THE year 2024 marked one of the most dramatic political shifts in Bangladesh鈥檚 recent history. The fall of Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 long-serving government, after more than a decade in power, was greeted with optimism among citizens, civil society, and particularly journalists who had long struggled under restrictive media laws. The Digital Security Act (2018), later repackaged...
THE interim government of the peace Nobel laureate professor Muhammad Yunus has completed one year in office today. Three days after the Awami League鈥檚 authoritarian government of Sheikh Hasina had been ousted from power in the face of a massive popular uprising on August 5, 2024, Yunus took over with three pronounced objectives: the trial of the League leaders...
Rabindra University, Bangladesh on Wednesday observed the 84th anniversary of the death of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, a Bengali polymath who worked, among others, as a poet, writer, playwright and composer...
The United States has reiterated its strong support for the ongoing reform initiatives, led by the interim government of Bangladesh under the leadership of Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, during the celebration of US Independence Day in Dhaka Wednesday evening...
Milestone Preparatory KG School has recently celebrated the birth anniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore and national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam at the Kamaluddin Auditorium of the permanent campus of Milestone College at Diabari in Dhaka...
Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, acclaimed globally for his microcredit and other works, has come under criticism recently from various quarters after several of his Grameen entities in Bangladesh received official approvals and other facilities since he took office as...
Organisations under the cultural affairs ministry and private cultural organisations on Thursday organised discussions and cultural programmes across the country to celebrate the 164th anniversary of birth of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, a key and influential figure in Bengali literature...
Today is the 164th anniversary of birth of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, a key and influential figure in Bengali literature...
In the dimly lit corridors of the developing world鈥檚 politics, truth often walks with a limp 鈥� scarred, bent, and barely audible 鈥� while power parades in a blinding spotlight, gilded with slogans, spectacles, and silence. The question 鈥� what holds more value in political culture, 鈥榩ower鈥� or 鈥榯ruth鈥�?鈥攎ay appear philosophical, but its answer, as Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman...
SUCH sky-high expectations were impossible to meet, even by a hugely popular government led by an internationally respected Nobel Laureate. The student-led people鈥檚 uprising had removed a murderous tyrant who had left behind a nation in shambles. The judiciary, the police, the bureaucracy, the military and even academia had all been completely politicised...
The High Court on Monday quashed a 2010 food adulteration case against Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, former chairman of Grameen Danone Food Limited, and two vendors from Chawk Bazar market in Dhaka...
BANGLADESHI parties, still gutsy, encounter a heightened existential fear 鈥� the disquiet of a deep institutional crisis for them and the nation at large. And yet, parties are strategic to the country鈥檚 liberal democratic future. Since prime minister Sheikh Hasina lost power to the unprecedented civil unrest on August 5, 2024 and Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus-led...
鈥業 AM worried.鈥� Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen鈥檚 recent observation on Bangladesh鈥檚 post-fascism situation, for understandable reasons, has received wide publicity. Sen made this comment in an exclusive interview with the Press Trust of India (PTI)...
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has expressed deep concern over the on-going crisis in Bangladesh, saying the situation is personally significant to him due to his deep ties to the country, reports Times of India.
NOBEL laureate Dr Mohammad Yunus鈥� interim regime took over soon after prime minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India on August 5, 2024. Backed by the unyielding student leaders who steered the huge anti-Hasina civil unrest, his ad hoc government upended the prevailing state symbols and practices of the overthrown leadership. Those activities ranged...
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday paid rich tribute to former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh, who died past week, and to former United States president and...
Seventy-seven Nobel prize winners on Monday sent an open letter to the US Senate opposing the nomination of Robert F Kennedy Jr., president-elect Donald Trump鈥檚 choice for secretary of health and human services, citing his 鈥榣ack of credentials鈥� and anti-vaccine beliefs...
Renowned economist and Nobel Laureate professor Muhammad Yunus has been named among the top 10 personalities in 2024 by the scientific journal Nature...
INDIA is now grappling with the delicate task of finding a sanctuary for the ousted Sheikh Hasina, who had long been a steadfast and trusted ally in South Asia. The decision is aimed at preventing further deterioration in its already strained relations with Bangladesh. Meanwhile, the new interim government, led by Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus...
The High Court has withdrawn its August 4 ruling that ordered Grameen Kalyan, an organisation founded by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, to pay Tk 666 crore in taxes to the National Board of Revenue.
Ganosamhati Andolan, a partner of Ganatantra Mancha, on Tuesday urged the Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus-led interim government to play a more effective role in resolving the ongoing crisis to bring stability to the country...
The United States has reaffirmed its willingness to cooperate with the interim government of Bangladesh led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus.
THE student movement seeking reform in the quota system for public services, leading to the downfall of the Awami League regime, brought Bangladesh at a critical juncture. Students and ordinary citizens sparked this movement, leading to the resignation of the government and the subsequent formation of an interim government under Nobel laureate Dr Mohammad Yunus鈥檚 leadership...
THOSE who are currently students at universities in Bangladesh came of age during the autocratic rule of the now fallen prime minister Sheikh Hasina (2009鈥�2024). They never had a taste of democracy; they never saw any credible election in their country. All they saw was political repression and corruption at every tier of the government and at every level...
THE recently occurring revolution is one of the most significant events in the history of Bangladesh and South Asia. The aftereffects of the revolution have many challenging tasks for the newly formed interim government in Bangladesh. The first challenge that this government is facing is to bring about law and order in the country...
Attorney general Md Asaduzzaman on Monday suggested reforming the High Court Division following the resignation of the chief justice and five Appellate Division judges on Sunday amid allegations of an attempted judicial coup against the interim government headed by Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus...
The National Freedom Fighters鈥� foundation in a statement on Friday congratulated Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus-led interim government...
The Jatiya Party on Friday said that it would extend its full support to Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus-led interim government formed on Thursday...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Thursday formed the interim government led by Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus after taking opinions from the Supreme Court...
AN INTERIM government has finally been sworn in and portfolios of the government have already been distributed. The government, with Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus as the chief adviser, has 16 other advisers, including two leaders of the student protests that ultimately brought about the downfall of the 15 years of the authoritarian regime of the Awami League...