Alongside demands for implementing reforms, the opposition has adopted a strategy of taking an aggressive stance in parliament on issues that directly affect people, including gas and electricity shortages and the law-and-order situation.This became …
Questions have arisen over how a force can be identified as the accused at the very outset of an enforced disappearance investigation.The international convention on enforced disappearance calls for full and impartial investigations.There has been no…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today asked for measures to shift Fulbaria Bus Terminal to Keraniganj, relocate the Kawran Bazar kitchen market to Gabtoli and introduce Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) on the expressway toll plazas to ease traffic cong…
Rescuers in Nepal and China battled Sunday through leg-sucking mud and the threat of rising floodwaters to find thousands missing after a deadly wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayas, engulfing entire villages.Latest figures from both …
The Canadian PM is one of the few world leaders to stand up to the US president. Former colleagues say they are not surprisedMark Carney stood before a walnut-veneered lectern, his face drawn tight, as he announced that talks with Canada’s biggest tr…
The cost of constructing metro rail on two routes in Dhaka is set to more than double. The initial estimated cost of the two projects was Tk 938 billion. A new proposal has now been prepared with a cost of Tk 2.13985 trillion. The proposal for the ad…
Melinda French Gates Doubles Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields Donation Sum Bringing Total to $20 Million The Hollywood ReporterOlivia Rodrigo Delivers Magic With Stevie Nicks, Sarah McLachlan, Alanis Morissette at Daisy Chain  …
Incoming Swiss banking chief warns against regulatory over-reach Financial Times
How did thieves pull off robbery of Antonello da Messina’s 15th-century masterpiece – and why did they leave part of it behind?At about 8.47pm on the evening of 15 August, while tens of thousands of worshippers filled the streets of central Messina f…
The schedule for the Union Parishad (UP) elections has not yet been announced. However, potential BNP candidates have already begun preparing for the polls. Even before receiving instructions from the party’s central leadership, they have started cam…