Dhaka, Oct. 24 -- Bangladesh's banking sector is at a crossroads. Years of political interference, corruption, and mismanagement have left a trail of non-performing loans worth nearly Tk 5 lakh crore.... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 24 -- Reform, justice, elections - the three pillars of the mandate bestowed on the interim government led by Dr Muhammad Yunus, as it was sworn in on August 8, 2024, on the back of the as... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 17 -- As Bangladesh inches closer to the general election, political leaders and experts are still sharply divided over the idea of introducing a proportional representation (PR) system. A... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 10 -- In the wake of last year's July Uprising, the human rights landscape has undergone a complex transformation in Bangladesh. While abuses perpetrated by the former Awami League governm... Read More
Dhaka, Sept. 19 -- Over the 36 days that it spanned, the July Uprising that uprooted the authoritarian regime of the Awami League last year didn't quite have the fate of the country's banking sector v... Read More
Dhaka, Sept. 12 -- In a political earthquake that has been rumbling underneath the surface of post-Uprising Bangladesh, the Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed panel's candidates swept the first DUCSU electi... Read More
Dhaka, Aug. 29 -- The plight of the Rohingya, the minority Muslim community of Myanmar who have been historically persecuted in their home country, has been largely forgotten again, despite the last l... Read More
Dhaka, Aug. 22 -- The National Consensus Commission, as it came to be known, is often presented as the 'Jewel in The Crown' of the reform initiative underway in Bangladesh, under the leadership of its... Read More
Dhaka, Aug. 15 -- Towards the end of July, the highly anticipated date for elections to the Dhaka University Central Students' Union was announced, delivering on a key promise of the interim governmen... Read More
Dhaka, Aug. 8 -- Lifting a weight off the nation's shoulders, Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus disclosed the government's plan to arrange the next general election, to elect the 13th Jatiya Sangshad, in F... Read More