Jamaat bars state honors for freedom fighter Manik Poshari, plaintiff against ‘Deilya Razakar’
The family of Freedom Fighter Manik Poshari, 87, faced obstruction from local Jamaat-e-Islami leaders over his guard of honor and…
Tk 3 crore fish fry release project proposed at Tk 45 crore
Under the BNP-led government, the Department of Fisheries has proposed a project titled “Community-based Fisheries Resource Management in Selected Baor…
Canada charges 5 in major visa fraud scheme involving 209 Bangladeshi applicants
Canada’s Border Services Agency (CBSA) has charged five individuals in connection with an organized immigration fraud scheme that sought temporary…
Jordan Church Massacre: Survivor describes gunman pointing handgun
Prayer services had just begun at the Greek Orthodox Saint George’s Church in Karak governorate on Friday when lawyer Nasser…
Hindu woman’s hair cut, chili powder applied to her body
A 40-year-old Hindu woman was attacked inside her home in a village in Jhenaidah Sadar upazila on Thursday afternoon. Assailants…
Sunamganj resists Touhidi Janata’s ban on Baul music event
By Probir Kumar Sarker Last week in Dirai upazila of Sunamganj—near the birthplace of Baul legend Shah Abdul Karim—local objections…
Arafat compares France riots to Bangladesh’s 2024 unrest, smells jihadist infiltration
Former Bangladesh State Minister for Information and Broadcasting and senior Awami League leader Mohammad A. Arafat has drawn a direct…
They killed police, looted arms with impunity, and now are in a buying spree
A Home Ministry proposal to spend Tk 6,608.14 crore on 5,830 vehicles for Bangladesh Police is set for consideration by…
Bangladesh Bank website down amid cybersecurity alert
The website of Bangladesh Bank, the country’s central bank, is currently inaccessible. Attempts to visit the site display a maintenance…
Ex-RAB officer arrested for impersonating SRB member
A 36-year-old shopkeeper from Banshkhali, Chattogram, who was abducted by four men posing as members of the Special Response Battalion…
Controversies of jihadist patron Enayetullah Abbasi
The radical Islamist Enayetullah Abbasi is now a close ally of the BNP government. Earlier, he received patronage from the…
Why do Saudi Shariah courts deliver one-sided justice against Bangladeshi migrant workers?
In Saudi Arabia’s Shariah-based courts, ordinary people—especially poor migrant workers and those without connections—routinely face opaque, discretionary proceedings that human…
Over 170 deaths in mob violence in 9 months of 2026; rights groups decry impunity
At least 171 people were killed in mob beatings across Bangladesh between January and September 2026, according to data from…