Dhaka, May 15 -- The Election Commission (EC) is planning to introduce a uniform code of conduct for elections to all five types of local government bodies to make the rules easier for people to under... Read More
Dhaka, May 15 -- Beniapukur in Kolkata is a largely Muslim area, one of several minority ghettos that have been described as a "territorialised form of hyper visibility and containment". What this mea... Read More
Bangladesh, May 8 -- The political earthquake we have just witnessed in our neighbouring Indian state of West Bengal has not occurred in a vacuum. Rather, it is the culmination of a process that began... Read More
Bangladesh, May 8 -- India's ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has just won its first election in West Bengal. It has dislodged the All-India Trinamool Congress (TMC) from 15 years... Read More
Bangladesh, May 8 -- A deadly outbreak of the rare hantavirus unfolded over the course of weeks on a cruise ship that sailed from Argentina toward Antarctica and then across the Atlantic Ocean, stoppi... Read More
Bangladesh, May 1 -- An observation by Amartya Sen has become a cultural and political aphorism. In his book, The Argumentative Indian, Sen quotes from a poem by Raja Rammohun Roy to define the true h... Read More
Dhaka, May 1 -- The Bangladesh-India Ganga/Ganges Water Treaty, which is expiring in December this year, needs to be 'reviewed and reformed comprehensively' before going for a renewed treaty by engagi... Read More
Dhaka, May 1 -- Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Monday laid emphasis on joint efforts to strengthen renewable energy cooperation and set a certain exemplary model for green development und... Read More
Dhaka, May 1 -- US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T. Christensen on Tuesday described the agreement on reciprocal trade (ART) as an excellent agreement, noting that Bangladesh has committed to purchas... Read More
Dhaka, May 1 -- Media leaders from across Asia and beyond have gathered in the Philippine capital to examine how journalism is evolving amid shifting audience behaviour, platform dynamics and revenue ... Read More