Md Belal Hossen

Md Belal Hossen is a Reporter at The Business Standard, specialising in foreign affairs, domestic politics, and academic issues. He holds both honors and master's degrees from the Department of Government and Politics at Jahangirnagar University. He can be contacted at [email protected]

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Bangladesh

Cut PM’s absolute powers – constitutional reform commission proposes

Jahangirnagar University students brought out a procession demanding a ban on student politics on the campus on 20 September. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Call for student politics reform gets the cold shoulder

Illustration: TBS
Politics

Andaleeve’s Jatiya Party, leftists support BNP’s call, Islamic parties oppose

Shibir activists at a press conference at DU on 13 January. Photo: TBS/Md Belal Hossain
Politics

Ducsu: Shibir wants polls within Feb, Chhatradal seeks more time

Representational image. Photo: Collected
Education

Not all textbooks ready, download from NCTB site suggested

Illustration: Facebook page of National Citizens' Committee
Bangladesh

July uprising proclamation: Unifying or divisive?

Foreign Secretary Jasim Uddin speaks at a press briefing in Dhaka on 9 December 2024. Photo: Md Belal Hossen/TBS
Bangladesh

Dhaka asks Delhi not to interfere in Bangladesh's internal affairs

Photos: Collected
Politics

Student orgs split over student union polls at univs, colleges

A file photo of Hasnat Abdullah, convener of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, briefing media. Photo: Collected
Politics

Chhatra Dal, Odhikar Parishad, other leftist student orgs skip Anti-Discrimination Student Movement meeting

Logo of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and Islami Chhatra Shibir
Politics

Student solidarity week ends: Chhatra Dal, Shibir at odds; progressive groups maintain distance

Activists of the Anti-Discriminatory Student Movement gather at the University of Dhaka's Teacher Student Center (TSC), demanding the capital punishment for Bangladeshi former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the deaths of students during anti-quota protests, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 13, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo
Bangladesh

Rise of multiple platforms from anti-discrimination movement: How it is shaping student activism

Experts and stakeholders discuss women's role in climate recovery and the issue of their unrecognised contributions at a roundtable jointly organised by TBS, Manusher Jonno Foundation and Sweden Sverige recently in Eskaton Garden, Dhaka. Photos: Rajib Dhar
Supplement

Call for Finance: Achieving Gender Equality in Climate Action Bangladesh

Uncertainty looms over timely distribution of secondary textbooks
Education

Uncertainty looms over timely distribution of secondary textbooks