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The world builds corridors but we stands at the crossroads
The world builds corridors but we stands at the crossroads

Politics and Bureaucracy

by Sazzadul Islam Nayan

The world builds corridors but we stands at the crossroads

Spread out a map of the world today, and it looks rather like a sprawling house undergoing renovation. Someone is cutting through mountains to lay railway tracks, someone is building roads across the desert, someone else is connecting one port to another. China is expanding its routes to Europe. India is planning a passage west through the Arabian Peninsula. Kazakhstan, Türkiye and Laos are all busy drawing more trade through their own backyards. Bangladesh stands at a crossroads surrounded by possibilities. Only the destination of our own journey remains unclear.

State minister, your remarks are an embarrassment to the nation
State minister, your remarks are an embarrassment to the nation

Editorial Views

by Rased Mehedi

State minister, your remarks are an embarrassment to the nation

Two Bangladeshi citizens were detained. An investigation was conducted, charges were filed, the case went to trial, a verdict was delivered, a higher authority upheld it, a royal decree was issued, and the death sentences were carried out. At no stage of this lengthy process, it appears, did the Bangladeshi state know what was happening. It learned of the executions from a statement by Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry and media reports—when Nazrul Islam Abdul Bashir and Siti Akter were already dead.

Meta’s new terms likely allow AI to scrape website content
Meta’s new terms likely allow AI to scrape website content

Science and Tech

by Special Correspondent

Meta’s new terms likely allow AI to scrape website content

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, is introducing major changes to its commercial terms. Effective October 30, 2026, the revised terms authorise Meta to use automated software to access websites associated with businesses, collect their content and use it to develop, research, train and improve its products and services.

Hemanta in change of seasons, is nature losing its familiar form?
Hemanta in change of seasons, is nature losing its familiar form?

Article

by Senior reporter

Hemanta in change of seasons, is nature losing its familiar form?

The turn of change has again come on the canvas of nature. Crossing the white cloud rafts in the blue sky of autumn and the swaying of kash flowers, the counting of the days of Hemanta has started on the pages of the calendar. Kartik and Agrahayan—these two months make up Hemanta, the fourth season of the six seasons of Bengal. This season knocks at the door of nature with the arrival message of winter. But with the change of time, is that ever-familiar form of Hemanta gradually fading?

Gianni Infantino apology fails to sway England, Germany over FIFA future
Gianni Infantino apology fails to sway England, Germany over FIFA future

Sports

by Hira Talukder

Gianni Infantino apology fails to sway England, Germany over FIFA future

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has failed to escape criticism despite apologising amid the controversy. He expressed regret to the FIFA Council over the scrapped “FIFA Forward Enterprise” (FFE) project, but representatives of two of Europe’s most influential football nations, England and Germany, were not satisfied. They said the necessary administrative reforms of world football’s governing body cannot be achieved under the current leadership.

Bangladesh’s prisons at breaking point: 226 inmates for every 100 places
Bangladesh’s prisons at breaking point: 226 inmates for every 100 places

Report

by Hira Talukder

Bangladesh’s prisons at breaking point: 226 inmates for every 100 places

Prison walls are meant to keep inmates behind bars, but overcrowding is stripping away even their last measure of comfort. Facilities intended to hold people awaiting trial have become places where finding room to sleep is a daily struggle. Burdened with more than twice their intended population, Bangladesh’s prisons have become a stark reflection of a growing humanitarian crisis.

‎Coastal region use of chemical's and pesticides in agriculture across it's impact both economy and the environment
‎Coastal region use of chemical's and pesticides in agriculture across it's impact both economy and the environment

Environment and Climate

by ‎Faruk Rahman

‎Coastal region use of chemical's and pesticides in agriculture across it's impact both economy and the environment

‎In the vast agricultural tracts of Shyamnagar Upazila, Satkhira—a coastal area adjacent to the Sundarbans in the country's south—decades of shrimp farming involving the pumping of saline river water onto croplands have caused soil salinity to rise to such an extent that it is no longer possible to cultivate crops using fresh water, even if one wished to do so. Nevertheless, local farmers have been attempting to grow fresh-water crops on their land over the past decade.

Sovereign AI in 12 months: Reality behind promise
Sovereign AI in 12 months: Reality behind promise

ICT

by Rased Mehedi

Sovereign AI in 12 months: Reality behind promise

Bangladesh’s ambition to establish sovereign AI capabilities within the next 12 months marks a significant policy commitment, with implications for its technological autonomy, national security and international partnerships. However, translating this ambition into measurable outcomes will require more than a political declaration.

Will El Niño make winter’s bite milder this year?
Will El Niño make winter’s bite milder this year?

Report

by Hira Talukder

Will El Niño make winter’s bite milder this year?

The season is changing, but winter appears to be taking its time. The familiar signs of autumn—white clouds drifting across the sky, dew settling on grass at dawn and a coolness in the air—have arrived unevenly across Bangladesh. While early mornings are beginning to carry a hint of winter, the heat of the day has yet to fully retreat.

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