Staff Reporter : At least 20 people were injured in a clash between the followers of current Imam WaliurRahman Khan and former KhatibRuhul Amin at the BaitulMukarram National Mosque before the Jumma prayers this afternoon. The incident took place around 1:00pm when WaliurRahman was addressing the worshippers, said Moniruzzaman, inspector (investigation) of Paltan Police Station. According to witnesses, as Waliur was delivering his pre-prayer sermon, Ruhul Amin entered the mosque with his followers and attempted to take the microphone to...
Staff Reporter : In a statement issued on Friday, Professor Mia Golam Parwar, Secretary General of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, voiced deep...
DU Correspondent : A group of Dhaka University (DU) students staged a demonstration on Friday, calling for increased safety for Bengali citizens in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) amid escalating violence. The students condemned the attacks, killings, looting, and shootings allegedly carried out by local armed groups, accusing them of trying to destabilise the region with the goal of creating a separate state. The protesters demanded that the Army take a stronger role in ensuring the safety of ordinary citizens...
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...