‘If citizens do not wake up, nothing will change’

Badiul Alam warns of deep crisis in Bangladesh’s politics and election system
1 September 2025, 11:58 AM

‘Mob culture won’t affect election-time law and order’

CEC tells US Embassy Chargé d’Affaires
1 September 2025, 11:47 AM

'When chief adviser sits with political parties, not a single woman is present'

Rasheda K Choudhury criticises lack of female voices, flawed policies and misplaced priorities
1 September 2025, 11:24 AM

Anu Muhammad says reforms hollow as 'inequality and poverty deepen'

Criticises government indifference, urges accountability and citizen pressure for change
1 September 2025, 10:20 AM

Civil society must unite to drive reforms: Rehman Sobhan

Urges grassroots mobilisation and prioritised reform ahead of national elections
1 September 2025, 10:06 AM

CA to meet leaders of seven more parties tomorrow

The meeting is scheduled for 5pm at Jamuna
1 September 2025, 09:24 AM
1 September 2025, 09:06 AM

Bangladesh tourism fair in Dhaka from Oct 30 to Nov 1

National tourism organisations from Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and Pakistan have so far confirmed their participation in the BTTF
1 September 2025, 08:06 AM

Nur shifted to cabin from ICU

The medical board took the decision considering Nur's progress
1 September 2025, 06:29 AM

Light of Pradip’s home extinguished by mob violence

Daughter, son’s education dreams now slipping away
1 September 2025, 06:26 AM

Has the interim govt lost its path? Debapriya asks

He, however, questioned why the government's reform process has not progressed
1 September 2025, 06:24 AM

BSF hands over 9 Bangladeshis to BGB after detention in Kolkata

Among the detainees were three men, four women and two children
1 September 2025, 05:51 AM

Pratirodh Parshad pledges women-friendly campus

Gonotantrik Chhatra Jote-backed Pratirodh Parshad will solve accommodation issues, prioritise research, and ensure a women-friendly campus if elected in the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union polls, the left-leaning panel said as they unveiled their manifesto yesterday at Madhur Canteen.
31 August 2025, 21:45 PM

Justice after 38 years

After a legal battle spanning 38 years, freedom fighter Munshi Mohiuddin Ahmed, 74, finally received justice from the country's apex court.
31 August 2025, 20:28 PM

Bangladesh Medical Univ: Country’s first robotic therapy centre launched

The country’s first Robotic Rehabilitation Centre was inaugurated yesterday at Bangladesh Medical University to provide advanced treatment for patients with long-term neurological diseases and paralysis.
31 August 2025, 18:38 PM

Yunus promises election on time

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday reaffirmed his commitment to holding the 13th national election in the first half of February next year.
31 August 2025, 18:19 PM

Country now has 12.63cr voters

The total number of voters in the country now stands at 126,307,504. Of them, 64,004,455 are male, 62,058,819 are female, and 1,230 are from the hijra community, Election Commission Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed told journalists at the EC headquarters in the capital yesterday.
31 August 2025, 18:01 PM

Tensions flare over first-year voter list

Rajshahi University was on edge yesterday as student organisations scuffled over the exclusion of first-year students from the voter list for the upcoming central student union election.
31 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Journos demand legal protection, wage reforms

Journalist leaders yesterday expressed frustration that none of the recommendations from the Media Reform Commission’s report have yet been implemented.
31 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Mob violence claimed 23 lives in August

Journalists in Bangladesh are increasingly subjected to attacks, threats, and judicial harassment while performing their professional duties, according to rights group Manabadhikar Shongskriti Foundation (MSF).
31 August 2025, 18:00 PM