Bangladesh Is a Hanafi Madhhab Country, You Are Anti-Madhhab: Allama Babunagari Rebukes State Minister Lincoln

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

AI Should Not Be Used to Draft Judgments: Chief Justice

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

40km Traffic Jam Grips Dhaka-Chittagong Highway

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

Water ATM Booths Quench the Thirst of City Dwellers

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