"I can't breathe anymore. There's too much smoke. I'm inside. You are killing me."

Recently, a deeply upsetting narrative has been circulating on social media.

The love people had for Khaleda Zia was spontaneous, genuine and almost storybook-like.

A new year often starts with personal reflection.

The alliance suggests that ideological clarity was always negotiable.

Bangladesh is moving steadily towards a cashless economy.

The question is not only who attacked our cultural spaces in 2025, but what kind of responses followed.

The outlook for FY2026 indicates a modest recovery, although some risks remain.

Games evolve, just as generations do.

Fear seeps into markets, schools, offices, and homes.

The ghost of the past regulatory regime should not overshadow present progress.

The ongoing debate over seaport reforms in Bangladesh is largely centred on the long-term leasing of terminals to foreign operators to modernise port infrastructure.

The National Citizen Party (NCP) was born with a claim that it would not practise politics as usual.

The English daily contributed to exposing Hasina's tyranny and corruption.

In India, saffron extremists and propaganda machines have found Bangladesh to be a convenient punching bag.

If the national election does take place in February, a new government will face dire quandaries for the economy.

 At 2pm on a sweltering April day in a small workshop in rural Mymensingh, a welding machine goes silent.

Tarique Rahman’s return to Bangladesh after 17 years in exile has been greeted with a scale of emotion that is understandable. There were crowds, chants, tears, symbolism layered upon symbolism.

Bangladesh has long depended on quiet, steady forces that make good choices feel natural: teachers who turn study into habit, newspapers that promotes tolerance, and cultural bodies that rehearse pluralism in public life.

The combination of soaring natural gas demand and plummeting domestic production has pushed the Bangladesh government to diversify its energy sources. In the past, various plans, including the Integrated Energy and Power Master Plan 2023,