Dhaka, March 6 -- Mahfuzur Rahman, Editor of the United News of Bangladesh (UNB), has been appointed as the Speechwriter to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. The Ministry of Public Administration issued... Read More
Dhaka, March 6 -- I came to know Selim Samad back in early 1980s through the introduction of two of my friends, Hasan Ferdous and Afsan Chowdhury. Both Hasan and Afsan had been working at the time for... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 6 -- Bangladesh and Japan have signed an agreement over 'transfer of defence equipment and technology' which is expected to ensure 'appropriate control' over the defence equipment and tech... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 6 -- Here I am in Singapore, a non-citizen of Bangladesh (although a fellow-Bengali) and celebrating the imminent general election. Why? Because as West Bengal's Chief Minister Mamata Bane... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 6 -- It is an election where the winners may take a while to be determined, but we do already know the losers. Come February 12, Bangladesh will revert to democratic rule following parliam... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 6 -- Singapore, for a brief moment, becomes an entire city-sized gallery. Earlier this year, I travelled there with Enayetullah Khan, Chairman of Cosmos Foundation; ARK Reepon, Chief Creat... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 6 -- With less than a week to go before Bangladesh's 13th general election on February 12, more voters are saying "I haven't decided yet" than choosing a party outright. That is surprising... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 6 -- What is happening? Up to 127 million Bangladeshis will go to the polls on 12 February, in the first national elections since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government fell in August ... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 6 -- For a long time, voting in Bangladesh was a national festival. Then, it became a point of deep pain. After years of predictable outcomes and one-sided ballots, the air in the tea stal... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 9 -- Bangladesh and Uruguay held their first-ever bilateral political consultations on Wednesday and decided to encourage more private sector cooperation including regular interactions bet... Read More