Thoughts

Thoughts

Rethinking Bangladesh’s growth story: Labour market challenges and the future of work

Rethinking Bangladesh’s growth story: Labour market challenges and the future of work

Despite decades of economic growth and improvements in human development, Bangladesh continues to struggle to create enough productive and formal jobs, leaving much of its workforce in informal...

Farah Kabir at the Dubai International Humanitarian Aid and Development Conference and Exhibition (DIHAD) 2026, where she represented ActionAid Bangladesh.

The Future of Humanitarian Action

Why can't Bangladesh have one framework for valuing work?

Why can't Bangladesh have one framework for valuing work?

Health reform cannot wait, fix the system, not just the symptoms

Health reform cannot wait, fix the system, not just the symptoms

Photo: Collected

A good book, a good friend

Illustration: AI Generated

Countries where free elections and political accountability remain largely absent

A satellite imagery shows Bab el Mandeb Strait, a key shipping waterway and the gateway to the Red Sea, in this handout picture dated July 12, 2026. Photo: Nasa Worldview/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

New wave of war drums in the Middle East: Coincidence or calculated design?

Satellite image shows the East-West pipeline facility in the Hejaz Region, Saudi Arabia, September 8, 2026. Photo: 2026 Planet Labs PBC/Handout via REUTERS

Oil markets survived the Iran war sprint. Now comes the marathon

Illustration: TBS

Bangladesh’s next leap: From stitching garments to building silicon

Illustration: TBS

Minimum tax withdrawal in 36 categories poses a new test for revenue collection

For a family in coastal Bangladesh, the boundary between adaptation and loss and damage is not a negotiating abstraction. Photo: TBS 

Where adaptation ends, loss and damage must begin

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Bangladeshi businesses begin testing AI agents that do more than answer questions

A representational image of the Strait of Hormuz. Photo: Reuters

Asia's oil industry wants Trump to leave the Gulf, but expects he won't