July 2024 is one of the pivotal moments in Bangladesh’s history. What started as a student-led protest demanding reform in the quota system for government jobs rapidly grew into a nationwide uprising, culminating in a change of government.

In 1829, blue uniforms were chosen for the first British metropolitan police, established by Sir Robert Peel, to distinguish them from the British military, whose uniforms were red.

Most of the obituaries praise Purja's feats in climbing while skipping past a chapter that, only two years ago, made international headlines: allegations that he had sexually assaulted two women.

How is a traditional teacher going to compete with the audiovisual stimulation today’s children receive from digital devices? And how to create a learning experience that technology alone can never provide?

In any civilised society, a historic reservoir such as Askar Dighi would have been protected as a public heritage asset. What can we do today?

Retaliation is not justice. A student union is not a mobile court. Its elected representatives are not police officers, prosecutors, or executioners.

Dredging creates navigation capacity, not logistics demand. Cargo moves because industries produce, farmers harvest, ports generate trade, and consumers create demand. Rivers merely provide one transport corridor within a much larger logistics ecosystem.

While global rates of communication disorders increase, Bangladesh faces a critical shortage, with only a few hundred qualified SLTs registered with the Bangladesh Rehabilitation Council (BRC). Into this gap comes artificial intelligence.

Over the last two years, there have been many reports of young people attacking someone or engaging in violent acts in public places, educational institutions, or even at government offices.

A passport may seem like a simple travel document, but at a foreign border it also represents the credibility of the state that issued it. Immigration authorities assess not only the individual traveller, but also the reliability of the country’s identity records, document security, migration management and willingness to accept responsibility when citizens violate immigration rules.

Mohammed Shahabuddin’s less-than-ceremonious exit from the presidency allows the ruling BNP to draw a line under months of ambiguity over two issues.

On July 30, 2026, Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman stated that the government is considering amending the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 to allow parents to retain the right to possess and enjoy property during their lifetime even after transferring ownership to their children.

“It’s unbearably hot today,” “The roads are underwater again,” and “The crops didn’t survive”—these lines have become so familiar that they no longer sound alarming.

A 2024 study on India’s electricity distribution system challenges the claim that private electricity distribution is inherently more efficient than public management.

Because they could not step away from death, death stepped in for them (apologies to Emily Dickinson)

For many brides in Bangladesh, it is seldom a surprise that in their new household, they are entitled to neither respect nor their own choices; rather, they are treated as someone who needs permission to move, smile, or even breathe.

Bangladesh already possesses some of the components needed to participate in chip manufacturing.

With domestic gas production declining rapidly, imported fossil fuels have accounted for an increasing share in Bangladesh’s energy system over the years, making energy significantly costlier.

Why do so many people still choose to seek treatment abroad?

Every criminal economy borrows its methods from whatever technology defines its era.