Former sprinter and 14-time gold medal winner in national athletics, Mohammad Shah Alam, has been appointed general secretary of the Bangladesh Athletics Federation when the National Sports Council approved the...
The Indian-born head of one of Japan鈥檚 most famous snack brands has warned that the country must change its mindset and admit more immigrants to get the聽economy聽back to the glory of its boom years...
AN IMPORTANT factor in the liberation war of 1971 was the sharp economic disparity between the then West Pakistan and East Pakistan. The proclamation of the liberation war, therefore, spoke about the desire to establish equality, human dignity and social justice. The country gained independence through the liberation war, but even after 53 years of...
THE liberation war stands as a monumental chapter in Bangladesh鈥檚 history, reflecting not only the profound sacrifices and resilience of its people but also the complex interplay of cultural, political and global dynamics that shaped the nation鈥檚 identity. Revisiting this epochal event offers an opportunity to celebrate its triumph, reassess its lessons and realign...
VICTORY DAY is etched in the heart of every Bangladeshi as a symbol of triumph over oppression, injustice and exploitation. It commemorates the hard-fought victory of 1971 when the people of this land, united in their resolve, broke free from the shackles of Pakistan鈥檚 exploitative rule. The liberation war was a fight not only for independence but also...
THE call for constitutional change in Bangladesh has intensified, not merely for refinement but as a profound demand for democratic renewal. Reforming the 1972 constitution within its current framework overlooks a critical reality: the document is itself embedded with principles that have enabled authoritarianism rather than safeguarded against it...
BANGLADESH practically emerged independent this day, 53 years ago, after a nine-month war of national liberation against the occupation forces of Pakistan. The Bangladesh war, politically presided over by the Awami League with the help of neighbouring India, was won when the Pakistan forces surrendered to the joint forces of Bangladesh and India in...
The National Board of Revenue on Sunday announced that all online VAT services, including Integrated VAT Administration System, will be unavailable for 96 hours due to a network migration...
A group of retired government officials who were reportedly deprived of promotion and service benefits during the Awami League government staged a sit-in at the secretariat on Sunday demanding a committee鈥檚 recommendations for their promotion...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party in a series of recommendations to the public administration reform commission has sought action against party-biased and corrupt officials working in the administration in the past 16 years...
The government is set to introduce the much-sought AC bus service under the Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation in the Bus Rapid Transit corridor on Sunday...
Nearly 18,000 undocumented Indians in the United States face the risk of deportation, data revealed ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's January 20th inauguration. According to figures from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 17,940 Indians are among the 1.445 million individuals with final orders of removal...
Martyred Intellectuals Day comes every year with a demand, as media report around that time, for a comprehensive list of the intellectuals that the nation had lost in the fag end of the liberation war at the hands of the Pakistani occupation forces and their local auxiliary squads, including Razakar, Al Badr and Al Shams, that abducted members of the...
Today is the 53rd martyrdom anniversary of the Liberation War鈥檚 hero Birshreshtha captain Mohiuddin Jahangir.
The Integrated Power Master Plan is economically non-viable, speakers said at an energy conference on Wednesday...
Five more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Thursday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 541 this year...
THE government鈥檚 announcement for the people who did not take part in the liberation war but have managed to get certificates as 1971 veterans to return their credentials on their own is a welcome step forward towards ensuring justice for the people who took part in the war and for citizens who have so far been led to believe that a number of such people...
AN UNEVEN development of the power sector, riding on a wrong policy and supported by the now-repealed energy indemnity law, is more pronounced with a decline in the power demand since the onset of the winter. A low demand for power shows the abnormal extent of power overcapacity. About three quarters of the installed power generation capacity...
A mobile court fined two dealers at Paba upazila in Rajshahi for hoarding more fertilisers than the permitted level and manipulating vouchers...
Bangladesh interim government Liberation War Affairs adviser Farooq-e-Azam, Bir Pratik on Wednesday asked fake freedom fighters, who managed to get certificates as 1971 veterans to return the credentials voluntarily to evade punitive actions...
More than three quarters of Bangladesh鈥檚 installed power generation capacity remained unused for a few hours in the morning since the winter officially began on the first day of December...
A meeting of the Cabinet Committee on government purchase on Wednesday approved 16 proposals, including two on purchasing edible oils from S Alam Super Edible Oil Ltd, a subsidiary of the controversial S Alam Group...
The authorities of the Rajshahi City Corporation have decided to shut activities of its at least 11 sections, citing them 鈥榰nnecessary鈥�...
This year has been 鈥榩articularly deadly鈥� for journalists with 104 killed worldwide, over half of them being in Gaza, the International Federation of Journalists said Tuesday...
On a day of contrasting fortunes in the Federation Cup, local giants Abahani Limited hammered Chittagong Abahani 3-0, while last edition鈥檚 runners-up, Mohammedan Sporting Club, suffered a shock 1-0 defeat to Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society in their Group B matches at two separate venues across the country on Tuesday...
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday said that the tax exception culture enjoyed by industries over the years was due largely to low domestic revenue generation...
US Trade Representative Brendan Lynch and Trade Policy Analyst for South and Central Asia Emily Ashby met with the leadership of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association at a hotel in Dhaka on Tuesday...
China is deploying dozens of ships in its biggest maritime mobilisation around Taiwan in years, Taipei said Tuesday, after Beijing voiced fury at President Lai Ching-te鈥檚 recent visit to the United States...
UNITED Power Generation and Distribution Co Ltd, which owns two commercial independent power plants, set up with a combined capacity of 164MW in 2008 and 2009 that supply power to the export processing zones in Dhaka and Chattogram, is reported to have been raking up an abnormal amount of money in profit, more so since 2018, when it began...
One of the Awami League cronies, who made it to the recently published White Paper on economy for raking in abnormal profit, continues to do so with its business monopoly as a commercial independent power producer, while paying less for years for the gas it uses in its plants.