July 11, 2025, 10:22 pm

BRAC Launches 360° NCD Care Initiative

Health Overview Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) now account for about 70 percent of all deaths in Bangladesh. With nearly 68 percent of healthcare costs paid out-of-pocket, many families are driven into Read More

Doubt Over Elections Now Clear Even to BNP—But When Will Stability Return?

Early Warnings from Inside BNP After the Yunus-Tarique meeting in London, I had written that only time would reveal its true outcome. And slowly, time has begun to speak. Senior

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Major win for Trump as Congress passes ‘big, beautiful bill’

Russia becomes the first country to formally recognize Taliban’s latest rule in Afghanistan AP News, In a significant diplomatic shift, Russia has become the first country to officially recognize the

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Kabori : From Bangladesh’s Sweetheart to Cultural Icon

Early Life and First Steps into Acting Kabori Sarwar, born Mina Pal on July 19, 1950, in Boalkhali, Chattogram (then East Pakistan), grew up in a family steeped in culture

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Rice Price Surge Deepens Food Security and Inflation Crisis in Bangladesh

Three civil-society groups—the Bangladesh Food Security Network (KHANI), Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) Chattogram, and ISDE Bangladesh—have sounded the alarm over an abnormal spike in rice prices that is fuelling

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