Eklach Haque A technical committee reviewing cost increases has deemed the nearly doubling of construction costs for two major metro rail projects in the capital, MRT Line-1 and MRT Line-5 (Northern Route) acceptable in light of global economic conditions, rising construction material prices Continue Reading
A day after Foreign Affairs State Minister Humayun Kabir’s announcement, India’s Adani Power suspended electricity supply to Bangladesh, citing technical problems. The move further intensified the country’s power crisis. The timing of the two events has raised questions about whether the incident was merely coincidental or part of a planned strategy to exert diplomatic Continue Reading
Panchayat Habib The administration has become more active following death-row convict former PM Sheikh Hasina’s threat to return to Bangladesh in December while staying in India. Surveillance has been increased amid concerns that some officials could misuse their positions to create disorder. In particular, suspicion is focused on bureaucrats who received training in Delhi Continue Reading
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has called on patriotic citizens, businesspeople, young entrepreneurs, researchers and people from all sections of society to come forward to build a prosperous and desired Bangladesh. He sought everyone’s cooperation in the country’s development and the rebuilding of the state. Calling especially on the country’s youth, the Prime Minister Continue Reading
A US-based artificial intelligence company, Anthropic, has identified and shut down an automated network that used AI to create fake news in Bengali. According to the company’s investigation, a person from Gaibandha district in Bangladesh had been creating fake news in support of the now-banned Awami League for 16 months. During this period, he used […]Continue Reading
Prime Minister and BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman held an exchange of views with party leaders who participate in talk shows on various media outlets. The meeting was held at the BNP chairman’s office in Gulshan, Dhaka, on Friday. During the meeting, the Prime Minister gave the leaders guidelines to follow the path of truth, decency […]Continue Reading
Farooq Hossain Ending a 20-year wait, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is scheduled to visit the United States on September 21 to attend the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). After two decades of political changes, shifts in national power and a long struggle against fascism, his New York visit as head of […]Continue Reading
Acting Secretary General of the BNP Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said that the “bloodthirsty acts” committed during the Awami League’s rule must be brought to justice. He made the remarks at a discussion titled “The Ongoing Crisis in the Country and What Patriotic Forces Should Do”, organised by the 12-Party Alliance at the Abdus […]Continue Reading
Bhola District and Lalmohan Upazila Correspondent Speaker of the Bangladesh Parliament and Bhola-3 constituency lawmaker Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed Bir Bikram has said Sheikh Hasina was “the world’s best actress” and the person who ordered enforced disappearances and killings. He said Sheikh Hasina would invite the relatives of disappeared people to Ganabhaban and Continue Reading
On paper, Shawkat Ali Chowdhury is a former chairman and current director of Eastern Bank PLC (EBL). However, a special inspection report by the Bangladesh Bank’s Banking Supervision Department has raised allegations that he has maintained control over the bank for years by holding proxy shares in the names of undisclosed entities, employees and relatives. […]Continue Reading






















