It was April when the government was compelled to enforce a lockdown across the country to keep the coronavirus pandemic at bay.

The webinar discussed important qualitative and quantitative factors of the Bay of Bengal and unravelled some valuable insights on the issues and approaches required.

Md Sagor, 27, a bus conductor, has to go to work every day amid the COVID-19 pandemic to sustain his family of four people.

August 15, 1975. A false dawn spread its pale light across the sky. At the residence of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, everybody was still in deep sleep. It was a bizarre moment for the country, medieval in its dark dimensions.

SWISS companies operating in Bangladesh are playing a key role in maintaining livelihoods, food security, health services and critical infrastructure and logistics during the ongoing crisis.

As nations and people around the globe struggle with COVID-19, Switzerland partners in solidarity with Bangladesh to overcome this unprecedented crisis.

SWITZERLAND celebrates its National Day on 1 August. On this special occasion, I wish to extend my warm greetings to our Bangladeshi friends and to my fellow Swiss citizens living in this beautiful country.

In 2017, the World Economic Forum featured an article claiming Bangladesh to be the “New Asian Tiger” which captured the attention of researchers, policymakers, economists, development workers, and the government.

One of the most striking characteristics evident in The Unfinished Memoirs is how the young Sheikh Mujibur Rahman showed

“The struggle this time is for emancipation. The struggle this time is for independence.” These historic words rang through the air

Soon after the crackdown I was supposed to go with a couple of friends to Chittagong, where Bengali soldiers and Rifles

This March 26 is probably one of the most sombre ones yet, with all celebrations cancelled as the country comes to grips with a global pandemic unlike any we have seen before.

We bring out a special issue today dedicated to the man who led us to freedom and made possible the birth of our country – Bangladesh – and whose birth centenary we start observing from today.

The Hindus and Muslims were somewhat wary of each other. There were a few Hindu villages surrounding Gopalganj town.

In 1938 a significant event of my life occurred. Mr [Fazlul] Huq was then the prime minister of Bengal and Mr Suhrawardy the

When I went out in the morning, I noticed that those who had been interned in old cell number 20 were looking at me through an opening in the door. Little by little, I went towards them. I asked them how they were feeling. They had sad stories to tell…

In school I was crazy about sports. However, my father tried to discourage me from playing since my heart wasn’t strong.

[Bangabandhu’s confiscated letter written to his father, Sheikh Lutfar Rahman, in Tungipara, Faridpur address

Renu is the nickname of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib. She wasn’t just a wife, but Bangabandhu’s companion,

[This confiscated letter was written on 21/12/1950 by Security Prisoner Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman while in Faridpur District Jail, addressed to H. S. Suhrawardy in Lahore (West Pakistan).]