On 12 February 2026, Bangladesh did something important. Nearly 60% of its citizens voted. Polling day was largely calm. The Election Commission under the interim administration managed a process that was orderly and participatory. In a country where elections have too often carried fear in their w
The humanitarian sector is running out of road. I write this from the Regional Humanitarian Partnership Meeting 2025, where actors from across the Global South are confronting a truth it is no longer possible to ignore: the world has entered an age of overlapping, fast-moving crises that our system
In a historic policy shift, Bangladesh’s interim government has announced that from the 2025–26 fiscal year onward, women's unpaid care and domestic work will be officially counted in the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This long-overdue decision marks a watershed moment&m
