Staff Reporter : Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized a large cache of firearms, ammunition, and sophisticated electronic equipment, including a drone and a signal jammer, from the Dopanichara deep forest area near the border in Bandarban on Friday. The operation, carried out based on intelligence reports, took place in the Dopanichara border region within Ruma Upazila. Lieutenant Colonel Hasibul Huq, Commander of BGB’s Ruma Battalion, led the raid. During the operation, the BGB team uncovered a terrorist camp and recovered...
Staff Reporter : Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the Interim Government of Bangladesh, is set to attend the 79th General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA) in New York, scheduled from September 23 to September 27. Dr. Yunus, who will be accompanied by a seven-member delegation, is departing from Dhaka on September 23 and expected to arrive in New York the following day. A curtain-raiser event, organised by the Foreign Ministry, will be held on Saturday to brief journalists...
Abu Jakir and Reza Mahmud “ Following the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government on August 5, Bangladesh has been engulfed...
Staff Reporter : Allegations have surfaced that the Bangladesh International Hotel Association (BIHA) has formed a new committee for 2024-2026...
Al Jazeera : On September 16, Germany started extending temporary controls along all its borders, to the chagrin of its...
Reza Mahmud : Repatriating the $ 149.20 billion siphoned from Bangladesh over the past 15 years by cronies of the...
Staff Reporter : Despite the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government on August 5, the Ministry of Agriculture remains dominated by loyalists of the previous regime, experts suggest. Wahida Akhter, who once served as the personal secretary to Sheikh Hasina before rising to Director and later Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, continues to hold her influential position. Additional Secretaries Mahbubul Haque Patwari (Planning) and Malay Chowdhury (Extension) are also considered faithful to the former administration. Although reforms have been initiated...
Al Jazeera : Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit went undercover to reveal how a former government minister from Bangladesh built a...
News Desk : Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina should remain in India....
DU, JU Correspondents : The Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and the Anti-Discrimination Students’ Movement have strongly condemned and protested against the recent mob killings at Dhaka University (DU) and Jahangirnagar University (JU), which left two individuals dead. The BNP’s student wing, JCD, addressed the issue at a press conference held at the Dhaka University Journalists’ Association (DUJA), while the Anti-Discrimination Students’ Movement released a media statement expressing their outrage. JCD leaders called for the immediate arrest of those responsible for...
Staff Reporter : BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, speaking at an event at the Thakurgaon Press Club on September 19, voiced concerns over the recent decision to grant magistracy power to the army. He warned that this decision could create new issues, indicating the failure of other institutions to effectively carry out their responsibilities. Fakhrul said, “The army has been given magistracy power. This is a worrying development, as it signals the administration’s inability to maintain law and...