The Election Commission (EC) has begun the necessary process to hold a by-election to the Thakurgaon-1 constituency within 90 days following the election of former BNP Secretary General Mr. Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as president. After Mr. Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir took oath as president Continue Reading
Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation, the country’s largest organization of road transport workers, has 253 affiliated unions across the country. According to the Labour Ministry, there are 932 organizations representing owners and workers in the road transport sector. These organizations have been accused of collecting money from the transport sector in various Continue Reading
Eklas Haque Several service agencies provide civic services in Dhaka, but a lack of coordination among them is increasing public suffering. Water supply, sewerage, waste management, road construction and repair, public transport, drainage and public health are handled by different agencies. However, inadequate coordination in planning, repair and construction work is Continue Reading
Shamsul Alam Today’s newspapers remind us that the state has no holiday. A new president has taken oath, new faces have joined the cabinet, a new system is being introduced to ensure attendance at hospitals, drones are being deployed to monitor Dhaka’s traffic, an official statement from across the border was issued and withdrawn, while […]Continue Reading
The United States has congratulated Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on becoming the 23rd President of Bangladesh. The congratulatory message was posted on the official Facebook page of the US Embassy in Dhaka on Saturday (August 22)In the message, the US Embassy said Washington looks forward to working with President Alamgir and the Government of Bangladesh […]Continue Reading
Allama Abdul Hamid Pir Sahib of Madhupur, convener of the Sammilito Khatme Nabuwwat Parishad, has expressed strong anger and dissatisfaction over the decision to appoint Gaibandha-4 constituency lawmaker Muhammad Shamim Kaiser Lincoln as the State Minister for Religious Affairs. In a speech delivered at a religious gathering, he strongly criticized the government’s Continue Reading
In response to the growing prevalence of measles in Bangladesh, the Rotary Club of Dhaka Downtown has extended support to strengthen child healthcare services. Marking Rotary’s Maternal and Child Health Month, the club implemented a month-long humanitarian initiative titled “Fighting Against Measles.” Under the project, nebulizer machines were donated to several healthcare Continue Reading
Newly appointed ministers paid tribute at the graves of BNP founder and former President Ziaur Rahman and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. They visited the graves at Zia Udyan in the capital on Saturday (August 22) and placed floral tributes. After paying their respects, they recited Sura-Fatiha and offered prayers for the departed leaders. Those […]Continue Reading
The government is planning to introduce a National E-Health Platform to bring the country’s healthcare system under an integrated digital framework. Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has directed that the platform initially be launched through a pilot project in several districts. The issue was discussed at a meeting on an integrated information technology system for the […]Continue Reading
Rohingya crisis puts Bangladesh under pressure as environmental, economic and security concerns grow
The prolonged Rohingya crisis is creating growing social, economic, environmental and security pressures on Bangladesh, which has sheltered the refugees on humanitarian grounds. Rohingyas first arrived in large numbers in 1978 and again in 1991-92. The biggest influx came in August 2017, when more than 750,000 fled Myanmar’s Rakhine State following a military crackdown. Continue Reading






















