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Gold Cup Football to boost student engagement
Over one crore students, more than 400,000 teachers and millions of people have been directly or indirectly involved in the Government Primary School Gold Cup...
Parliament told of missing martyr records
More than five decades after Bangladesh’s independence, the government has yet to collect complete information on the families of 448 martyrs who were killed in...
Growing up behind bars
Many of Bangladesh’s prisons are home to an overlooked and vulnerable group of children who have committed no offence but spend their earliest years behind...
Anti-drug bill lacks focus on kingpins
The draft amendment to the Narcotics Control Act 2018, prepared by the Home Ministry with the stated aim of dismantling drug syndicates affecting the country’s...
Trade pact with US to strengthen economy FM Khalilur
Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman on Tuesday said the recently signed reciprocal tariff agreement with the United States is expected to attract foreign investment, strengthen energy...
Messi rewrites history
Argentina icon Lionel Messi has become the most decorated player of all time at the FIFA World Cup, scoring his maiden tournament hat-trick against Algeria...
Energy budget still fossil fuel heavy: CPD
The government’s stated position that it will avoid importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) at high prices appears at odds with several provisions in the proposed...
Underworld turf war turns deadly
The killing of a suspected criminal in Dhaka has intensified concerns over renewed turf wars in the capital’s underworld, with investigators linking the incident to...
Home Minister slams border killings
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed on Tuesday described the killing of Bangladeshi citizens by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) along the border as deeply unfortunate and...
India dumping families at BD border: HRW
Indian border forces have been pushing ethnic Bengali residents — mostly Muslims from West Bengal — into Bangladesh at night, through cuts in barbed wire...
