China has expressed interest in working with Bangladesh on solar power as an alternative energy source to tackle the country’s energy crisis. It has also assured Bangladesh of increasing investment in waste and water management, renewable energy and other sectors. At the same time, China has Continue Reading

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives and widespread destruction caused by sudden floods and landslides in Nepal. Bangladesh has also expressed solidarity with the Nepalese government and people and assured all possible assistance in rescue and relief operations. More than 100 people have died and hundreds remain missing […]Continue Reading

Seventeen senior police officers have been transferred and given new responsibilities, with major changes made to key posts in RAB, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Special Branch (SB), Armed Police Battalion (APBn) and Rangpur Metropolitan Police (RPMP). The transfers and postings were ordered Continue Reading

The 11-party alliance will hold a Dhaka-Chattogram long march on September 5 over six demands, including implementation of the referendum verdict, trial of the July mass killings, resolution of fuel and fertiliser shortages, control of prices of essentials, improvement of law and order, and an end to politicisation at all levels of the administration. The […]Continue Reading

Former adviser to the interim government Mahfuz Alam has called for all programmes marking Holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi (PBUH) to be allowed to take place without hindrance. He made the appeal in a post on Facebook on Tuesday, August 25. In his Facebook post, Mahfuz Alam wrote, “All programmes by all sides on the occasion of Eid-e-Miladunnabi (PBUH) […]Continue Reading

Mufti Maulana Badruzzaman Riyad The harsh criticism and fatwas against Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi ﷺ seen in parts of today’s Qawmi circles raise a question: do these views represent the traditional position of Ulama-e-Deoband, or later influence from another ideology? Disliking Milad or Qiyam is one matter; declaring every form of it shirk or bid’ah is another. The Continue Reading