Bangladesh Needs Sound Statecraft, Not Panic

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drones are being deployed to monitor Dhaka’s traffic, an official statement from across the border was issued and withdrawn, while […]Continue Reading

US Congratulates President Mirza Fakhrul Islam

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

Madhupur Pir Sahib Issues Strong Protest, Warning Over Lincoln’s Appointment as Religious Deputy Minister

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

PM Directs Pilot Project for National E-Health Platform

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
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