Eid travel turns tragic
Train–bus crash in Cumilla among incidents that claim 32 lives nationwide In its last issue before the Eid vacation began on 19 March, The New...
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Attacks across Lebanon intensified
An Israeli strike on a residential apartment in Bchamoun in the capital Beirut killed at least three people including a three-year old girl, according to...
PM rings New Nation Editor with Eid greetings
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman personally extended Eid-ul-Fitr greetings to Md. Mokarram Hossain, Editor of The New Nation, along with two other senior journalists, Ekushey Padak...
81,000 civilian sites damaged in Iran
Iran’s Red Crescent Society has reported widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure, claiming that more than 81,000 residential and civilian units have been damaged in recent...
No shortage, only demand spike
Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday said the country’s fuel distribution system has come under pressure due to an unexpected...
China mapping ocean floor for setting submarine warfare with US
China is conducting a vast undersea mapping and monitoring operation across the Pacific, Indian and Arctic oceans, building detailed knowledge of marine conditions that naval...
BNP wings await new leadership
Ten out of the 11 associate and affiliated organisations of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) have exceeded their organisational tenure, with several committees continuing far...
Gas shortages push India’s poor back to wood-coal
Soaring black-market prices of cooking gas in India’s capital are pushing poorer families back to wood and coal, raising health risks and worsening air quality...
What can be more important than Rooppur Nuclear Power Project now?
Bangladesh today finds itself at the mercy of forces far beyond its borders. The escalating tensions involving the United States, Israel, and Iran — and...
Bangladesh’s strategic dilemma over Hormuz crisis
The escalating confrontation involving Iran, Israel and the United States has once again pushed the global energy system to the edge of uncertainty. What initially...
Growth potential amid reserve crisis
Bangladesh is the most densely populated non-city-state country in the world, with the eighth largest population (170 million) within a territory the size of Iowa....
Iran’s Kharg Island: Why is it a target of attack?
While serving in the Bangladesh Armed Forces, I was deputed to Kuwait on three separate occasions as a consultant in hyperbaric medicine. I worked in...