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22 October 2025, 18:19 PM
News Analysis / Consensus to reform: Will this one stick?
Most of the political parties have signed the much-discussed and long-awaited July National Charter -- a landmark document towards reshaping Bangladesh’s democracy and its institutions.
18 October 2025, 18:11 PM
Analysis / Reform by consensus, or another consensus to reform?
Most of the political parties have signed the much-discussed and long-awaited July National Charter
18 October 2025, 05:00 AM
Groundwork laid for sweeping constitutional reforms
The July National Charter, forged in the wake of the 2024 mass uprising, seeks to reshape Bangladesh’s constitution, as it proposes extensive reforms aimed at strengthening democracy and accountability.
17 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Reviving parliament, the heart of democracy
The July National Charter, born out of a compact among political parties, proposes a raft of constitutional reforms to reinvigorate Bangladesh’s parliament, which has remained weak and failed to function as an effective check on executive authority.
17 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Restoring caretaker system with more safeguards
Very few topics in Bangladesh’s political discourse have sparked as much debate or endured as long as the caretaker government system. To many, it represents not just a procedural framework but also a reliable means of conducting free and fair elections.
17 October 2025, 18:00 PM
The power tango between the PM and the president
Reforms ahead of the national election have been the most consistent pledge of the interim government. One of the core reforms, apart from reviving the caretaker government system, is to bring about a balance of power between the prime minister and the president.
17 October 2025, 18:00 PM
A dozen new laws for system reboot
It will require at least a dozen new laws and amendments to eight existing ones to implement the raft of proposals made in the July National Charter.
17 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Girls do better again in HSC
For the last five years, girls have been doing better in terms of pass rate in the HSC exams than boys, but the boys have been getting more GPA-5s.
17 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Ershad’s Pending Case: All cleared, except two
The trials for two long running cases against former military dictator Hussain Mohammad Ershad, who died yesterday, still remain pending.
14 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Ershad no more
HM Ershad is dead.
But before his death at the age of 90, the longest serving autocrat managed to remain a formidable political force, especially in the politics of vote, even after his downfall in 1990.
14 July 2019, 18:00 PM
DCs now want bank, special force, univ
Deputy Commissioners want more power and benefits to have a stronger grip on the field-level administration.
They have proposed that the government allow them to give executive magistrates powers that stem from some sections of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).
13 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Hunger pangs go, schools now fun
Abdur Rahman does not want to miss school for a single day. Playing with his friends and taking meals together during tiffin period are all he enjoys a lot.
12 July 2019, 18:00 PM
5th-Phase UZ Polls: Turnout lowest in 10 years
The fifth phase of the upazila elections cast 38.62 percent ballots, making this year’s polls the lowest participated in the last 10 years.
19 June 2019, 18:00 PM
A little for the jobless
More than a year ago, when Mohammad Zayed graduated from a university college in the capital, his family started expecting that he would soon take over the financial responsibility.
13 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Black money lives on
Walking back on its election pledge to eradicate black money, the government in its first budget of the current tenure has once again kept the scope for whitening money.
13 June 2019, 18:00 PM
SSC (vocational) to be introduced at 640 schools, madrasas next year
The government is going to expand technical and vocational education at all general stream schools and madrasas for developing skilled and efficient human resources.
26 May 2019, 18:00 PM
Shutdown for six months
Annual holidays and other closures eat up more than half the academic year at many secondary schools and madrasas, one of the reasons why students have to turn to private tutors.
24 May 2019, 18:00 PM
Cell to Fight Sexual Harassment: 10 yrs on, 60pc schools yet to act on HC order
An estimated 60 percent of the country’s schools and colleges are yet to form sexual harassment complaint committees despite a 10-year-old High Court directive and government orders issued to prevent such offences on campus.
22 May 2019, 18:00 PM
SSC Exams: Schools with zero pass rates on the rise
The number of schools and madrasas with zero pass rates in the SSC exams has more than doubled since 2015, thanks to the lack of qualified teachers, adequate infrastructures and strict government action against the poor performing institutions.
7 May 2019, 18:00 PM
SSC Examinations: Girls shine as pass rate rises again
After back-to-back years of declining pass rates in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations, it bounced back this year with 82.80 percent students of general education boards becoming successful.
6 May 2019, 18:00 PM
Labour Courts: Justice delayed
Sanowar Hossain is longing for justice for over nine years after he filed a case with a Dhaka labour court in 2010, seeking compensation for his termination by his employer in Gazipur.
30 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Eat healthy to stay healthy
The government has fixed a list of foods for the students of secondary schools across the country and circulated it to all the educational institutes concerned to ensure proper physical and mental development of the young learners.
26 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Secondary School Enrolment: Girls ahead of boys in 63 dists
A silent change is taking place in the country’s secondary level education.
19 April 2019, 18:00 PM
EC to ensure Rohingyas not on voter roll
The Election Commission will take special measures to prevent Rohingyas from registering as Bangladeshi voters.
17 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Upazila Election: Turnout in phase-4 only 36pc
The trend of poor voter turnout continued in the fourth phase of the upazila elections as around 36 percent cast ballots, the lowest of the four phases.
1 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Upazila Elections: One-fifth of top posts needed no election
One-fifth of the chairman candidates in the last three phases of the upazila parishad elections have been elected unopposed, show Election Commission data.
27 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Liberation War: More foreign friends to be recognised
After a pause of six years, the government will once again formally honour foreign personalities and institutions who stood by Bangladesh during its War of Independence in 1971.
26 March 2019, 18:00 PM