Too Late, or Right on Time? Bangladesh’s New Madrasa Protection Rules

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Too Late, or Right on Time? Bangladesh’s New Madrasa Protection Rules

Bangladesh’s apex Qawmi madrasa authority, Al Haiatul Ulya Lil Jamiatil Qawmia Bangladesh, has issued its clearest statement yet on student welfare: a categorical ban on beating students, a mandate for functioning protection committees, and a seven-day deadline for investigating complaints. The announcement raises an obvious question. Does it arrive too late to matter, and what…

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Education

A Delayed Ballot, a Deepening Gap: What the EC’s Postponement Means for Local Governance and Law and Order

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A Delayed Ballot, a Deepening Gap: What the EC’s Postponement Means for Local Governance and Law and Order

This article examines the Election Commission’s decision to rule out local government elections this year, and considers its implications for regional governance, law and order, and the protection of vulnerable citizens across Bangladesh. On its surface, the announcement that local elections will not take place in November or December is an administrative scheduling matter. Preparations…

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Law & Local Governance

Harvest as Blessing or Distress: Moral Hazard in Bangladesh’s Agricultural Supply Chain

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Harvest as Blessing or Distress: Moral Hazard in Bangladesh’s Agricultural Supply Chain

For a Bangladeshi farmer, harvest season carries a peculiar duality. A bumper crop of rice, potatoes, or vegetables ought to be an occasion for celebration, yet a striking number of farmers describe the moment with apprehension rather than relief. The disjuncture does not originate in the fields themselves, where yield is the product of soil,…

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Agriculture

E-Governance in Local Government: Bridging the Gaps to 2030

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E-Governance in Local Government: Bridging the Gaps to 2030

On 31 August, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Bangladesh organised a significant discussion titled “E-Governance in Local Government Institutions: Current State and the Way Forward.” The analysis and recommendations presented by the panelists show that Bangladesh has already gained positive momentum on its path toward digital transformation, and that the time has come to…

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Law & Local Governance

The Star Who Never Faded: Salman Shah and the Wound he Left on Bangladeshi Cinema

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The Star Who Never Faded: Salman Shah and the Wound he Left on Bangladeshi Cinema

In the early 1990s, Bangladeshi cinema discovered a face capable of selling tickets on the strength of a poster alone. Chowdhury Mohammad Shahriar Emon, better known as Salman Shah, entered the industry in 1993 with Keyamat Theke Keyamat and, within roughly three years, redefined what a Bangladeshi leading man could look like on screen, bringing…

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Art, Literature, History & National Heritage

The Missing Ledger: What the SAARC Revival Debate Still Has Not Priced In

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The Missing Ledger: What the SAARC Revival Debate Still Has Not Priced In

A recent piece in The Oniket Bulletin, titled Can SAARC Be Revived, and If So, Under Bangladesh’s Leadership, makes a useful contribution by tracing this year’s wave of regional unrest, from Bangladesh’s 2024 uprising to Sri Lanka’s Aragalaya and Nepal’s youth protests, back to a shared institutional vacuum. Its central claim is compelling: a functioning…

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Economy & Policy Governance

Digital Accessibility: Laws and Policies Exist, But Where Is the Implementation?

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Digital Accessibility: Laws and Policies Exist, But Where Is the Implementation?

Over the past decade, the expansion of digital services in Bangladesh has brought significant changes to the country’s public service system. Government information, applications, registration, education, healthcare, social protection and financial transactions are increasingly moving online. There is no doubt that this is an important achievement in Bangladesh’s development. But alongside this progress, a fundamental…

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Humanity, Social Welfare, Human Rights & Happiness

Dying by Degrees: Pollution, Dredging, and the Fight to Save Dhaka’s Rivers: A River System Under Siege

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Dying by Degrees: Pollution, Dredging, and the Fight to Save Dhaka’s Rivers: A River System Under Siege

Dhaka’s rivers once anchored its identity as a hub of trade and settlement, but the Buriganga and Turag have since deteriorated into little more than open sewers along many of their stretches. The city sends more than eighty percent of its wastewater into these waterways untreated, and over half of its canals have either vanished…

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Sustainability & Urban Planning

Closing the Gap: Air Pollution Policy in Bangladesh Through the Lens of Optimal Pollution Theory

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Closing the Gap: Air Pollution Policy in Bangladesh Through the Lens of Optimal Pollution Theory

The Theory of Optimal Pollution Microeconomic theory frames pollution as a negative externality: a firm generates emissions alongside its output but bears only its private marginal cost while society absorbs an additional external cost. The socially optimal level of pollution isn’t zero, it’s the point where the marginal social benefit of extra economic activity equals…

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Economy & Policy Governance

Framed Only at the Margins: Indigenous Culture and the Ethics of Bangladeshi Media

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Framed Only at the Margins: Indigenous Culture and the Ethics of Bangladeshi Media

A two-day photo exhibition titled Rising Hills, Beyond the Frame recently opened at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, displaying images of daily life, economic hardship, and resilience among indigenous communities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Organised by the Manusher Jonno Foundation, it brought together participants from the United Nations Development Programme, UN Women, the European Union…

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Media, Publishing & Digital Dissemination
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