Anti-discrimination students, citizens to launch nationwide campaign
Light rain, drizzle likely in northern Bangladesh for 5 Days: BMD
Bangladesh Army has donated money, equivalent to one day's salary of its all members, to Chief Adviser's Relief Fund aiming to help flood victims across the country. Bangladesh Army though its verified Facebook page, said the money has been donated to help the victims of
At least 13 people in Bangladesh have been killed and 4.5 million affected by floods triggered by heavy rains, the disaster management and relief ministry said Friday. The South Asian nation of 170 million people, crisscrossed by hundreds of rivers, has seen frequent floods in recent
A top Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader has said Bangladeshis are “not angry but hurt” over deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s stay in India, even as he urged politicians and security strategists in New Delhi to “rethink” their policy given the
Rescuers are scrambling to evacuate flooded communities after heavy rains inundated parts of Bangladesh and northeast India, causing rivers on both sides of the border to reach extreme levels. Nearly 3 million people have been affected by the flooding in Bangladesh, which has plunged
A Dhaka court on Thursday granted four-day remand each for journalist couple Farzana Rupa and Shakil Ahmed in a case filed over the killing of a garment worker in the capital’s Uttara during the July-August student protests. The duo worked in senior positions at Ekattor
Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson to the UN Secretary General today (August 22) said assuring safety and security of a journalist in any part of the globe is important especially nations those passing crisis moment. He made the remark at a press briefing in New York of
Bangladesh Railway has indefinitely suspended all train services from Chattogram to the rest of the country due to severe flooding caused by days of heavy rainfall. The decision was made as floodwaters inundated the main railway line, particularly affecting the regions of Feni and
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) issued warning for heavy rainfall due to active monsoon mainly in southern regions of the country. Met office predicted heavy rainfall in the southern regions of the country including the capital and Mymensingh district in the midst of the
Four people including a woman were killed and at least 30 others injured in a clash between two groups over dominance and land dispute in Raipura of Narsingdi. The incident occurred at Sayedabad village in the district’s Srinagar upazila at 10 am on Thursday (August 22). The
The High Court (HC) has overturned the conviction of Adilur Rahman Khan, the former secretary of the human rights organisation Odhikar, and incumbent Director ASM Nasir Uddin, in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act. The single High Court bench of
The current flood situation in Bangladesh is not due to the release of waters from the dam on Gumti River in Tripura, India, said the neighbouring country in a statement on Thursday (22 August). “We have seen concerns being expressed in Bangladesh that the current situation of
Business leaders of the country have condemned the attempt to harass prominent industrialists by filing a baseless case and feared that such ill-motivated efforts may destabilise Bangladesh’s already struggling economy, deepening the ongoing crisis further. They came up with the
Newly appointed Bangladeshi leader Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday spoke with the head of the United States's international aid program, according to a US statement, his highest-level call with a US official since taking office. Yunus and USAID Administrator Samantha Power
The Border Security Force (BSF) of India recently attempted to construct a barbed-wire fence along the Haripara border in Dahagram Union of Lalmonirhat district without notifying the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). This unauthorised construction, which violates international border laws
Extensive flooding in eastern Bangladesh has left more than 200,000 people stranded, an official said Wednesday (Aug 21). Shahina Akhter, chief of the Feni district administration, said that three sub-districts - Phulgazi, Chhagalnaiya and Porsuram - were particularly hard hit by the
The interim government is considering forming a commission to investigate the incidents of forced disappearances as many people were disappeared during the reign of the ousted Sheikh Hasina government. "About 700 people were disappeared during the tenures of the Sheikh
The interim government of Bangladesh has decided to revoke diplomatic passport (Red passport) of the ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina. This information was revealed on Wednesday (August 21) by the Passport Directorate. At the same time, if this passport is cancelled, they
Three people were injured in a fire that broke out on the eighth floor of a 12-storey residential building on road no-5 of Dhanmondi this morning (August 21). Six firefighting units brought the fire under control around 11:17am, officer-in-charge of the media wing of Fire Service Md
Sheikh Hasina, the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, has been in India since August 5, seeking refuge amid escalating violence and threats to her life in Bangladesh. After spending a fortnight in India, Hasina's situation remains precarious as she continues to seek asylum in the UK
Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque were sued over the killing of Firoz Talukder, an office assistant of Rangpur Chemical Ltd, who was shot from a helicopter in Dhaka's Mirpur on 19 July during student movement. The others accused in the