Enayet Karim: On August 5, the country and the international world witnessed a rare coup that is unprecedented in the history of the country. Hasina government’s dictatorship of the past decade and a half ended with…

Changes coming at all levels of administration

Mahfuja Mukul: After the fall of Sheikh Hasina, the Nobel-winning economist Dr. Muhammad Yunus has taken the lead of the country. Advisors to the interim government headed by him have started working. As part of this,…

Traffic police back to work after one week

Staff Correspondent: Traffic police have started performing duties on various roads in the capital from Monday morning, after about one week of work abstention due to insecurity after the fall of Hasina government on August 5.…

Chief Adviser to hold meeting with BNP leaders this afternoon

Staff Correspondent: The Chief Adviser of the interim government, Dr Muhammad Yunus, will hold a meeting with BNP senior leaders Monday afternoon. BNP standing committee members, led by its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, will…

Fakhrul urges interim govt to create conducive environment for holding national election as early as possible  

Staff Correspondent: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday urged the interim government led by Dr Muhammad Yunus to create a conducive environment for holding a national election as soon as possible. He also…

Debt increased from $21b to $80 b in 15-yr

How much grabbed by Hasina? Mahfuz Emran: After the departure of the BNP-led four-party coalition government (at the end of 2006), the foreign debt of Bangladesh was slightly less than $19 billion. In the two years…

83,000 new posts created in police in 15-yr

About 120,000 cops recruited during the period Farhad Chowdhury: The police force plays a key role in maintaining peace and order in the country at the field level. A large number of new posts have been…

Fakhrul warns against conspiracy to undermine ‘newly-acquired independence’

Staff Correspondent: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday expressed concern that some local and international media outlets are misrepresenting political incidents in Bangladesh as communal attacks as part of a plot. Speaking at…

Syed Refaat Ahmed made chief justice of Bangladesh

Staff Correspondent: Syed Refaat Ahmed, senior judge of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court, has been appointed as the chief justice of Bangladesh. President Mohammed Shahabuddin appointed him as the 25th chief justice of…

Israeli airstrike on a Gaza school used as a shelter kills at least 80, Palestinian officials say

Staff Correspondent: An Israeli airstrike hit a school-turned-shelter in Gaza early Saturday, killing at least 80 people and wounding nearly 50 others, Palestinian health authorities said, in one of the deadliest attacks of the 10-month Israel-Hamas…

Chaos engulfs banking sector amid leadership void

Rafiqul Islam Azad: The country’s banking sector, often referred to as the “heart” of the economy, is currently facing severe turmoil. This crisis has been exacerbated by the absence of top bank officials, following the August…