THE unfolding war against Iran, driven, in the view of many observers, by the strategic calculations of US president Donald Trump and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has become a defining ...
The true measure of reform lies not in commission reports, political consensus or referendum results, but in implementation. Over the past two years, Bangladesh has witnessed an extensive process of ...
The Bangladesh Bank has discontinued the CAMELS rating system for banks, replacing it with a forward-looking Composite Risk Rating (CRR) framework under its new Risk-Based Supervision (RBS) ...
THE Bay of Bengal is rapidly emerging as one of the world’s most strategically significant maritime regions. Beyond serving as a crucial route for international trade and energy transportation, it has ...
Some slogans transcend the eras in which they were born, becoming timeless symbols of resistance, change and justice. One such rallying cry is Inquilab Zindabad, which means ‘Long Live Revolution.’ ...
Aggrieved locals on Sunday took to the streets, blocking roads, including the Dhaka-Tangail highway, and forming human chains in protest against frequent power cuts amid a heatwave sweeping parts of ...
The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal No. 3 as a well-marked low over central Uttar Pradesh and adjoining areas ...
Israel is now perceived more negatively than any other country in the world, followed by North Korea, Afghanistan and Iran, according to new global polling published by Nira Data as part of its 2026 ...
ZIAUR Rahman is a remarkable personality in the study of Bangladeshi politics, in one respect, at least: how a former army officer whose political career spanned only about three years and a half ...
IN ALL negotiations between Arab countries and Israel, ‘land for peace’ was never a preferred option to the Zionist movement. Zionist extremist killed Yitzhak Rabin on November 4, 1995 for agreeing to ...
Around 1.4 million more people fell into poverty in Bangladesh in 2025, reaching the rate to 21.4 per cent, which was 20.5 per cent in 2024, said the World Bank. Moreover, the Middle East conflict is ...