Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies president major general (retired) ANM Muniruzzaman expressed optimism that Bangladesh could achieve sustainable development and establish itself as a key player in the regional economy with the right reforms...
I WAS reading an article by my senior, Commodore Abdur Razzak, about 鈥楩orces Goal 2030 and Beyond鈥� in 抖阴精品, and it took me back, back to the 1990s, when the question was always the same. Could we win if, say, other, neighbouring countries invade us? Could we meaningfully contribute to national development? It was as if these doubts were...
Bangladesh having slipped three notches in the Global Hunger Index 2024, based on 2019鈥�2023 data, shows that the development model pursued and trumpeted by the toppled Awami League government ignored people鈥檚 most basic necessities. The index, prepared by two European non-governmental organisations and made public on October 11, has...
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government on Wednesday protested at the killing of Bangladeshi national Md Kamal Hossain by Indian Border Security Force along the border area in Cumilla.
The United States Trade and Development Agency has awarded a feasibility study grant to establish a temperature-controlled logistics network to develop cold storage refrigeration warehouses in Bangladesh to reduce food losses and improve food security...
The European Union is supporting border control personnel to detect and counter forged documents, identify thefts and other cross-border crimes, as well as to prevent irregular migration...
Law, justice, and parliamentary affairs adviser Asif Nazrul announced on Thursday that the Cyber Security Act 2023 would eventually be abolished.
LADIES and gentlemen, the transition from years of confinement in a maximum security prison to being here before the representatives of 46 nations and 700 million people is a profound and a surreal shift. The experience of isolation for years in a small cell is difficult to convey. It strips away one sense of self, leaving only the raw essence of existence...
The interim government has announced the withdrawal of all cases filed under the cybercrime laws during the 15-year tenure of Sheikh Hasina, who resigned as prime minister and fled to India on August 5 amid a student-mass uprising...
Law, justice and parliamentary affairs adviser Asif Nazrul on Sunday said that the Cyber Security Act would be amended soon.
ETHNIC conflicts have become a global problem with serious regional implications. Scholarly concern with ethnic groups and conflict has become increasingly salient since the second half of the twentieth century. An estimate shows that one-third of all countries experienced civil conflict and ethnic unrest. The term 鈥榚thnicity鈥� or 鈥榚thnic鈥� finds origin in the...
Mohammad Abdul Mannan, chairman of First Security Islami Bank, has been elected chairman of Islamic Banks Consultative Forum during the forum鈥檚 64th meeting held on Sunday, said a press release...
THIS is alarming that the tendency to muzzle any voice critical of the government is repeated by the political groups that have been vocal against legal harassment of dissenting voice and political opposition during the tenure of the toppled Awami League regime. A case was filed on September 24 under repressive clauses of the Cyber Security Act against a man...
A case has been filed against a man in Chattogram allegedly for insulting the Quran and posting a social media video where the interim government chief adviser Muhammad Yunus and information adviser Nahid Islam were disgraced...
Inspector general of police Mainul Islam directed all police officials to ensure tight security during Durga Puja, one of the largest festivals of the Hindus...
Abu Reza Md Yeahia has joined First Security Islami Bank PLC as additional managing director, said a press release...
The Border Guard Bangladesh halted the Indian Border Security Force鈥檚 attempts to fence the borderline with barbed wire in the no man鈥檚 land in Joypurhat area on Sunday...
The Bangladesh Bank on Sunday agreed to provide credit guarantee to reassure other banks to lend to five financially troubled banks through the interbank money market, aiming to help these banks partially return funds to their depositors...
Bangladeshi landowners are set to regain around 200 acres of land previously lost to India due to the erosion of the Padma River along the Daulatpur border in Kushtia...
The Indian Border Security Force has returned the body of Jayonto Kumar Singha, a Bangladeshi schoolboy who was fatally shot along the Baliadangi border in Thakurgaon...
IN THE shadow of diplomatic pleasantries, the relationship between India and Bangladesh reveals a much darker and more unsettling truth. Despite decades of professed friendship and collaboration, the border between these two neighbouring nations has become a deadly frontier where the promises of good relations are betrayed by the harsh...
Students of Jahangirnagar University, Jagannath University and Rajshahi University on Tuesday held demonstrations protesting at killing of Bangladeshis by the Indian Border Security Force. 聽
Students of the Jahangirnagar University and the Rajshahi University on Monday held rallies on their respective campuses to protest against killings of Bangladeshis by the Indian Border Security Force in bordering areas...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion on Sunday arrested a fugitive death row convict, who escaped from Kashimpur High Security Central Jail in Gazipur over a month ago, at a residential hotel in Kodda area of Gazipur city...
ARTIFICIAL intelligence, with its transformation, is swiftly dominating the globe. It compels nations to reconsider forthcoming challenges in every sector. In fact, under the forward-thinking leadership of Dr Muhammad Yunus鈥檚 interim government, Bangladesh now stands at the crossroads through which AI can be utilised not only for the reinforcement of...
A majority of the UN Security Council on Friday called for the repeal of Afghanistan鈥檚 new laws curtailing women鈥檚 rights, saying they 鈥榰ndermine鈥� efforts to reintegrate the country with the...
BOTH at theoretical and empirical levels, ample literature on food security is in evidence worldwide. Particularly in Bangladesh, the food security issue buzzes around academic and research corners most frequently. Policymakers and politicians seemingly feel perturbed at the perilous food insecurity in the country despite tonnes of reports and recommendations put forth to face food insecurity...
Bangladesh has lodged a formal protest to the government of India on the killing of a 13-year-old Bangladeshi girl, Shwarna Das of Juri upazila in Moulvibazar, who was...
Mohammad Abdul Mannan has joined First Security Islami Bank PLC as chairman of the bank鈥檚 reformed board of directors, said a press release...
A top listed crimes suspect Sheikh Md Aslam alias Sweden Aslam, 62, was freed from Kashimpur High Security Jail in Gazipur Tuesday evening...