Jannatul Ruhi | 2025-12-08 00:00:00
I have been working with district journalists for almost one and a half decades now. Over the years, I have witnessed many different incidents and experienced lived realities of this field. Those of us who learned about the problems and...
Haradhan Sarker | 2025-12-08 00:00:00
Compared to non-financial entities, a bank has to work with much greater degree of multiple risks since it deals in others’ money, and deal out that money to others. Risk management is, therefore, one of the basic functions of a...
Md Ziaul Haque Bhuiyan | 2025-12-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh, a land blessed with abundant fertility and six vibrant seasons, should have fruit markets overflowing with local flavours that reflect our identity, yet the reality tells a different story. Walking up to a fruit cart in Panthapath, a bustling...
Giasuddin M Tauseef | 2025-12-08 00:00:00
One of the basic indicators of a nation's sustainable growth is its year-on-year demand for steel. Globally, economists consider a drop in steel demand as a reliable and earliest indication of an economic slowdown or recession. A nation with versatile...
Talha Bin Habib | 2025-12-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh is a country of 175.7-million-strong population, with a limited landmass. It is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Growing population coupled with shrinking agricultural land has appeared as a matter of big concern in respect...
Dewan Tahmid | 2025-12-08 00:00:00
South Asia is urbanising at a pace that would have been unimaginable half a century ago. Between 1972 and 2019, millions of people in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka moved from villages to towns and...
Sadiq Ahmed | 2025-12-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh arguably is one of the most climate vulnerable country in the world. The government is well aware of the need to integrate climate change considerations in the national development process. Several climate change strategies have been developed, and climate...
Julian A. Weber | 2025-12-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh is at a critical turning point of either becoming a modern, high-growth nation attracting foreign capital or risking stagnation by falling back into old collectivist patterns of paralysing self-pity. The formula for success is simple yet challenging: practical pluralism...
Galib Nakib Rahman | 2025-12-08 00:00:00
Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away was there a country where in any programme, people would wear a heavy complete suit with a flashy red or orange tie, despite being drenched in sweat like sauna in...
SSM Sadrul Huda | 2025-12-08 00:00:00
Dr Muhammad Yunus faces a great struggle to maintain the political reforms in Bangladesh; among these is resistance of the existing institutions such as the military and bureaucracy, public distrust due to a perceived lack of inclusion in the reforms...
Afsana Akhtar | 2025-12-08 00:00:00
At the beginning of the new century, a new scientific discipline emerged named positive psychology,with well-being and happiness as its subject.Therefore, a brief understanding of this area is needed to understand well-being/happiness. Generally, it was believed that well-being emerged from...
Shahab Enam Khan | 2025-12-08 00:00:00
As the global order reshapes around competing supply-chain architectures, Bangladesh finds itself in the challenging but strategically significant middle. The United States and China - two indispensable partners in Bangladesh's economic lifeline - are increasingly locking horns over trade, technology,...
Nilratan Halder | 2025-12-08 00:00:00
The problem of brain drain encountered by poor and underdeveloped countries is both a cause and consequence of a grand scheme. Its roots lie in the colonial exploitation of subjugated countries by the conquering powers such as the Indian subcontinent...
Zaidi Sattar and Ahmed Sadek Yousuf | 2025-12-08 00:00:00
Macroeconomic mismanagement that began in mid-2022 with squandering of the country's comfortable foreign exchange reserves lasted until the ouster of the autocratic regime. The Monsoon Revolution of August 2024, partly triggered by the economic malaise, dealt the next major blow...
United States President Donald Trump received the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize before the draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, reports BBC Sport.The award has been introduced this year by FIFA president Gianni Infantino, designated for a person who has...
Mohammad Iftekharul Islam | 2025-12-07 12:00:00
Every unit of energy saved carries more value than one produced, because imported fuel travels long distances, accumulates technical losses and costs the country twice over. A kilowatt hour conserved at the source prevents the need for two kilowatt-hours of...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met Office.Night and day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country.The highest temperature in...
MYMENSINGH, Dec 06 (UNB): A physician of Mymensingh Medical College (MMC) has been suspended for misbehaving with the Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Professor Dr. Md Abu Jafor on Saturday afternoon.Dr. Dhandeb Barman, who was...
RU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-12-07 00:00:00
A section of students from the 60th, 61st, and 62nd batches of Rajshahi University have announced a boycott of the university's 12th convocation. They made the announcement at a press conference held on Saturday (6 December) at 12:00 pm at...
International Standard University (ISU) hosted a seminar titled "Public Health Career: Scope and Opportunities" on Thursday on its campus in the city, organised by the university's Master's of Public Health (MPH) programme, according to a statement.Professor Dr Muhammad Aziz Rahman,...
Fire Service and Civil Defence observed the International Volunteer Day 2025 with a daylong programme held at the Fire Service and Civil Defence Multipurpose Training Ground in Narayanganj on Friday. Home Adviser Lt Gen (Retd.) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury was...
The bodies of 114 unidentified martyrs of the July Uprising will be exhumed from Rayerbazar Graveyard in the capital starting today (Sunday) for identification through post-mortem and DNA testing, reports BSS."We are preparing for exhumation bodies of July Martyrs buried...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-07 00:00:00
Six members of a family suffered burn injuries in a gas line explosion at a home in the capital's Agargaon area on Saturday.The injured were identified as Md Jalil Mia (50), Aneja Begum (40), Asif Mia (19), Sakib Mia (16),...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-12-07 00:00:00
The admission test for the first-year undergraduate programme under Dhaka University's 'Business Studies Unit' for the 2025-26 academic year has been held.The exam took place on Saturday (6 December) from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm. This year, a total of...
Bangladesh cannot transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy "overnight" and must adopt a "realistic roadmap" to achieve the shift, according to Environment Advisor Syeda Rizwana Hasan.She made the remarks at the inauguration of the three-day Bangladesh Energy Conference at...
FENI, Dec 06 (UNB): Feni observed its Liberation Day on Saturday as freedom fighters defeated the Pakistani occupation force and their local collaborators on this day in 1971.The valiant sons of the district hoisted the flag of independent Bangladesh on...
MUNSHIGANJ, Dec 06 (UNB): At least eight people, including a woman, were injured in clashes between two factions of the BNP in Gazaria on Friday evening over the party's nomination for the Munshiganj-3 constituency. Several vehicles and a private office...
The nation observed Fall of Autocracy Day on Saturday marking the fall of autocratic ruler HM Ershad in 1990, reports UNB.On December 6, 1990, military dictator Ershad stepped down in the face of a mass upsurge and handed power over...
Voters engaged in election duties, government employees stationed outside home constituencies and voters in jails will be able to register for postal voting through the Postal Vote BD app until December 25, reports UNB.The period will follow the announcement of...
JHENAIDAH, Dec 06 (UNB): Rashed Khan, Secretary General of Gono Odhikar Parishad on Friday alleged that a conspiratorial group has begun plotting to create a situation in the country similar to 1/11 in order to disrupt the upcoming elections.He claimed...
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