100 days of BNP government / Hope, crisis, and shadows of old habits complicate honeymoon period
27 May 2026, 11:37 AM
Running a country like Bangladesh is like riding a wild bull -- chaotic and unpredictable
27 May 2026, 11:37 AM
Analysis / The fall of India’s Left has been a slow, steady erosion
5 May 2026, 21:09 PM
Kerala defeat ends last stronghold
5 May 2026, 21:09 PM
Lively debate, yet much left wanting
3 May 2026, 00:00 AM
The first session of the parliament ended with the promise of a vibrant House with lively debates but also revealed weaknesses in the failure to adopt reforms.
3 May 2026, 00:00 AM
‘We are open to opposition input on fuel situation’ - PM tells JS
23 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday told parliament that the government will consider the opposition’s proposal regarding the fuel situation and, if it contains realistic measures, will certainly act on them.
23 April 2026, 00:00 AM
20 ordinances lose validity
11 April 2026, 01:59 AM
Twenty of the 133 ordinances issued by the interim government -- including major reforms on judicial independence, human rights, and anti-corruption -- are set to lose validity from today.
11 April 2026, 01:59 AM
Dropped ordinances: Hard-earned reforms at risk
4 April 2026, 02:54 AM
Eminent rights activists have criticised the parliamentary special committee’s recommendation to drop key ordinances issued by the interim government, noting that most of them are tied to crucial reforms.
4 April 2026, 02:54 AM
News analysis / Opportunity for reforms slipping away once more
4 April 2026, 02:49 AM
Bangladesh’s political journey has repeatedly swung between hope and disappointment. The question now is whether the country is about to witness yet another repeat of that cycle.
4 April 2026, 02:49 AM
Key reform ordinances left to expire
3 April 2026, 04:39 AM
A special parliamentary committee, reviewing ordinances issued by the interim government, yesterday recommended that 20 of them lapse or expire, including those aimed at ensuring judicial independence, curbing enforced disappearances, and strengthening the anti-corruption and human rights commissions.
3 April 2026, 04:39 AM
Next budget to be 12pc bigger
The government is set to present a 12 percent bigger budget for fiscal 2023-24, the last of the Awami League government’s present tenure, as it looks to juggle austerity and growth ambitions.
6 April 2023, 01:10 AM
Public univ admission: Single entry exam from next year
From the next academic year, all public universities have to enrol students through a single admission test and the government will set up a separate authority to hold that exam.
4 April 2023, 01:20 AM
No EVM in next JS polls
The Election Commission has decided not to use Electronic Voting Machines in the next parliamentary election.
3 April 2023, 18:00 PM
One little town showed how to fight back
An eerie silence settled over the streets of Kushtia in the early hours of March 30, 1971, as a curfew, imposed by the occupying Pakistan army, was in place.
27 March 2023, 01:20 AM
42 Risky Buildings: Rajuk evacuation move going nowhere
It appears the evacuation notice handed out to 41 risky buildings by the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) on March 13 was not well-thought-out.
27 March 2023, 01:10 AM
Ragging in IU: They’re too afraid to speak up
Starting university is always a very exciting and important step in a student’s life. But Mahmud (not his real name) remembers his initial days on the campus for all the wrong reasons.
26 March 2023, 01:30 AM
Kushtia’s tale of unimaginable brutality
A dilapidated tin-shed stands precariously at Bittipara area in Kushtia.
24 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Siddikbazar Building: 3 designs seized, only 1 had approval
The owner of the ill-fated seven-storey building in Siddikbazar constructed its basement and the two top floors without approval from Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha, detectives have said.
10 March 2023, 18:00 PM
‘I said what I needed to say’
After delivering his watershed speech on March 7, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returned home with thousands in his wake.
7 March 2023, 01:10 AM
EC gearing up for city polls by September
The Election Commission is preparing to hold city corporation polls in Barishal, Gazipur, Khulna, Rajshahi, and Sylhet between June and September ahead of the next national election.
5 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Torture of student at IU: Hall admin was indifferent all along: probe
Two probe bodies have found Chhatra League activists’ involvement in the torture of fresher Phulpori Khatun at Kushtia’s Islamic University.
28 February 2023, 18:00 PM
A year on, EC yet to earn trust
Since its formation a year ago, the new Election Commission has largely failed to gain the opposition parties’ trust, said political analysts
26 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Islamic University halls run by BCL diktat
It’s the Chhatra League leaders, not the university or the hall administration, who are running the show at the dorms of Islamic University.
26 February 2023, 01:20 AM
EC asks for Tk 3,954cr as polls expenses
The Election Commission has asked the government for Tk 3,954 crore to meet the expenses of the upcoming parliamentary and local government elections and repairing 1.1 lakh electronic voting machines.
20 February 2023, 18:00 PM
1.5 lakh evms bought since 2018: 40,000 unrepairable
The Election Commission has bought 1.5 lakh EVMs in phases since 2018 at Tk 2.35 lakh each, almost 11 times the price available in India.
20 February 2023, 01:30 AM
Draft Electoral Roll 2022: Women comprise over half of new voters
More female voters have got on the voter list than males during the last registration of prospective voters ahead of the 12th parliamentary election.
19 February 2023, 01:30 AM
Mid-day meals likely for govt primary school students from July
The government is planning to introduce the school feeding programme for students of all state-run primary schools in July with the hope that it will help increase attendance and reduce dropouts.
15 February 2023, 01:00 AM
Shahabuddin next president
Md Shahabuddin, a retired district judge and a former commissioner of Anti-Corruption Commission, is set to become the next president unopposed, putting an end to weeks of intense speculation over the post of the head of the state.
12 February 2023, 18:00 PM
AL allies welcome the nomination
Leaders of the ruling Awami League and its alliance have expressed satisfaction over the nomination of Md Shahabuddin as the next president of the country while the BNP termed the election process “illegal”.
12 February 2023, 18:00 PM
NCTB withdraws 2 textbooks amid controversy
Educationists term the move a 'political decision'
10 February 2023, 15:47 PM