Oorbee Shom is a renowned Nazrul Sangeet and classical music artist and teacher. As a former student of Government Music College, she completed her B. Music and M. Music in Nazrul Sangeet from the same institution, securing first class in M. Music. She is currently teaching at Government Music College.
BNP has emphasised organisational restructuring by raising nationwide public awareness to prevent dengue and filling vacant posts at the grassroots level. Important decisions on these matters were taken at a meeting of the party's highest policy-making forum, the National Standing Committee.
A video showing a young Sonali Bank employee in tears and visibly distressed has gone viral on Facebook. In the video, someone is seen interrogating her in what appears to be a police-style manner. The person is not merely asking questions but also appears to be using leading and coercive language to blame her or pressure her into admitting an allegation.
Gender-based violence (GBV) knows no borders, whether in Africa, Asia or across the globe. Women of the entire world face some form of violence against them, inequality and inequity in their lives. So gender-based violence remains a critical human rights and public health crisis. Research indicates that nearly 45 percent of women across 25 sub-Saharan African countries experience at least one form of intimate partner or non-partner violence in their lifetime.
Our discussion of artificial intelligence usually gets stuck at two extremes. At one end is the story of limitless possibilities: more jobs, easier access to services, and faster national development. At the other is the fear of a distant future—whether machines will one day surpass humans. What receives far less attention is the space in between: who is using AI to cause harm today, and how. The information needed to answer that question largely sits on the servers of technology companies. Unless they choose to disclose it, the rest of us know very little.
When questions arise about the conduct of those responsible for auditing government funds and detecting financial irregularities, the issue goes beyond the administrative decisions of a particular office. It raises fundamental questions about accountability for public money, transparency in the distribution of responsibilities and the use of administrative authority. Multiple allegations against Md Mashuk Billah Aref Khan, Controller of Accounts (Revenue) at the Controller of Accounts (Land) office, have now brought precisely such questions to the fore.
On the morning of August 26, 2026, a massive glacier and rock collapse near the Nepal-Tibet border unleashed a wall of water down the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river systems, obliterating villages, hydropower plants, and the Gyirong border crossing with China. More than a week later, Nepal's death toll has climbed past 1,300, with thousands still unaccounted for — making it the country's deadliest disaster since the 2015 earthquake that killed roughly 9,000 people. But beyond the human tragedy, the flood has become entangled with Nepal's fragile post-uprising politics, its relationship with global powers, and a young, still-untested government's fight to control the narrative.
The world is deeply unsettled. Everywhere, the drums of war are beating, the balance of power is shifting, and old maps are being redrawn. Maps, too, have a silent language. In times of peace, a desert, a mountain range or a landlocked region may appear to be little more than coloured patches on a page. But when war breaks out, their value is reassessed. A port is no longer merely a port; a railway becomes a strategic asset; a strait becomes a vital artery for global energy supplies; and a neighbouring country can suddenly become a market, a corridor or a security buffer.
It was around 12:30pm. As we spoke to several farmers after reaching a char in the Jamuna River, 35-year-old Mariam Begum came forward.
Disputes over land ownership often begin with something as small as a boundary covering a few decimals of land. But once such a dispute reaches court, it rarely remains a simple land case. A case that begins with one generation can end up being passed on to the next. Disputes over land records, plot numbers, mutation, partition, possession, inheritance or land surveys become intertwined, causing cases to drag on for years. Amid the mountain of cases piling up in court records, the wait of those seeking justice is often lost.
Once, there was a piece of land there. There was the smell of earth, dreams of crops, boundary ridges, and claims of possession and ownership. There were plans for the future, too. Each decimal of land was worth approximately Tk 2,000. The total value of the eight decimals was Tk 16,000.
The government has brought major changes in the top management of public administration. Contractual senior secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration Md Ehsanul Haque has been removed and made a member of the Planning Commission. In his place, contractual secretary of the Health Services Division Md Kamruzzaman Chowdhury has been transferred and posted as secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration. At the same time, three officers of the administration have been promoted to the rank of secretary and given charge of three important ministries.