Tk 2.21cr extorted daily from city transport
Finds govt probe; transport sector now controlled mostly by BNP-linked influentials
8 March 2025, 18:00 PM
A walk through relics of power and paranoia
Inside Gono Bhaban, a fallen dictator's palace
20 February 2025, 18:00 PM
How our red and green came to be
The fluttering red and green never fails to inspire pride and joy.
15 December 2024, 18:00 PM
41st BCS police cadre: 100 candidates facing fresh verification
The interim government is re-verifying the background of 100 individuals who passed the 41st Bangladesh Civil Service examinations and were recommended for police cadre jobs.
25 October 2024, 22:00 PM
Sheikh clan’s lust for duty-free cars
With an almost decimated opposition and farcical elections, a party nomination from the ruling Awami League was as good as a seat in the parliament.
25 October 2024, 01:00 AM
Interim govt struggling on many fronts
The government on around a dozen occasions has backtracked on its decisions during its two months in office, casting doubts about its resolve.
8 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Mahalaya to Vijaya Dashami: What this year’s Durga Puja predicts
Durga Puja, an annual Hindu festival, celebrates the divine force “Shakti” embodied in Goddess Durga. This year, Mahalaya falls on 2 October, marking the start of Devi Paksha. Durga arrives on 3 October by palanquin, considered inauspicious, and departs on 12 October by horse.
2 October 2024, 10:19 AM
Cops still afraid to come out of cocoon
An overarching sense of frustration, apprehension, and opportunism prevails over the police force, rendering it virtually dysfunctional.
1 October 2024, 18:32 PM
Rising cost of living: Fuel price hike not the last nail
Friday’s unprecedented hike in fuel prices, hot on the heels of increased electricity, fertiliser and gas prices, served as yet another massive blow to the people who are already struggling to barely survive amid surging living costs.
7 August 2022, 03:00 AM
Think twice before taking up projects
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday issued a host of directives that include stopping non-essential procurement and exercising caution in taking up new development projects.
25 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Power sector external debt: Repayment may pose a challenge
The repayment of foreign loans in the power sector may worsen the country’s debt-servicing burden as the government will have to pay the lenders Tk 197,677.27 crore in the 30 years from 2024-25 fiscal.
24 July 2022, 02:30 AM
Electricity crisis may worsen
The government’s plan for one to two hours of daily power cuts is failing, especially in the north, and the signs are that the electricity crisis may worsen across the country in the coming days.
20 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Hope against hope
The government has assured people suffering from severe power cuts that the situation will improve after September when three new coal-based power plants start operation, but experts expressed doubts about it.
9 July 2022, 02:00 AM
11 law enforcement units in charge of different parts of Padma Bridge
A day after Padma Bridge was opened, two young men died in a motorcycle accident on the bridge on Sunday.
28 June 2022, 22:50 PM
Opposition to EVM hardens
With the next parliamentary election a year and a half away, major political parties, except for the ruling Awami League, are toughening their stance against the use of Electronic Voting Machines in the polls.
28 June 2022, 18:00 PM
A tangled web: 11 law enforcement units in charge of Padma Bridge
A day after Padma Bridge was opened, two young men died in a motorcycle accident on the bridge on Sunday (June 26, 2022).
28 June 2022, 10:12 AM
Local govt polls: Rebels sink AL
Gopalganj is considered an Awami League bastion as it is the ancestral home of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
17 June 2022, 02:30 AM
Govt to go all out to arrest price spiral
The government will make all-out efforts to keep prices of essential commodities stable through measures like lifting all tariffs and taxes on their imports and taking stern action against market manipulation.
13 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Padma Bridge: Grand opening on the cards
Never before has a celebration of such mammoth proportions been planned in the country.
4 June 2022, 03:00 AM
Inflation, forex pressure: Govt moves to rein them in
The government has ramped up its measures to contain the pressure on foreign currency reserves and inflation, drafting an action plan to discourage non-essential imports and bring relief to the poor and the vulnerable from the spiralling cost of living.
25 May 2022, 02:00 AM
All-out effort to bring BNP to national election 2023: Hasina tells party
The government will make all-out efforts to bring opposition BNP to the next parliamentary election, slated for late next year.
7 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Law not the same for two politicians from different parties?
Awami League lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim, who was convicted with a 10-year sentence in a corruption case, has left the country for Bangkok.
3 May 2022, 11:43 AM
Nahid murder: Cops zero in on killers
The youths who beat up and hacked 19-year-old Nahid Mia during the New Market clashes on Tuesday have primarily been identified and are now under police surveillance, said multiple sources, including law enforcers.
23 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Roaring nation and the slogans
No uprising is imaginable without slogans -- be it in our country or elsewhere in the world.
25 March 2022, 18:00 PM
In EC formation, was AL’s political tactic at play?
The new Election Commission, led by Kazi Habibul Awal, is the first in the country’s history to have been formed through the enactment of a specific law, as prescribed in the constitution 50 years ago.
12 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Mission to save Bangabandhu's March 7 speech
April 9, 1971. Amzad Ali Khondaker was moving a trunk out of the Secretariat building that housed the then office of Department of Films and Publications.
6 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Tariqat delivers, again!
Leave it to luck or wisdom or anything open to interpretations, the Bangladesh Tariqat Federation has seen its nominated candidate picked to lead the Election Commission for the second time in a row.
26 February 2022, 18:00 PM
A slogan ever in sync with a nation
“Joy Bangla”, the strongest slogan during the Liberation War and also during the struggle for the country’s independence, is set to become the national slogan of Bangladesh.
19 February 2022, 18:00 PM