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Govt urged to watch first, act then

Economist Rehman Sobhan on Thursday said rushing to Washington in a show of modesty to deal with the newly announced tariff policy by the United States was not a good strategy...

Three ex-police officials accused of killing nine calling them extremists

The International Crimes Tribunal on Monday allowed a prosecution plea to show three former senior police officials arrested in a case related to an alleged ‘staged’ extremist den raid in Mirpur’s Jahajbari where law enforcement officers fatally shot nine youths in 2016...

Economists stress job creation, direct tax in budget

Economists in a pre-budget discussion on Sunday in the capital Dhaka suggested employment generation schemes, expansion of social spending and maintenance of a high food stock in the forthcoming financial year...

Bangladesh’s foreign policy mistakes

Somali govt claims 70 Al-Shabaab killed

More than 70 members of the Islamist armed group Al-Shabaab were killed during an army operation with local forces in Somalia, the information ministry said on Tuesday....

DTCA should learn from past mistakes

THE government plan on a bus route franchise to streamline public transports in Dhaka could clash with a similar programme that the transport owners’ association has taken up. This is worrying. The road transport adviser in December 2024 announced that the government would introduce company-based bus operation on nine routes in Dhaka on February...

Another girls’ football match halted amid Islamists’ protests

Another inter-district girls’ football match was halted amid protests by leaders and activists of Islami Andolan Bangladesh at Taraganj in Rangpur Thursday afternoon...

Babysitting: socio-economic necessity

IMAGINE a young working mother in Dhaka, rushing to an important meeting while struggling to find someone to look after her sick child. Or a father juggling between work and errands, with no immediate family available to watch over his toddler. In many parts of the world, this gap is easily filled by babysitting services. But in Bangladesh, where...

Syria’s rulers urge Russia to fix past mistakes

Syria’s new leadership on Wednesday urged Moscow to ‘address past mistakes’ during talks with visiting Russian officials — the first since former president Bashar al-Assad, a Kremlin ally, was toppled last month...

MIST’s 22nd council meeting held

The 22nd council meeting of the Military Institute of Science and Technology was held on its campus in Dhaka on Monday with education adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud in the chair...

A WOUNDED TRUST: Healing police-public relations

THE relationship between the police and the public has for long been marred by mistrust and conflict, rooted in colonial history and exacerbated by systemic abuse. The events of the student-led uprising in July-August 2024, when excessive police force, mass shooting and enforced disappearances took place, marked a low point in this strained relationship...

Bangladesh named Economist’s ‘Country of the Year 2024’

The Economist, an influential British weekly magazine, has named Bangladesh the ‘Country of the Year’ for 2024, recognising the nation’s incredible political and social transformation.

New Syria PM says all religious groups’ rights ‘guaranteed’

Syria’s new prime minister said the Islamist-led alliance that ousted president Bashar al-Assad will ‘guarantee’ the rights of all religious groups and called on the millions who fled the war to return home...

Syria war monitor reports Israeli strikes targeting military sites

A Syria war monitor said Monday that overnight Israeli strikes targeted military positions and depots in several parts of the country, after Islamist-led rebels ousted president Bashar al-Assad...

Syrian forces launch counterattack against Islamist-led rebels

Syrian government forces launched a counterattack against Islamist-led rebels around the key city of Hama on Wednesday after suffering a string of staggering losses, a war monitor said...

Former-extremist leader stabbed to desth in Pabna

Unidentified assailants hacked a man, believed to be a former leader of an extremist group, to death near Rauti Uttarpara School under Santhia upazila in Pabna Sunday night...

Israel’s extremists have plan for day after genocide

Under the slogan ‘Gaza is Ours, Forever’, a large number of Israeli extremists and right-wing politicians met in the settlement of Be’eri, near the Gaza border region, on October 20–21.

Balanced reforms needed for sustainable dev: Debapriya

Economist Debapriya Bhattacharya on Thursday observed that the government must balance the need for reforms to ensure sustainable development with the potential for economic repercussions if individuals, groups, or parties feel targeted...

Textbook review body cancelled amid criticism from Islamists

The government on Saturday cancelled the recently formed textbook review committee following criticism from different Islamist parties and groups.

Nightlife now rules in Iraq's former IS bastion

If they had tried to do this a few years ago, the group of Iraqi women enjoying a night out in Mosul would probably have risked severe punishment.

Gunmen kill 39 in ‘coordinated’ attacks in Pakistan

Separatist extremists killed at least 39 people in ‘coordinated’ attacks in southwestern Pakistan on Monday that largely targeted ethnic Punjabis, government officials said. ...

10 members to be recruited: committee chief

Economist Debapriya Bhattacharya on Sunday said that he selected 10 members to be included in white paper preparation committee on country’s economy...

Government urges students, guardians to go back home

The government has urged all the students and their guardians to return home and stay safe, saying that extremist attacks were taking place in different places across Bangladesh.....

UK Islamist Choudary jailed for life

A judge on Tuesday sentenced Anjem Choudary, one of the UK’s most recognised radical Islamist preachers, to life jail after he was found guilty of directing a banned...

Ansar al-Islam member arrested in Narayanganj

One of the nine members of the banned extremist outfit Ansar al-Islam, who escaped during the jailbreak at Narsingdi Central Jail, has been arrested in Narayanganj, bringing the...

Stocks surge in past week

Dhaka stocks witnessed a sharp spike in its indices, marking its third week of gains, as optimistic investors were active on buying side, helping the market to recover slightly after a recent drop...

Explosion in Rupganj ‘extremist hideout’ surrounded by ATU

An explosion occurred on Tuesday on the third floor of a four-storey building, surrounded by the police’s Anti-Terrorism Unit in suspicion of being an extremist hideout in the Barpa area of Rupganj, Narayanganj...

Police cordon off ‘extremist hideout’ in Narayanganj

Police have cordoned off a four-storey building in Barpa area of Rupganj upazila in Narayanganj suspecting it to be an extremist hideout...

Inflation unlikely to ease soon: Kholiquzzaman

Economist Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad highlighted on Monday that Bangladesh’s economy was trapped in a ‘vicious circle,’ rendering inflation control policies ineffective, unlike the successes seen in Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan...

3 members of new extremist group ‘Shahadat’ arrested

The Rapid Action Battalion on Saturday said that it had arrested three people suspected to be members of new extremist group ‘Shahadat.’