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EC plans unified code of conduct for local polls, poster-free campaigns

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


A Kolkata Story

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


What Bengal thinks today

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


A new West Bengal

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


How a deadly hantavirus outbreak unfolded on a cruise ship for weeks before it was identified

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


I do not want to die.

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


Ganges Water Treaty 'needs comprehensive review' before renewal

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


Beijing seeks joint efforts to boost renewable energy cooperation with Dhaka

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


Agreement on Reciprocal Trade 'an excellent deal': Ambassador Christensen

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


Digital Media Asia 2026 spotlights newsroom reinvention, revenue and evolving audience habits

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