Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal-1 will announce its verdict Monday in a landmark crimes against humanity case against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and two former top officials over their alleged command responsibility during the July Mass Uprising.
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on Sunday unveiled the official trophy of the 2nd Women’s Kabaddi World Cup 2025 at the state guest house Jamuna. Representatives from all participating nations attended the ceremony, which marked the formal start of Bangladesh’s first time hosting the tournament.
Police have arrested a man accused of cutting down about 50 Bakul trees planted on the divider of the Dhaka–Chattogram highway in Cumilla’s Sadar Dakshin upazila.
Pakistan’s long slide in internet freedom has reached a point where the country can no longer ignore the consequences. For 15 years, the state has tightened its grip on digital expression through expanded censorship laws, politically driven prosecutions and Chinese-style website blocking. These measures have not strengthened Pakistan. They have weakened its democracy, isolated its […]
Pakistan remains one of the world’s steepest long-term internet freedom decliners, according to the Freedom on the Net 2025 report, which places the country among five authoritarian governments that have recorded the largest drop in digital rights over the past 15 years.
Bangladesh’s internet freedom improved to 45 out of 100 in Freedom House’s 2025 Freedom on the Net report, marking a five-point rise and the largest gain among 72 countries assessed.
Expatriate Bangladeshis will be able to vote in both the upcoming national election and the national referendum for the first time through a new IT-supported postal system, the Election Commission said.
A crude bomb exploded Friday night outside the Asian Development Bank building in Dhaka’s Agargaon area, police said.
Bangladesh’s ambassador to Mexico, Mushfiqul Fazal Ansarey, visited Monterrey in Nuevo León to advance economic and commercial ties, according to the embassy.
Bangladesh’s constitutional commitment to secularism is not a rejection of religion. It is a safeguard for all faiths, especially for minority communities that rely on the state’s neutrality for protection. The 15th Amendment restored this balance after decades in which religious identity was leveraged for political purposes. Undoing that step risks reintroducing majoritarian pressures that […]
