The screening of newly released film titled 鈥楾aandob鈥� halted on Tuesday afternoon at Auliabad in Tangail鈥檚 Kalihati due to security concerns amid protests allegedly by a local Islamist group...
Economists have observed that the proposed national budget for the 2025鈥�26 financial year lacks the structural depth needed to address Bangladesh鈥檚 long-standing economic challenges.
THE recent surge in violence against women perpetrated by Islamist groups or mobs acting as 鈥榯awhidi janata鈥� alongside the government鈥檚 failure to adequately respond is gravely concerning. After the July uprising, in which women and girls from diverse backgrounds actively participated and which they often led, it was hoped that women鈥檚 democratic aspirations...
Prominent economist Professor Abu Ahmed has questioned the logic behind complying with all the conditions set by the International Monetary Fund saying that following every prescription does not ensure economic progress...
THE ongoing debate surrounding the Women鈥檚 Affairs Reform Commission in Bangladesh has largely centered around a handful of its 433 recommendations, particularly those deemed controversial by Islamist groups, rather than the full scope of reforms proposed. Much of the coverage 鈥� whether in news reports or opinion pieces 鈥� has focused less on what the...
Economist Rehman Sobhan on Thursday said rushing to Washington in a show of modesty to deal with the newly announced tariff policy by the United States was not a good strategy...
The International Crimes Tribunal on Monday allowed a prosecution plea to show three former senior police officials arrested in a case related to an alleged 鈥榮taged鈥� extremist den raid in Mirpur鈥檚 Jahajbari where law enforcement officers fatally shot nine youths in 2016...
Economists in a pre-budget discussion on Sunday in the capital Dhaka suggested employment generation schemes, expansion of social spending and maintenance of a high food stock in the forthcoming financial year...
More than 70 members of the Islamist armed group Al-Shabaab were killed during an army operation with local forces in Somalia, the information ministry said on Tuesday....
THE government plan on a bus route franchise to streamline public transports in Dhaka could clash with a similar programme that the transport owners鈥� association has taken up. This is worrying. The road transport adviser in December 2024 announced that the government would introduce company-based bus operation on nine routes in Dhaka on February...
Another inter-district girls鈥� football match was halted amid protests by leaders and activists of Islami Andolan Bangladesh at Taraganj in Rangpur Thursday afternoon...
IMAGINE a young working mother in Dhaka, rushing to an important meeting while struggling to find someone to look after her sick child. Or a father juggling between work and errands, with no immediate family available to watch over his toddler. In many parts of the world, this gap is easily filled by babysitting services. But in Bangladesh, where...
Syria鈥檚 new leadership on Wednesday urged Moscow to 鈥榓ddress past mistakes鈥� during talks with visiting Russian officials 鈥� the first since former president Bashar al-Assad, a Kremlin ally, was toppled last month...
The 22nd council meeting of the Military Institute of Science and Technology was held on its campus in Dhaka on Monday with education adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud in the chair...
THE relationship between the police and the public has for long been marred by mistrust and conflict, rooted in colonial history and exacerbated by systemic abuse. The events of the student-led uprising in July-August 2024, when excessive police force, mass shooting and enforced disappearances took place, marked a low point in this strained relationship...
The Economist, an influential British weekly magazine, has named Bangladesh the 鈥楥ountry of the Year鈥� for 2024, recognising the nation鈥檚 incredible political and social transformation.
Syria鈥檚 new prime minister said the Islamist-led alliance that ousted president Bashar al-Assad will 鈥榞uarantee鈥� the rights of all religious groups and called on the millions who fled the war to return home...
A Syria war monitor said Monday that overnight Israeli strikes targeted military positions and depots in several parts of the country, after Islamist-led rebels ousted president Bashar al-Assad...
Syrian government forces launched a counterattack against Islamist-led rebels around the key city of Hama on Wednesday after suffering a string of staggering losses, a war monitor said...
Unidentified assailants hacked a man, believed to be a former leader of an extremist group, to death near Rauti Uttarpara School under Santhia upazila in Pabna Sunday night...
Under the slogan 鈥楪aza is Ours, Forever鈥�, a large number of Israeli extremists and right-wing politicians met in the settlement of Be鈥檈ri, near the Gaza border region, on October 20鈥�21.
Economist Debapriya Bhattacharya on Thursday observed that the government must balance the need for reforms to ensure sustainable development with the potential for economic repercussions if individuals, groups, or parties feel targeted...
The government on Saturday cancelled the recently formed textbook review committee following criticism from different Islamist parties and groups.
If they had tried to do this a few years ago, the group of Iraqi women enjoying a night out in Mosul would probably have risked severe punishment.
Separatist extremists killed at least 39 people in 鈥榗oordinated鈥� attacks in southwestern Pakistan on Monday that largely targeted ethnic Punjabis, government officials said.聽...
Economist Debapriya Bhattacharya on Sunday said that he selected 10 members to be included in white paper preparation committee on country鈥檚 economy...
The government has urged all the students and their guardians to return home and stay safe, saying that extremist attacks were taking place in different places across Bangladesh.....
A judge on Tuesday sentenced Anjem Choudary, one of the UK鈥檚 most recognised radical Islamist preachers, to life jail after he was found guilty of directing a banned...
One of the nine members of the banned extremist outfit Ansar al-Islam, who escaped during the jailbreak at Narsingdi Central Jail, has been arrested in Narayanganj, bringing the...
