Akram Hossen | The Business Standard

Scrap collectors wash sacks of dyeing waste from nearby factories in the Turag River in Dhaka. Amid worsening river pollution, the government is working on an initiative to improve water quality, restore river flow and build walkways along banks of the four rivers surrounding the capital. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

Urbanisation

Clean and green: Dhaka revamp begins to reclaim roads, rivers and parks

Politics

BNP weighs administrators’ performance for mayoral picks, eyes single candidacy

Bangladesh

BNP begins interviewing aspirants for women's reserved seats

Politics

BNP considers several allies' candidates for reserved women's seats

Politics

BNP plans to hold next council in Oct or Nov to revive party

Politics

BNP calls opposition protest rally ‘beauty of democracy’

Politics

Leaders from other universities upset as DU dominates Chhatra Dal leadership

Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

Bangladesh

From president to whips: Names for key parliamentary positions make rounds

Bangladesh

BNP to follow 'one family, one candidate' like national polls

Bangladesh

BNP plans merging ministries to cut costs, improve admin efficiency

Dr. Saimum Parvez is a Special Assistant to the BNP Chairman’s Foreign Affairs Advisory Committee and BNP Central Election Steering Committee Member. Photo: TBS

Interviews

This is a new BNP – one that promotes knowledge-based, policy-based politics: Saimum Parvez

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman speaking at an event. Photo: TBS

Bangladesh Election 2026

Fresh faces and old guards: BNP to blend continuity with change in new cabinet

Police personnel stand guard at Begum Rahima Adarsha Balika Uchcha Bidyalaya in Dhaka on 11 February 2026. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS

Bangladesh Election 2026

BNP keeps close watch on high-risk election centres