Development demands self-reliance
Bangladesh should place greater emphasis on self-reliance rather than depending excessively on foreign assistance if it is to achieve sustainable economic development, Emeritus Professor of...
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Foreign funding slows, debt bills rise
Bangladesh’s external financing inflows weakened sharply in the just-concluded 2025-26 fiscal year, with foreign loan commitments falling to their lowest level in 14 years even...
Govt pursues Benazir extradition
The Bangladesh government has initiated legal efforts to cancel the conditional bail granted to former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed by a court...
Homegrown solar set for govt support
The government plans to accelerate Bangladesh’s transition to renewable energy by promoting domestic manufacturing of solar panels and battery storage systems, expanding access to clean...
Attacks on Palestinians justified as revenge
The Israeli settler outpost of Havat Gilad, deep inside the occupied West Bank, is spread across several hilltops, its sheds and simple block houses clearly...
Arshad Hosein becomes member of NOAB
Arshad Hosein, Managing Editor and Director of The New Nation and son of Barrister Mainul Hosein, has been inducted as a member of the Newspaper...
Pro-democracy forces contributed to July movement
Prime Minister’s Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Rumon on Saturday said the anti-fascist July movement was the result of the collective contributions of all pro-democracy...
Hindus, Buddhists are refugees, not infiltrators
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has said Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians who entered India from Bangladesh under conditions covered by the...
Shafiqur questions govt’s ‘moral legitimacy’
Leader of the Opposition and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday questioned the government’s “moral legitimacy,” pointing to recent remarks by LGRD Minister and BNP...
US Special Envoy Gor’s Dhaka visit
The timing of US Special Envoy for South and Central Asia Sergio Gor’s visit to Bangladesh could hardly be more significant for the country’s energy...
No place for religious division in Bangladesh
Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said Bangladesh belongs equally to people of all religions and there is...
BD-Morocco trade reaches $804m
Bangladesh and Morocco have reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening their long-standing bilateral partnership, with Dhaka expressing optimism that cooperation between the two countries will...