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Interview: Shashwata Bhattacharya

Material development alone cannot help sustain the key spirit of state

We are continuously losing ground to say proudly that this is a country imbued with the spirit of Liberation War

Material development alone cannot help sustain the key spirit of state

Relatives crowd prison after Myanmar junta protester amnesty

Family members of Myanmar's pro-democracy prisoners crowded outside a jail Tuesday, hoping their relatives would be among thousands the junta has promised to release as it faces growing international ...

Yangon, Yangon division : Newly-released prisoners wave from a bus as they depart the Insein Prison in Yangon on 18 October, 2021

Communal violence

71 cases filed, 450 arrested: Police headquarters

Police said the number of detainees could rise further

A victim is watching over his vandalised house on Monday

Arson attack in Pirganj

'What was our fault?'

Everyone in the Barakarimpur village in Pirganj upazila of Rangpur is in a state of panic. The village is cordoned off by the members of police and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)

The burnt down houses of the people of Hindu community

State minister for information must seek apology: GM Quader

Out of 40 registered political parties, he said only Awami League, BNP and Jatiya Party now remain active while the rest have become signboard-only political parties, he said

Jatiya Party chairman GM Quader speaks at a views-exchange meeting with the leaders of Gaziur city unit of the party and its associate bodies at the party chairman’s Banani office, Dhaka on 16 October 2021

Vibrant Afghan radio reduced to religious relic

Afghan radio station 'Urooj' once teemed with journalists producing news bulletins, but since the Taliban came to town, Ebrahim Parhar sits alone, broadcasting hours of religious sermons

In this photograph taken on 12 October, 2021, radio presenter Ebrahim Parhar reads the news during a broadcast at radio station Urooj in Farah province of Afghanistan

Interview: Badiul Alam Majumdar

Whose committee will this search committee actually be?

Unless the law enforcement agencies and the administration play a neutral role, even the strongest election commission cannot hold a good election, says Badiul Alam Majumdar

Whose committee will this search committee actually be?

BNP coming up with a new formula for unity

BNP is proceeding ahead, taking a baggage of contentions into consideration. These include objections to Jamaat, frustration with the Jatiya Oikya Front, the precarious state of the 20-party alliance ...

BNP coming up with a new formula for unity

ASEAN to discuss excluding Myanmar junta leader from summit

The UN, US and China, among others, have backed ASEAN’s efforts to find a diplomatic solution, but pressure on the group has mounted in recent months, with some critics calling for tougher measures ...

Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar's armed forces, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing delivers his speech at the IX Moscow conference on international security in Moscow, Russia on 23 June 2021

12th parliament elections

Is a wrestling match a precondition to fair elections?

The same question recurs after every five years, as to how the election commission would be formed

Is a wrestling match a precondition to fair elections?
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