In South Asia, Bangladesh stands on its own merit. American policymakers must be able to see Bangladesh as an independent actor -- not just a subset of India-Pakistan policy. Click here to read...
On December 13, 1971, the Liberation Forces, their Indian allies, and the Pakistani occupation army all gathered in and around Dhaka ahead of the decisive showdown after nine months of bloody war. Click here to read...
Bangladesh has entered the fifth-generation (5G) era as Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy virtually inaugurated the service. Click here to read...
Following a year's gap, the Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) is expected to open as planned on January 1 at its new venue in the capital's Purbachal. Click here to read...
Since March 25, when the Pakistani Army was turned loose on a defenseless East Bengal, events have been unrolling which have been described as not less frightful than the war in Vietnam. Click here to read...
Bangladesh reported six more deaths from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours till 8:00am Sunday. With them, the death toll has risen to 28,028. Click here to read...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the new army officers to serve the country and uphold the spirit of War of Liberation being imbued with patriotism. Click here to read...
The Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) has disqualified two candidates contesting in the local government elections for Drakteng gewog in Trongsa yesterday.Click here to read...
That a sensible solution continues to evade us stretches belief. To address one of the biggest health issues facing the country—alcohol-related liver disease. Click here to read...
Director Arun Bhattarai won the Best Documentary Award at the International Mobile Film Festival for his one-minute film “Snow Lion and The Glaciologist” during the awards ceremony on World Climate Day in Paris on December 8. Click here to read...
Ngenpa Gudzom is considered the most inauspicious day on the Bhutanese Calendar. It is observed on the seventh day of the 11th month of the Bhutanese Calendar which falls on December 10, 2021. Click here to read...
Many people go to India for work from various districts of the Sudurpaschim province every year. However, the number of them going missing there has increased over the years and it has become a matter of concern.
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Experts say there is a need to expedite spending so as to give a stimulus to the economy and focus on utilising resources collected from internal debt. Click here to read...
An overhauled ideology—and an organisational rejig—is a must to inject new blood into the grand old party. Click here to read...
Prime Minister and Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that he needs to be in the party leadership to sustain the current government and ensure victory of the party in the upcoming elections. Click here to read...