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'Tyranny must never return'

Dhaka, Aug. 5 -- Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has called on the people of Bangladesh to remain united in building a just, equal, and corruption-free society, where the return of tyranny is i... Read More


Govt to buy 2 more LNG cargoes from spot market in September

Dhaka, Aug. 5 -- The government will buy two more liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes for September deliveries to meet the country's mounting natural gas demand.State-run Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Com... Read More


Nagad organises 1st inter-university Go-Kart championship

Dhaka, Aug. 5 -- Bangladesh hosted its first-ever Inter-University Go-Kart Championship on World Friendship Day, with 50 students from 12 universities competing in an exhilarating day-long racing even... Read More


Spirit of July: A legacy that must live on

Dhaka, Aug. 5 -- A year ago today, the streets of Bangladesh erupted with a force not seen in decades. What began as student-led protests over a Supreme Court verdict on public sector job quotas trans... Read More


Building institutions after the fall of fascist regime

Dhaka, Aug. 5 -- The July Revolution of 2024 was not merely the toppling of a regime; it was the collective declaration of a people who refused to be ruled by fear, repression, and the whims of one pe... Read More


Judiciary and unworkable democracy

Dhaka, Aug. 5 -- Ill-fated BAKSAL experiment failed in a disaster. But the people who were motivated to go for absolute power have lived on and their craze for absolute power was not to go away. The m... Read More


How artistic satire mirrors truth of July war inside the cartoons rebellion

Dhaka, Aug. 5 -- The July War of 2024 in Bangladesh reflected by a massive student-led uprising against Sheikh Hasina's authoritarian regime was powerfully mirrored and chronicled through the medium o... Read More


Mothers in July Uprising

Dhaka, Aug. 5 -- In 1971, as the world looked on in disbelief at the genocide unfolding in Bangladesh, countless Bengali mothers - such as Jahanara Imam, mother of Shaheed Rumi, and Shafiya Begum, mot... Read More


ACC sues ex-CJ Khairul, 7 others

Dhaka, Aug. 5 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against former Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque and seven others over allegations of acquiring a 10-katha plot by providing false ... Read More


Pak Foreign Minister due on Aug 23

Dhaka, Aug. 5 -- Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on August 23 on a two-day official visit aimed at strengthening bilateral ties and adva... Read More