Adviser Farida Akhter on Sunday warned that Bangladesh is facing a ‘severe, silent threat’ as the uncontrolled use of antibiotics continues to spread across hospitals, farms, fisheries and agricultural fields. “While the recent 5.7-magnitude earthquake caused public anxiety, a mu
The government is mulling over introducing an app for providing early warning of earthquakes in the country, said Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday. He said several countries have developed applications, capable of issuing alerts around 10 seconds before tremors
Bangladesh's foreign policy is increasingly defined by the challenge of navigating great-power rivalry while managing domestic political pressures, analysts said at a major policy forum on Sunday. They argued that Dhaka's engagement with India, China, and the United States reflects not a single al
Bangladesh’s national power mix has tilted sharply away from industry and agriculture over three decades, laying bare an economy still driven by cheap labour rather than productivity, innovation or reliable energy supply, an analysis of government data from 1994 to 2025 shows. Agricultural p
A total of 2,102 Afghan families with 11,855 members returned to their homeland from neighboring Iran and Pakistan on Saturday, Afghanistan's High Commission for Addressing Returnees Problems said Sunday. The commission provides temporary shelters, nourishment, water, medical care, and transportat
