Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has said his government is committed to fulfilling the aspirations of the martyrs of the 1971 Liberation war, victims of enforced disappearances and killings, and those who were killed or injured during the July Movement. He made the remarks at a programme held at Continue Reading
Allama Shah Muhibullah Babunagari, Ameer of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh and Muhtamim of Nazirhat Al Jamiatul Uloom Babunagar Madrasa, told State Minister for Religious Affairs Shamim Kaiser Lincoln that Bangladesh is predominantly a Hanafi Madhhab country and urged him to follow its teachings. During Mr. Lincoln’s surprise visit to the madrasa in Fatikchhari, Chattogram, on Continue Reading
Bangladesh is unlikely to face any major or immediate flooding from the recent disasters in Nepal, prominent climate and water expert Dr. Ainun Nishat has said. Speaking to Inqilab, Dr. Nishat said there is no reason for people in Bangladesh to panic over the floods and mountain-related disasters in Nepal. He explained that water from […]Continue Reading
Chief Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury has said that artificial intelligence (AI) should not be used to write court judgments, stressing that judicial decisions must be based on facts, applicable laws and the judge’s own conscience. “From what little I have learned, there is one thing I can say: whatever you do with artificial intelligence or […]Continue Reading
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has handed over job appointment letters to 74 family members of victims of enforced disappearances and killings, as well as families of those killed and injured during the July Uprising. He handed over the appointment letters at a ceremony held at the Karabi Hall of the PM’s Office in Tejgaon on […]Continue Reading
A special unit has been formed within the police to recover looted and illegal firearms. Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has announced that anyone providing information leading to the recovery of firearms will receive a reward ranging from Tk 10,000 to Tk 200,000. A crime review meeting covering the past three months was held with senior […]Continue Reading
A severe traffic jam on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway, triggered by repair work on the Ashariarchar Bridge in Narayanganj, continued late into the night. Thousands of vehicles remained stranded in the Dhaka-bound lane across a stretch of nearly 40 kilometers, from Kutumbpur in Chandina, Cumilla, to the Ashariarchar Bridge in Narayanganj. The congestion, which began around Continue Reading
Internationally recognized human rights figure Irene Zubaida Khan has assumed office as Bangladesh’s new Permanent Representative to the United Nations. On Friday local time, She presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, formally taking charge as Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to the UN. Irene Continue Reading
Mufti Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim, Ameer of Islami Andolan Bangladesh and widely known as Pir Saheb of Charmonai, has described the failure to establish teachers’ rights even 55 years after independence as regrettable. He said teachers continue to be deprived of their rightful benefits and rights because people lacking morality and those who deceive others […]Continue Reading
Eklas Haque Residents of Dhaka have long struggled to have access to purified drinking water; in the past, they had to spend a lot of money each month on filtered water or waste valuable gas boiling foul-smelling tap water. Dhaka WASA collaborated with the US-based social enterprise Drinkwell to provide advanced water ATM services around […]Continue Reading





















