The Election Commission (EC) has tentatively set the dates for elections to 4,580 Union Parishads (UPs) across the country. According to the proposed schedule, this major local government election exercise will begin with voting in the first phase on November 12. The EC has initially decided to Continue Reading
Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman has said that the current government will not resort to crossfire to curb terrorism. He made the statement at an exchange of views meeting with administrative officials and leaders of various political and social organisations at the conference room of the Khulna Deputy Commissioner’s Office at 11 am on Monday (September […]Continue Reading
Business leaders said they had received assurances that industrial factories would receive gas and electricity supplies according to demand from tomorrow, Tuesday. The leaders made the statement at a briefing after a meeting with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and representatives of 20 business organisations on Monday (September 14). FBCCI Administrator Fazlul Haque said Continue Reading
Police have submitted chargesheets to the court against 63 people, including ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in two cases over deaths and injuries in the capital’s Jatrabari area during the July Mass Uprising. In the attempted murder case filed with Jatrabari Police Station over the attack on Nadim, the investigation officer, SI Ibrahim Khalil, […]Continue Reading
The tribunal will deliver its verdict tomorrow, Tuesday, in the case against seven accused, including Obaidul Quader, general secretary of the banned Awami League, over crimes against humanity committed during the July mass uprising. The information was disclosed by International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Monday. Justice Nazrul Islam Chowdhury, chairman of Tribunal-2, will Continue Reading
Malaysia’s crackdown on illegal immigrants is continuing. After checks were conducted on 2,500 foreigners in the country, 472 people were detained, 364 of whom were Bangladeshis. The figures emerged from a mega operation conducted in the Kotaraya Bangla Market area of busy Lebuh Pudu and Jalan Silang in Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur. Bangladeshis accounted for […]Continue Reading
The country’s import management system has undergone major changes with the new Import Policy Order 2026–2029. Under the new policy, all importable goods in the industrial and commercial sectors can be imported without being subject to prescribed value limits and without opening letters of credit (LCs), through purchase and sale agreements. In certain cases, import […]Continue Reading
The disappearance of a pet goat from the official residence of former interim government Law Adviser Mr Asif Nazrul on Hare Road in late 2024 sparked widespread discussion. Mr Asif Nazrul had accused NCP leaders of stealing and eating the goat. After all this time, NCP spokesperson and widely discussed leader Nasiruddin Patwari has responded […]Continue Reading
The Imam Abu Hanifa Jame Mosque stood on the bank of the Padma River inside a temporary sandbag embankment in the Dewankandi area of Munshiganj Sadar upazila. After performing Isha prayers, worshippers returned to their respective homes. But when they came for Fajr prayers, they found that the entire mosque had been swept away into […]Continue Reading
How well have British Muslims integrated socially and economically into British society? A notable example may be the roughly 650,000 Bangladeshis living in England and Wales, a population that is over 90 percent Muslim. In a recently published report, The Economist noted that in 1987, the then Prince Charles, now King Charles III, visited the […]Continue Reading






















