Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee

Tk 2.21cr extorted daily from city transport

Finds govt probe; transport sector now controlled mostly by BNP-linked influentials

1m ago

A walk through relics of power and paranoia

Inside Gono Bhaban, a fallen dictator's palace

2m ago

How our red and green came to be

The fluttering red and green never fails to inspire pride and joy.

4m ago

41st BCS police cadre: 100 candidates facing fresh verification

The interim government is re-verifying the background of 100 individuals who passed the 41st Bangladesh Civil Service examinations and were recommended for police cadre jobs.

6m ago

Sheikh clan’s lust for duty-free cars

With an almost decimated opposition and farcical elections, a party nomination from the ruling Awami League was as good as a seat in the parliament.

6m ago

Interim govt struggling on many fronts

The government on around a dozen occasions has backtracked on its decisions during its two months in office, casting doubts about its resolve.

6m ago

Mahalaya to Vijaya Dashami: What this year’s Durga Puja predicts

Durga Puja, an annual Hindu festival, celebrates the divine force “Shakti” embodied in Goddess Durga. This year, Mahalaya falls on 2 October, marking the start of Devi Paksha. Durga arrives on 3 October by palanquin, considered inauspicious, and departs on 12 October by horse.

6m ago

Cops still afraid to come out of cocoon

An overarching sense of frustration, apprehension, and opportunism prevails over the police force, rendering it virtually dysfunctional.

6m ago
March 9, 2025
March 9, 2025

Tk 2.21cr extorted daily from city transport

Finds govt probe; transport sector now controlled mostly by BNP-linked influentials

February 21, 2025
February 21, 2025

A walk through relics of power and paranoia

Inside Gono Bhaban, a fallen dictator's palace

December 16, 2024
December 16, 2024

How our red and green came to be

The fluttering red and green never fails to inspire pride and joy.

October 26, 2024
October 26, 2024

41st BCS police cadre: 100 candidates facing fresh verification

The interim government is re-verifying the background of 100 individuals who passed the 41st Bangladesh Civil Service examinations and were recommended for police cadre jobs.

October 25, 2024
October 25, 2024

Sheikh clan’s lust for duty-free cars

With an almost decimated opposition and farcical elections, a party nomination from the ruling Awami League was as good as a seat in the parliament.

October 9, 2024
October 9, 2024

Interim govt struggling on many fronts

The government on around a dozen occasions has backtracked on its decisions during its two months in office, casting doubts about its resolve.

October 2, 2024
October 2, 2024

Mahalaya to Vijaya Dashami: What this year’s Durga Puja predicts

Durga Puja, an annual Hindu festival, celebrates the divine force “Shakti” embodied in Goddess Durga. This year, Mahalaya falls on 2 October, marking the start of Devi Paksha. Durga arrives on 3 October by palanquin, considered inauspicious, and departs on 12 October by horse.

October 2, 2024
October 2, 2024

Cops still afraid to come out of cocoon

An overarching sense of frustration, apprehension, and opportunism prevails over the police force, rendering it virtually dysfunctional.

September 27, 2024
September 27, 2024

Forging unity with islamist parties: Jamaat eyes large electoral alliance

The vacuum in the wake of the Awami League’s departure from the political arena and the BNP’s impending reemergence as number one are leading other parties to peel away from these major players and seek to make their own spheres of alliance.

September 20, 2024
September 20, 2024

BNP forms six panels for reforms

The BNP has formed six committees to formulate the party’s reform proposals in line with its 31-point outline aimed at reforming the constitution and state system and ensuring economic emancipation, said party sources.