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The Electricity Paradox We Refuse to Fix

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Bangladesh's power and energy sector has long enjoyed a peculiar privilege. It consumes public money at an industrial scale while remaining remarkably immune to fundamental reform. T... Read More


Nahid warns of targeted killings to derail polls

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Md Nahid Islam on Saturday alleged that a series of targeted killings is underway to sabotage the upcoming national election and weaken the mass... Read More


Agri loan defaults surge 88 pc by September

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Overdue agricultural loans held by scheduled banks rose sharply by 88 percent year-on-year to Tk 22,120 crore at the end of September 2025, according to the latest Bangladesh Bank (B... Read More


Hadi's village home in Jhalokathi looted

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- The village home of Sharif Osman Hadi-spokesperson of Inquilab Mancha and a potential independent candidate for Dhaka-8-was burglarized on Friday night in Nalchiti, Jhalokathi. Hadi ... Read More


Cambodia shuts border crossings with Thailand as fighting continues

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Cambodia has shut its border crossings with Thailand, as fighting continues between the two forces on Saturday despite US President Donald Trump earlier saying they had agreed to a c... Read More


'Political favour-seeking bureaucrats threaten governance'

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Mohammad Abdul Momen has warned that a disturbing change in power relations-where bureaucrats increasingly seek patronage from politicians-p... Read More


Jamaat leader alleges Indian intelligence role in 1971

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- At a discussion marking Martyred Intellectuals Day in Dhaka on Sunday, a senior leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami put forward a sweeping and controversial claim: that the mass kil... Read More


BD missing from global capital market dialogue: Farashuddin

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Bangladesh remains largely absent from international conversations on capital markets and investment, former Bangladesh Bank governor Mohammed Farashuddin said on Sunday. Speaking a... Read More


MBBS, BDS admission test results published, pass rate 66.57pc

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- The results of the admission test for public and private medical and dental colleges for the 2025-26 academic year were published yesterday. This year's pass rate is 66.57 per cent. ... Read More


Martyred Intellectuals Day at JU

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Jahangirnagar University (JU) yesterday observed the Martyred Intellectuals Day with due solemnity, paying rich tributes to the intellectuals who were brutally killed during the Libe... Read More