Only election roadmap will ease tensions
The BNP believes that only a clear roadmap for the election will be able to improve the present volatile situation in the country’s politics.
23 May 2025, 20:02 PM
Opinion / The price of unchecked protest politics
Under the guise of “mob justice,” various groups, including students, have taken the law into their own hands.
21 May 2025, 12:16 PM
BNP to press for polls without stirring chaos
The BNP is planning to ramp up efforts to push for a national election by December but will avoid a direct conflict with the interim government, party sources have said.
20 May 2025, 18:06 PM
Opinion / Ban on Awami League and future actions
There is no denying the extent of damage the AL has done over the last 15 years, particularly from January 5, 2014.
12 May 2025, 02:00 AM
Opinion / What Khaleda Zia’s return means for the BNP
Khaleda Zia's return is not merely a personal event.
6 May 2025, 06:43 AM
A diplomatic reset wrapped in contradiction
The Yunus-Modi meeting is less about conviction and more about pragmatism.
7 April 2025, 03:00 AM
BNP prepares for demos for election by December
Frustrated as the chief adviser has yet to clearly specify when the election will be held, the BNP is making preparations to take to the streets with a demand for polls by December.
5 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Reaction / From convoy to controversy: can NCP live up to its reformist image?
To his credit, Sarjis Alam attempted to explain his 100-car motorcade on Facebook, albeit by way of answering Tasnim Jara's query about the source of his funds
26 March 2025, 07:43 AM
They target graves in rural areas
Body snatching and selling of the skeletons have everything of an illicit trade.
4 February 2017, 18:00 PM
SKELETON trouble
When Islam (full name withheld) signed up for MBBS studies three years ago, he faced an uphill task. For his anatomy course, he badly needed a human skeleton but he could not get one.
4 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Ex-bureaucrat may head EC
The six-member search committee is likely to propose the names of two former bureaucrats for the post of chief election commissioner of the next Election Commission.
3 February 2017, 18:00 PM
BNP won't take tough line now
The BNP will not go for tough street programmes anytime soon although the government continues to deny the party any “democratic space”.
9 January 2017, 18:00 PM
EC Formation: BNP to step up campaign
Happy with Sunday's dialogue with the president, the BNP now wants to intensify its campaign focusing on the formation of a
19 December 2016, 18:00 PM
7-murder comes up in N'ganj polls campaign
The councillor election in ward no-2 of Narayanganj has drawn attention of voters as the wife of slain ward councillor Nazrul Islam is running against a contestant who was primarily implicated in the sensational seven-murder case.
16 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Palm trees and 11 war heroes
Life in Kalatia was calm and relaxed basking in the breezy spring days back in 1971. And it was only natural for a quiet
14 December 2016, 18:00 PM
BNP plans to hold countrywide talks over EC formation
BNP has planned to hold roundtables, discussions and seminars across the country to drum up peoples' support in favour of Khaleda Zia's proposal on formation of the next election commission on the basis of consensus among the political parties.
8 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Care for herbal drink from jute?
Bangladeshi scientists claim to have recreated a long-lost recipe of herbal drink made from jute leaf, which they hope would gain popularity across the globe.
The organic drink touted as “jute green tea” has 30 percent more calorie than spinach, and it contains iron, vitamin C, vitamin D and anti-oxidants, according to scientists at Bangladesh Jute Research Institute (BJRI).
21 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Success In Last 20 Years: Spice output jumps 6-fold
What is a common element in the aromatic wedding biriyani, The East India Company in the 17th century and one specialised research lab in Bogra? It is a quest for good spices to make everyday ordinary food extraordinary.
The lab's research in spice has made extraordinary progress.
11 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Zilla Parishad Polls: BNP unlikely to take part
The BNP is unlikely to participate in the upcoming district council elections scheduled for December, as the party has a few elected public
28 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Tiny plastic, huge risk
After a day out in the dirt and dust, you might want to use a face wash to clean up but such cleansing products are dirtying up the
15 October 2016, 18:00 PM