Union parishad polls: Picking a single candidate BNP’s biggest challenge
5 September 2026
Multiple BNP aspirants are emerging ahead of the union parishad polls, despite the party’s decision to back a single candidate in each union to prevent the vote from splitting, posing a fresh challenge for the ruling party.
5 September 2026
BNP’s ‘one leader, one post’ only on paper
3 September 2026
The ruling BNP is yet to implement its “one leader, one post” provision a decade after incorporating it into its charter to widen leadership opportunities and strengthen accountability, leaving junior leaders frustrated with their lack of progression through the ranks.
3 September 2026
BNP struggling to restore order within
1 September 2026
Party-govt overlap, expired committees and grassroots unrest pose fresh test as party marks its 48th anniv
1 September 2026
Some BNP allies rue lack of recognition
29 August 2026
More than six months after the BNP formed the government, a section of its partners say the party has yet to fulfil its pre-election promise to include allies in the government.
29 August 2026
BNP MPs fume over rural power cuts, law and order
28 August 2026
Frequent power cuts, weak rural policing and irregularities in fertiliser distribution took centre stage at a parliamentary party meeting of BNP at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban yesterday.
28 August 2026
Cabinet reshuffle / Message: Performance will be watched
23 August 2026
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has carried out the first reshuffle of his council of ministers, considering their performance, coordination problems, and the need to accelerate government work, according to multiple government sources.
23 August 2026
Twenty-three minutes, seven oaths and a new president at Bangabhaban
22 August 2026
Fakhrul takes office before four ministers and two state ministers are sworn in
22 August 2026
New faces lined up for council of ministers
20 August 2026
The BNP leadership is considering expanding the council of ministers by inducting several new faces after the president takes oath, according to multiple senior party leaders.
20 August 2026
Four Posh Dhaka Areas: Sewers of 85pc homes lead to lakes, canals
Around 85 percent of houses in the capital’s Gulshan, Baridhara, Niketan and Banani areas have their sewerage lines connected to nearby lakes and canals, polluting the waterbodies, revealed an assessment.
4 January 2023
What good is a public toilet if it can’t be used?
On the capital’s Elephant Road stands a brand new public toilet, but not a single person has been able to use it since its inauguration on November 30. And so, pedestrians, shoppers, and local traders are still suffering amid the dearth of such facilities.
31 December 2022
Ruplal House: heritage held hostage
If one goes to look for Farashganj Ruplal House in Dhaka, it would be a near impossible task to find it amid hundreds of shops. When they do get there eventually, they will find an old residential building covered with moss.
27 December 2022
Satrasta-Tejgaon Road: Will it finally be free of congestion?
In its latest effort to free the capital’s Satrasta-Tejgaon road from congestion, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) is setting up separate lanes for rickshaws by installing dividers.
27 December 2022
Martyred Intellectuals Memorial: Desecrated by illegal structures
Ibrahim Khalil owns three plant nurseries along the boundary wall of the Rayerbazar Martyred Intellectual Memorial( Boddho Bhumi).
15 December 2022
Martyred Intellectuals Memorial: Desecrated by illegal structures
Ibrahim Khalil owns three plant nurseries along the boundary wall of the Rayerbazar Martyred Intellectual Memorial( Boddho Bhumi).
14 December 2022
Many suffer at police checkpoints in city
Abdul Khalek was heading for an office in the capital’s Agargaon where he was to sit for an exam for a government job at 11:00am yesterday, but he could not sit for the test as police asked him to go back after stopping him at a checkpoint in Aminbazar.
10 December 2022
The checkpoint chronicle continues
What started as police frisking people and vehicles entering the capital has turned into checking pedestrians at different Dhaka gateways as well.
9 December 2022
Only 103 public toilets for 1.78cr residents
The two city corporations of Dhaka have a total of only 103 public toilets for 1.78 crore people. These toilets are scattered across 129 wards. If that wasn’t bad enough, in 36 of the new wards, there is no sign of this essential facility.
19 November 2022
Lidless manholes: A man-made danger
Things turn worse for the pedestrians at night as the road -- which now allows only one-way movement because of ongoing repair work of DNCC -- does not have enough street lights.
14 November 2022
Risking their lives to save seconds
Urmi Rahman was crossing a two-lane road with three of her classmates. While crossing the first lane, she got hit by a motorcycle.
6 November 2022
Padma bridge wildlife sanctuary: 2 years on, still confined to words
Two years have passed since the declaration of the Padma Bridge Wildlife Sanctuary, but the forest department is yet to take any steps to conserve the biodiversity of the Padma.
4 October 2022
Dhaka’s canine conundrum
Dhaka North City Corporation and Dhaka South City Corporation have taken no visibly effective measures to control the urban dog population, and this has led to city residents treating neighbourhood dogs in a cruel, violent and inhumane manner.
30 September 2022
100 families at risk due to Padma erosion
Houses and croplands of over 100 families are at the risk of being devoured by a Padma river tributary due to erosion in Munshiganj Sadar upazila.
21 September 2022
Attack on Munda community: ‘We daren’t get out of our homes’
August 19. It was perhaps the most traumatising day for 16-year-old Bidhan Munda when he had to silently watch his grandfather being beaten to a pulp by a group of criminals.
8 September 2022
Water is what they need
Around one lakh people living in 80 villages in Bandarban’s Alikadam and Naikhongchhari upazilas are passing days in a severe water crisis.
6 August 2022
Mawa expressway: Traffic snarls up at both toll plazas
There were long tailbacks on Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga expressway as the government yesterday started taking tolls from motorists.
1 July 2022
Video of biker “making away without paying” Padma Bridge toll goes viral
A video of a motorbike making away without paying toll at Padma Bridge has gone viral on social media.
29 June 2022
Security tightens on Padma Bridge
On the second day of vehicles plying the Padma Bridge yesterday, the authorities beefed up surveillance to smooth out traffic.
27 June 2022
Paturia-Daulatdia: Almost deserted
The number of vehicles at the Paturia-Daulatdia and Shimulia-Majhikandi ferry routes significantly dropped as the Padma Bridge opened to traffic yesterday.
26 June 2022