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Ghost bills fuel public fury

Bangladesh, Sept. 5 -- A wave of abnormally high, and in some cases inexplicable, electricity bills has left ordinary consumers across the country reeling, triggering a storm of criticism on social me... Read More


Between legacy and reinvention

Bangladesh, Sept. 2 -- Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) marked its 48th founding anniversary on Tuesday with wreath-laying, tributes and a renewed pledge from Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to deepen... Read More


Private fuel imports trigger concern

Bangladesh, Aug. 12 -- The government's plan to open refined fuel imports and distribution to private companies has triggered concerns that control of the strategically important market could become c... Read More


BNP settles on Fakhrul for presidency

Bangladesh, Aug. 10 -- BNP Secretary General and Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is poised to become Bangladesh's next president after BNP Cha... Read More


Despite rifts, parties unite against Hasina return

Bangladesh, Aug. 8 -- Ruling party BNP, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and the National Citizen Party (NCP) have clashed repeatedly in recent weeks - their leaders and workers trading accusations and, at ... Read More


Promise still waits two years after Uprising

Bangladesh, Aug. 5 -- They died in the streets so that Bangladesh could be free of fascism. Two years later, as the nation marks July Mass Uprising Day today, the students and common people who paid t... Read More


One fire, economy stalls

Bangladesh, July 27 -- A fire at a single floating LNG terminal off the coast of Cox's Bazar has plunged much of Bangladesh into its worst gas crunch in years, idling factories, emptying stoves in mil... Read More


From 'Sheikh Hasina does not flee' to flight

Bangladesh, July 22 -- On July 22, 2024, Bangladesh was gripped by one of the most critical moments of the student-led quota reform movement. A nationwide curfew was in force, the army patrolled the ... Read More


BNP moves to calm restless allies ahead of local polls

Bangladesh, July 20 -- Five months after forming the government, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is making its first formal attempt to address mounting frustration among the smaller parties tha... Read More


Govt, opposition at odds over constitutional reform

Bangladesh, July 16 -- The government has decided to pursue constitutional reform through a special parliamentary committee, rejecting the opposition's demand for a separate Constitution Reform Counci... Read More