Editorial

The reported risk that red tape could prevent the revival of stalled businesses worth around Tk20,000 crore is a stark reminder that administrative delays carry real economic costs. …

From a war-ravaged nation, Bangladesh has emerged as one of South Asia’s fastest-growing economies. Over the past five decades, it has achieved significant success in agriculture, healthcare, women’s …

Securing a landslide victory was the easy part; after three months, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s political honeymoon is colliding with formidable structural crises. The BNP administration now navigates …

Bangladesh’s budget arrives not as a routine fiscal exercise, but as the first decisive test of whether a new government can translate a landslide electoral mandate into a …

Ramisa’s rape and murder are not merely another headline in Bangladesh’s worsening law-and-order crisis; they are a mirror held before a wounded state. Ramisa stands as the symbol …

There was a time when three “Ts” defined the relationship between China and the United States – Tiananmen, Tibet and Taiwan. But as China emerged over the past …

The directive from the prime minister to immediately operationalize six long-unused children’s hospitals across Bangladesh is undoubtedly a promising development, and one that could bring meaningful relief to …

Bangladesh Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir asserted on Tuesday that there was no scope for cancelling the US-Bangladesh trade agreement signed at the end of the Interim Government’s …

As we celebrate World Press Freedom Day this May 3, Bangladesh stands, as it does every year, in a paradoxical position within a turbulent global landscape.  Since the …

Satyajit Ray’s Hirak Rajar Deshe is not just a landmark in Bengali cinema, but one of the finest works in the history of filmmaking across the subcontinent. Beneath …