrad and a reserve military officer…
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Rising Prices, Shrinking Lives: Bangladesh’s Inflation Squeeze Tightens
by Asif Showkat Kallol The cost of living in Bangladesh is rising once again- and with it, a growing sense of distress among ordinary people. Inflation has crossed the 9% threshold, reaching 9.13% in February 2026, according to the latest data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). Although slightly lower than the 9.23% recorded…
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Why the Sudden Outcry Over Measles After Four Decades of Success?
Bangladesh’s Vaccination Program by S. M. Abul Hossain (Dhaka Bureau) In 2026, Bangladesh finds itself facing an unexpected and tragic reality. A nation once globally recognized as a ‘role model’ for its immunization programs is now witnessing child deaths due to measles, sparking widespread public anger and concern. Recent fatalities, coupled with a controversial remark…
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A Journey Towards Politically Independent Banking and a Cashless Economy
Bangladesh Bank’s New Roadmap by Mynul Hasan Sohel (Dhaka Bureau) Bangladesh, an emerging economy in South Asia, has announced an ambitious plan for a radical transformation of its financial sector. The newly appointed Governor of the country’s central bank (Bangladesh Bank), Mostakur Rahman, has stated that the primary goals are now to make the banking…