Sworn in, still missing from govt portals
3 March 2026, 00:00 AM
Nearly two weeks after the new government was sworn in, most ministries have yet to upload the profiles of the newly appointed ministers and state ministers on their official websites, leaving citizens without basic information about policymakers.
3 March 2026, 00:00 AM
Govt aims to gradually issue 2cr family cards
25 February 2026, 02:36 AM
The government is set to launch the pilot phase of its family card programme on March 10 with the ultimate aim of gradually bringing two crore families under monthly cash support.
25 February 2026, 02:36 AM
Tarique takes the reins
18 February 2026, 03:18 AM
BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman was sworn in as the prime minister of Bangladesh yesterday, as the party returned to power after nearly two decades.
18 February 2026, 03:18 AM
Tarique pulls off a stunning sweep
14 February 2026, 03:21 AM
BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman is set to become the next prime minister after his party swept to a stunning landslide in yesterday’s peaceful and festive election, winning more than two-thirds of the parliamentary seats.
14 February 2026, 03:21 AM
2 Days to Vote / Campaigning draws to a close
10 February 2026, 03:01 AM
The curtain has fallen on 20 days of intense electioneering as Bangladesh heads into its 13th national parliamentary polls on Thursday, a pivotal moment of democratic transition marked by cautious optimism among voters.
10 February 2026, 03:01 AM
Bangladesh’s coastal belt: Families pushed into migration, debt traps
12 December 2025, 20:53 PM
A 2023 study found that 59 percent of households in Shyamnagar's three unions had at least one member who migrated for work
12 December 2025, 20:53 PM
How salinity sank Satkhira farmers' harvests
2 December 2025, 18:09 PM
Crop fields disappear as saltwater invasion forces them to switch to shrimp farming
2 December 2025, 18:09 PM
The salt in their wounds
28 November 2025, 18:37 PM
Women in coastal area suffer reproductive health problems from rising salinity
28 November 2025, 18:37 PM
Regent: A Hospital Gone Rogue - They allowed it, now out to disown it
The health services division of the health ministry knew that Regent Hospital’s licence had expired years ago but it still went ahead and signed a deal in early March for treating Covid-19 patients there.
8 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Committees to Tackle Pandemic: Too much hype, little outcome
The committees formed by the government to help it make policy decisions to put the brakes on the pandemic have not been working properly or their recommendations were ignored.
2 July 2020, 18:00 PM
LIGHT of ethical business goes out
He was a paragon of business ethics.
1 July 2020, 18:00 PM
4 years of Holey Artisan Café attack: recalling the night of horror
It was a quiet Friday evening at the Holey Artisan Bakery towards the end of Ramadan in 2016.
30 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Testing fee for whose benefit?
A little over two months ago, the chief of the country’s health directorate in an interview with an Indian magazine narrated Bangladesh government’s position on Covid-19 testing, saying the tests were free of costs.
30 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Covid-19 Hospitals: ICU beds lie unused
When Gazi Sabiha Chowdhury, a 70-year-old heart and kidney patient from Sreemangal, fell in the bathroom on May 31, her family felt something ominous was going to happen.
25 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Denial of Treatment: Hospitals defy govt warnings
For 50-year-old Md Mostafa and his wife, last weekend was nothing short of a nightmare. He shuttled from one hospital to another in the capital with his ailing wife Sathi Khanam, a kidney patient, only to be turned away.
23 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Containment Zones: Incoordination behind fiasco
Over three weeks ago, the government had planned to enforce containment zones in the capital and three other major cities amid a spike in Covid-19 infections and deaths that came after the nationwide shutdown was lifted.
22 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Expert Recommendations: Gone mostly unheeded
As Covid-19 cases kept going up in mid-April, the government formed a national technical advisory committee to find ways to prevent the spread of the deadly virus in the country.
18 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Confusion reigns supreme
There was confusion all around.
As the news of the government preparing a list of virus hotspots to be categorised as red zones spread, the city residents got puzzled and panicked.
15 June 2020, 18:00 PM
One rung up on the grim ladder
With numbers of reported new cases and deaths growing almost every day, Bangladesh has overtaken China in terms of confirmed coronavirus cases.
13 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Not enough when it’s a pandemic
“Good decisions come from experience, but experience comes from making bad decisions.”
11 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Not so good news for the jobless
Ever since Belayat Ahmed completed his graduation two years ago from a college under the National University, he applied to different private companies and submitted his resume to a few job boards.
11 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Public Hospitals: Central oxygen supply elusive
Ensuring uninterrupted oxygen supplies at hospitals appears to have emerged as the latest choke point in the battle against the coronavirus outbreak, which is bearing down on the country.
3 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Cases may double by month-end
While the country’s healthcare system remains under severe strain following record surge in coronavirus infections almost every day, a team of researchers warn that the total number of confirmed cases could double by the end of this month.
2 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Containment zones planned
The government is likely to put the capital, Narayanganj and Gazipur in the “red zone” with severe restrictions in the wake of rising Covid-19 deaths and infections in the city areas.
1 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Curbs loosen, noose tightens
The country saw its highest one-day death toll from Covid-19 and a record new cases of infections yesterday, the day the government eased the nationwide shutdown ignoring warnings from experts.
31 May 2020, 18:00 PM
A night with howling winds
The roaring, howling sound was what stayed with us all night.
21 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Test rate still very low
The country reported a record single-day surge of detected coronavirus cases -- 1,034 -- as the tally crossed the 15,000 mark, while 11 new deaths took the death toll to 239.
11 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Reopening shopping malls, other businesses could lead to further spread
The national technical advisory committee on Covid-19 recommends reconsidering the government's decision of reopening shopping malls and other businesses, saying such a move could lead to further transmission of the deadly coronavirus.
5 May 2020, 17:08 PM