After coming out of the shadow of famine, Bangladesh took moral responsibility to provide people with social safety net coverage. Protecting citizens from economic vulnerabilities has become even more important task during the ongoing pandemic that has shattered most people. Not just national prio

In a city where power, money and influence dictate terms, is it possible to get justice? Ashfaque Nipun’s latest web series on the OTT platform ‘Hoichoi’ titled ‘Mohanagar’ is based on this premise. The series follows Harun Ur Rashid and Moloy Kumar, Officer in Charge

In order to commemorate the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) has published two volumes of Readings in Bangladesh Development. It is a set of selected research papers, written over the past 50 years afte

For urban middle-class students of the University of Dhaka, the pandemic-induced closure has largely been an extended vacation. It was completely different for residential students. Many of them faced great financial trouble at the beginning of the pandemic. At that point in time, many departments