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Police caught in corruption crisis

Fresh allegations of corruption, illicit wealth accumulation, posting-trade syndicates and administrative factionalism have deepened an unprecedented crisis within Bangladesh Police, raising concerns over the erosion...

Accurate data key to policymaking

Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has rejected allegations that the latest inflation figures were manipulated, saying the decline in inflation in July was primarily...

Reform or a power play of Bashundhara?

The government’s plan to open Bangladesh’s refined petroleum fuel import, storage, transportation, distribution and marketing to private companies is being presented as a reform aimed...

Malls, markets to close by 8pm

Amid an ongoing power crisis, the government has tightened electricity conservation measures, ordering shopping malls, markets and shops across Bangladesh to close by 8:00pm from...

Dhaka, Ottawa seek to boost $4b trade

Bangladesh and Canada have discussed ways to expand their more than $4 billion two-way trade while strengthening cooperation on legitimate migration, combating fraud and irregular...

A failing test for secondary education

The recently concluded Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations have exposed serious weaknesses in Bangladesh’s secondary education system, with the overall pass rate falling...

Rights on paper, impunity in practice

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has urged the government to reconsider two draft laws on human rights and enforced disappearances, warning that several provisions could weaken...