Bangladeshi migrant issue fuels political controversy in India
News Desk : Police in several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled states have reportedly used language – specifically Bengali – as a marker to identify undocumented...
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$190m secret spy network exposed
Staff Reporter : For ten years, the Sheikh Hasina government funnelled $190 million into a shadow surveillance empire – importing Israeli and U.S. spyware to...
Thousands stranded as northern, western rivers overflow
Staff Reporter : Heavy rainfall and upstream water flows from India have caused rivers across northern and western Bangladesh to swell, flooding low-lying areas and...
Indian port curbs add new pressure to jute sector
Farrukh Khosru : The Bangladeshi jute sector is under renewed strain following India’s latest restrictions on the import of jute products-a move many experts and...
Admin finally woke up to save ragged ‘White Stone’
Reza Mahmud, Dhaka, with : Shofique Ahmed Shofiee, Sylhet : At the source of the Dhalai River, along the Companyganj border, lies the ‘Sada Pathor’...
Arrest warrants issued against Hasina
Staff Reporter : A Dhaka court has issued arrest warrants against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 285 others in a case filed over alleged...
Khaleda’s 81st birthday today
Reza Mahmud : Today is the 81st birthday of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, the country’s highly revered and uncompromising politician and also three times...
Shibir unveils 30-point education reform plan, urges government action
Staff Reporter: Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir has unveiled a 30-point education reform proposal, calling for the transformation of the country’s education system into one that...
Election roadmap to be unveiled next week: EC Secretary
NN Online: The Election Commission (EC) will announce the roadmap for the upcoming national polls next week, Senior Secretary Md Akhtar Ahmed said on Thursday....
Dhaka rejects weak ‘Global Plastics Treaty’ draft, demands stronger action
NN Online: Bangladesh has rejected the latest draft of the proposed Global Plastics Treaty, urging negotiators to adopt far stronger measures to combat plastic pollution....
February election deadline must not be crossed, says BNP’s Dudu
NN Online: BNP Vice Chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu on Wednesday urged people to stay alert so that no one could delay the national election beyond February,...
Thousands battle Greece fires as heatwave bakes Europe
AFP: Greece battled a dozen major wildfires on Wednesday, including one threatening its third-largest city Patras, as a heatwave stoked blazes and forced the evacuation...