THE 2025 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt for explaining how innovation drives economic growth. Their work shows that progress is not only about having more people or more machines, it is about having better ideas and better ways of doing things. This message matters deeply for Bangladesh. For...
SHIHAB stands knee-deep in the Buriganga, rhythmically dipping long rolls of fabric into vats of colour. Each plunge releases clouds of bright yellow and crimson that swirl briefly before dissolving into the river鈥檚 inky current. Nearby, his younger brother Shanto stirs another drum of dye, his hands raw and stained, his gaze fixed on the churning water as if searching for...
ONE of the most alarming crises in the education sector today is the systematic erosion in the percentage and number of trained teachers in secondary schools and madrassahs. This is occurring at a time when the number of students and the number of institutions are increasing every year. The government, however, tends to see the question of the declining number of...
THE interim government鈥檚 decision to provide combat and shooting training to nearly nine thousand young people under a programme taken by the ministry of youth and sports and framed, in the language of the adviser to the ministry, as a move to 鈥榮trengthen national defence鈥� is a misleading initiative. The initiative rests on deeply questionable legal, political and...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed five separate cases against 34 people, including the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 former private industry and investment adviser Salman F Rahman, on charges of embezzling Tk聽1,939.76 crore from...
Md Mahmudul Hasan, director general of the Monitoring, Inspection and Evaluation Wing of the Local Government Division, has been appointed as the new administrator of Dhaka South City Corporation.
The world's oldest former Olympic champion, ex-track cyclist Charles Coste, has died aged 101, French sports minister Marina Ferrari announced Sunday.
India's cricket board on Monday announced a cash reward of $5.75 million for the women's team after their triumphant World Cup campaign.
Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik, also known as Shujan, on Monday filed a petition with the Appellate Division seeking permission to appeal against a High Court verdict that had restored the election-time caretaker government system by declaring...
Erling Haaland scored twice to propel Manchester City up to second in the Premier League with a 3-1 win over Bournemouth on Sunday.
Lamine Yamal and Marcus Rashford struck for Barcelona as they earned a 3-1 win over Elche in La Liga on Sunday to bounce back from last weekend's Clasico defeat.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday announced a list of its potential candidates for 237 constituencies in the upcoming 13th Jatiya Sangsad elections announced to be held in the first half of February 2026.
Trent Alexander-Arnold returns to Liverpool on Tuesday with both player and his boyhood club struggling to adapt after his emotional departure for Real Madrid.
Shafali Verma was initially dropped from India's Women's World Cup squad but the opener returned as an injury replacement to star in the title win and etch her name in history.
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur said her team's breakthrough Women's World Cup triumph on Sunday was 鈥榡ust the beginning鈥� as they beat South Africa by 52 runs to win the tournament for the first time.
Bangladesh Meteorological Department has forecast that at least 10 coldwaves including three sever may sweep different regions of the country between November and January...
The interim government has urged the political parties concerned to reach a consensus in a week on the reform proposals submitted by the National Consensus Commission under the July Charter.
A madrassah teacher was shot dead and three others injured when unidentified assailants opened fire and hurled bombs targeting a Bangladesh Nationalist Party office in Khulna Sunday night.
A 22-year-old youth was killed in a shootout between two rival groups of Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Mollakandi union of Munshiganj Sunday night.
The United States Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Wednesday on the legality of Donald Trump鈥檚 use of powers for sweeping global tariffs in a case striking at the heart of the president鈥檚 economic agenda...
A strong earthquake killed at least 20 people in northern Afghanistan, authorities said Monday, just months after another deadly tremor that left the country reeling.
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has called a special meeting of his council of advisers for Monday at the Chief Adviser鈥檚 Office in Dhaka.
The government of Bangladesh, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme, launched a new project on Sunday, to promote low-carbon urban development in Dhaka, Chattogram, and other major cities.
The Anti-Corruption Commission filed a case against former vice-chancellor and treasurer of Southern University Bangladesh, accusing them of embezzling over Tk 6 crore from the institution鈥檚 provident and emergency funds.
The British Council invites responses to two open calls for artists and cultural practitioners based either in Bangladesh or in the United Kingdom, and arts organisations based in Dhaka, Chattogram, Rajshahi and Sylhet that are working at the intersection...
Bangla Academy director general Mohammad Azam on Sunday said that the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2026 would be held after the national election slated for the first half of February 2026.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party鈥檚 lawyer Zainul Abedin on Sunday told the Appellate Division that the verdict scrapping the election-time non-party caretaker government system should be declared void, as former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque had signed it after his retirement.
The draft of the 鈥楶olice Commission Ordinance, 2025鈥� has already been finalised.
Bangladesh Coast Guard in a press release on Sunday said that they arrested 11 smugglers while smuggling cement to Myanmar.
Bangladesh Medical University held a seminar titled Turning Potential into Practice: Precision Medicine in Bangladesh at the Shaheed Dr Milton Hall of BMU in Dhaka on Sunday.
