Rintu Anwar Following the bloody July-August mass uprising of 2024, the selfless sacrifices of students and the people, and the fall of a suffocating 15-year authoritarian regime, Bangladesh had dreamed of a new dawn. Riding on that dream, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has taken on the Continue Reading
Describing the country’s gas and power crisis as severe would be an understatement. From people’s daily lives to transport and industrial production, almost every sector depends on these two resources. When supplies are disrupted, nearly everything comes to a standstill. It has been nearly one and a half to two months since the crisis began, […]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drones are being deployed to monitor Dhaka’s traffic, an official statement from across the border was issued and withdrawn, while […]Continue Reading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
Israel has adopted extreme Islamophobia as a new strategy to protect its image and maintain support among Western political circles and the public, according to an analysis published by Qatar-based international news outlet Al Jazeera. Mr. Josh Paul, a former senior US State Department official who resigned from his post, wrote in an article that […]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






















