‘We are open to opposition input on fuel situation’ - PM tells JS
23 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday told parliament that the government will consider the opposition’s proposal regarding the fuel situation and, if it contains realistic measures, will certainly act on them.
23 April 2026, 00:00 AM
20 ordinances lose validity
11 April 2026, 01:59 AM
Twenty of the 133 ordinances issued by the interim government -- including major reforms on judicial independence, human rights, and anti-corruption -- are set to lose validity from today.
11 April 2026, 01:59 AM
Dropped ordinances: Hard-earned reforms at risk
4 April 2026, 02:54 AM
Eminent rights activists have criticised the parliamentary special committee’s recommendation to drop key ordinances issued by the interim government, noting that most of them are tied to crucial reforms.
4 April 2026, 02:54 AM
News analysis / Opportunity for reforms slipping away once more
4 April 2026, 02:49 AM
Bangladesh’s political journey has repeatedly swung between hope and disappointment. The question now is whether the country is about to witness yet another repeat of that cycle.
4 April 2026, 02:49 AM
Key reform ordinances left to expire
3 April 2026, 04:39 AM
A special parliamentary committee, reviewing ordinances issued by the interim government, yesterday recommended that 20 of them lapse or expire, including those aimed at ensuring judicial independence, curbing enforced disappearances, and strengthening the anti-corruption and human rights commissions.
3 April 2026, 04:39 AM
Witnesses to genocide
26 March 2026, 03:04 AM
What American diplomats and doctors saw in Dhaka after Operation Searchlight
26 March 2026, 03:04 AM
News analysis / Scrapping of lottery system: A return to the old admission rat race?
18 March 2026, 02:24 AM
It is rare for a government decision in Bangladesh to move at lightning speed -- raised in parliament one day and implemented the very next.
18 March 2026, 02:24 AM
A fresh start for parliamentary democracy
13 March 2026, 03:42 AM
The 13th parliament yesterday held its inaugural sitting amid a heated atmosphere, as opposition MPs staged a walkout in protest against President Mohammed Shahabuddin speaking in the House.
13 March 2026, 03:42 AM
Draft education act: Blitz against notebooks, private tuition
Bangladesh’s first education act, which will be sent to the cabinet division next week for approval, orders a ban on printing, publishing and marketing notebooks and guidebooks -- a menace to the country’s education system.
23 June 2022, 02:00 AM
Earning trust over EVM: EC initiative suffers setback
The Election Commission’s initiative to earn political parties’ trust over Electronic Voting Machines sustained a blow as five parties, including the BNP, skipped its views-exchange meeting yesterday.
21 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Not an order but a ‘humble request’
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal yesterday apparently changed his tune about the step the Election Commission took against ruling Awami League lawmaker AKM Bahauddin Bahar ahead of the Cumilla City Corporation polls.
20 June 2022, 18:00 PM
EVM use: EC to sit with parties today
The Election Commission is all set to begin talks with political parties from today to gain their trust over Electronic Voting Machines.
18 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Local govt polls: Rebels sink AL
Gopalganj is considered an Awami League bastion as it is the ancestral home of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
17 June 2022, 02:30 AM
VCs, UGC members on luxury trip at a time for austerity
Today, the vice-chancellors and registrars of all 50 public universities will be taken to Cox’s Bazar by the University Grants Commission, an exercise that is expected to cost at least Tk 15 lakh.
15 June 2022, 03:00 AM
Ensure inclusive national election
If the next general election is not joined by all political parties, it would not be accepted nationally and internationally, a number of former chief election commissioners, election commissioners and election officials said yesterday.
12 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Nothing to make up for learning loss
The proposed budget did not offer any new way out for the recovery of learning loss of millions of students caused by the Covid-19 pandemic through school closures.
9 June 2022, 18:00 PM
‘Hacking EVM is impossible’
TDS: Does the Election Commission have the capacity to use EVM in 300 seats during the next national election?
3 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Debates over EVM: Of trust, of technology
With the next parliamentary elections just one and a half years away, fresh debates over using the electronic voting machine in polls have taken the centre stage in the political arena of late.
3 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Girls’ enrolment keeps dropping at colleges, universities
Women’s education in Bangladesh has been a success story so far. Girls have continued to outnumber boys at primary and secondary levels, accounting for more than half of school enrolment.
1 June 2022, 18:00 PM
No Bangladeshi university in Asia’s top 250
No Bangladeshi universities have been ranked among the top 250 Asian universities, according to the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2022 launched today (June 1, 2022).
1 June 2022, 14:17 PM
Voter list upgradation: EC targets more women enrolment
The Election Commission yesterday launched a countrywide campaign to update the voter list when the number of women voters is decreasing due to social and religious grounds and the absence of door-to-door drive over the last two years.
21 May 2022, 02:00 AM
The man behind the iconic song
The man best known for penning the immortal song “Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano Ekushey February”, a popular columnist, litterateur and political analyst, Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury breathed his last yesterday at a hospital in London at the age of 87.
19 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Tk 1,159cr project: Dhaka's govt primary schools to get makeover
All 342 government primary schools in Dhaka are set to go through beautification to make the campuses more children-friendly and improve the physical ambience for quality learning for over 2 lakh students.
12 May 2022, 04:00 AM
EVM in 300 seats: BNP dead against, EC undecided
The recent statements by the Awami League high-ups that electronic voting machines will be used in all constituencies in the next general election have triggered a fresh debate, as the BNP vehemently opposes it while the Election Commission remains undecided.
10 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Supplying textbooks: 26 printers backlisted for failure
The government yesterday blacklisted 26 printing press companies and rebuked another six for failing to deliver textbooks on time.
8 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Historic Mujibnagar Day: No ordinary guard of honour
Amid threats of airstrikes, a turning point in the history of an independent nation was about to unfold and the stage was almost set for a defining moment in Bangladesh’s Liberation War.
16 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Whose pen was mightier than sword
If there is one thing that Humayun Azad embodied, it was the secular ethos of an independent nation. Hence his life and works could be summed up as a man’s struggle against religious extremism.
13 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Start central placement system for freshmen
The University Grants Commission has urged the public universities that are holding uniform admission tests to introduce a central placement system for students to universities and subjects of their choice.
7 April 2022, 18:00 PM