Thoughts

Thoughts

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Education in your pocket, yet still taxed as a luxury

Our tax policy still treats smartphones and mobile internet as if they are luxury products rather than basic necessities of modern life.

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A generation unwilling to accept inherited answers

Bioequivalence studies are acknowledged as critical for the quality of drugs and their efficacy in the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 2023. Photo: Collected

Bioequivalence: Building trust in Bangladesh’s medicines

Export earnings have declined from nearly $529 million in 2016 to less than $300 million in 2025, despite growing global demand for shrimp. Photo: TBS

Bangladesh's shrimp industry has the capacity. Why isn't it growing?

People celebrate July Uprising Day in Dhaka. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

July 2024: When generations united on the streets

Green industrial policy in Bangladesh needs enforcement, Not more language

Green industrial policy in Bangladesh needs enforcement, Not more language

Illustration: TBS

Bangladesh’s semiconductor ambition requires a design-first strategy

Over time, many canals have become disconnected from larger river systems, encroached upon by settlements, or clogged by pollution and sedimentation. Photo: Collected

Why Bangladesh needs environmental foresight over populism

Illustration: Ashrafun Naher Ananna/TBS Creative

Every inflationary lever is being pulled at once 

Can Trump make Gianni Infantino the next U.N. Secretary-General?

Can Trump make Gianni Infantino the next U.N. Secretary-General?

The cycle of custodial deaths, enforced disappearances and the culture of impunity in Bangladesh: What should we do immediately?

The cycle of custodial deaths, enforced disappearances and the culture of impunity in Bangladesh: What should we do immediately?

The invisible infrastructure behind every trusted number

The invisible infrastructure behind every trusted number

A bus plunges into the Padma at Daulatdia ferry terminal on 25 March 2026. Photo: Screengrab

A unified digital system could make Bangladesh’s roads safer