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
Schools, colleges to reopen soon
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday in parliament said she directed the authorities concerned to reopen all schools and colleges soon and that they were taking measures in this regard.
2 September 2021, 18:00 PM
NID for students: EC to get info from educational institutions
Election Commission (EC) is planning on collecting information of students from their educational institutes to provide them with National Identity (NID) cards.
31 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Reopening of Universities: 19 months’ wait may end Oct 15
All public and private universities will start in-person classes from October 15, after all students have received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccines, a meeting of the ministries and stakeholders concerned decided yesterday.
26 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Universities can resume in-person classes from Oct 15 after all students, teachers vaccinated
Universities can reopen from October 15 after vaccinating all their students and teachers.
26 August 2021, 10:13 AM
Pandemic-hit Education Sector: Recovery plan needs $90m
The government, following a study, has primarily estimated that it will need at least $90 million to implement a recovery plan for an education sector hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.
25 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Over 4,100 polls by Dec!
The Election Commission (EC) is going to hold more than 4,100 elections by December. Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) mayoral election, and all district council and union parishad (UP) polls are to be held in this period.
23 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Parents worried over Aga Khan School’s planned closure
Many parents of Aga Khan School are anxious about the future of their children, as authorities concerned will close down the school and establish a new institute, which will reportedly charge more and restrict the option of choosing curriculums.
21 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Reopening Schools: Universities to lead way
The government is considering reopening educational institutions in phases with universities set to be the first to resume in-person classes amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
15 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Learning Loss in Pandemic: Govt to buy digital contents for students
The government is going to buy digital contents containing interactive and communicative lessons to help secondary students tap the potentials of distance learning.
11 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Non-MPO Teachers: Eid will bring them no joy
Shahadat Hossain, principal of Nikunja Model College in the capital, was able to pay for family expenses for the first 10 months of the pandemic, with the money he got from selling some of his ancestral land.
19 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Shortened versions of SSC, HSC exams likely in Nov, Dec
The SSC examinations will be held in November and the HSC tests in December if the Covid situation improves, the government announced yesterday allaying to some extent worries of around 36 lakh students as well as their guardians.
15 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Govt’s New Stimulus Packages: For the poor made poorer
The government yesterday announced a Tk 3,200 crore relief package for the ultra-poor and destitute families and the tourism sector -- segments that were dealt a fresh blow by the latest round of hard lockdown to contain the second wave of Covid-19 cases.
13 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Govt won’t reopen schools amid Covid wave
Unicef and Unesco yesterday urged decision-makers and governments all over the world to prioritise the safe reopening of schools in order to avoid a “generational catastrophe”.
12 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Justice now a mirage to them
Hasan Mirdha Akash is losing hope of getting justice.
11 July 2021, 18:00 PM
SSC, HSC exams: Pros, cons of alternatives being weighed
The government is looking for alternative ways to evaluate SSC and HSC examinees this year as uncertainty looms over holding of the major public exams if the Covid situation does not improve significantly.
7 July 2021, 09:51 AM
Local body polls amid Covid fears
The elections to 204 union parishads and two municipalities and by-polls to the Laxmipur-2 constituency are going to be held today amid coronavirus fears.
20 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Supplementary Budget: Passed amid uproar over graft
Baffling -- is how one would describe the parliamentary session in which the Tk 13,987.3 crore supplementary budget for fiscal 2020-21 was passed.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Education Budget: Yawning digital gap glossed over
Amidst a clamour to ensure digitalisation of all educational institutions and to get digital devices in the hands of all students, yesterday’s proposed budget for a Covid-battered education sector appeared to have glossed over those needs.
3 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Ex-VC Sobhan violated rules
The outgoing vice-chancellor of Rajshahi University has violated the constitution, university law, and a government embargo by appointing 137 teachers and staffers on the last day of his office, found a probe committee.
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Women in Politics: Parties get another nine years to ensure 33pc representation
Political parties of the country are likely to get another nine years to keep at least 33 percent positions of all committee at local and national levels reserved for women as all the major parties failed to ensure it before the deadline.
22 May 2021, 18:00 PM