The newly formed National Citizen Party (NCP) has begun finalizing a list of 150 parliamentary candidates across the country as it prepares to enter national politics under the electoral symbol “Shapla Koli,” or water lily bud.
More than 100 people were injured Sunday as police used batons, sound grenades, and water cannons to disperse protesting primary school teachers in Dhaka’s Shahbagh area, authorities said.
The interim government is closely monitoring former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s activities in India and will take legal action against any Awami League members who act on her instructions, a top official said Saturday. “Hasina is the butcher of Bengal. It is certainly under our monitoring what she is doing or directing from there,” said […]
India’s role as a regional power comes with responsibilities. One of them is refusing to harbor leaders accused of mass killings. The United Nations human rights office found that as many as 1,400 people were killed during the July and August 2024 crackdown in Bangladesh. About 180 of them were children. These were not combatants. […]
Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s latest attempt to sanitize the 2024 massacre is as cynical as it is cruel. In her interview with The Hindu, she said the state’s response was “proportionate in nature, made in good faith and intended to minimise the loss of life.” Yet the U.N. human rights office estimates 1,400 Bangladeshis […]
Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has for the first time acknowledged that security forces made mistakes during the student-led uprising that brought down her government last year, as a new United Nations report estimates 1,400 people were killed in the crackdown.
After 17 years abroad, Tarique Rahman’s return to Dhaka should mark the return of justice, not the revival of political privilege. The interim government must act decisively and ensure that one of Bangladesh’s most notoriously corrupt figures is held fully accountable for his crimes.
Tarique Rahman, the acting chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, is expected to return to Bangladesh in the first week of December, ending 17 years of self-imposed exile in the United Kingdom, party officials said.
Bangladesh Bank plans to introduce an open banking system by June 2026, allowing customers to access services from multiple banks through third-party fintech platforms. Officials said the move aims to boost financial innovation, transparency, and faster access to credit. A working committee will be formed in December 2025 to guide implementation and develop standardized application […]
Firearms stored at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport were looted after a devastating October 18 fire destroyed much of the cargo complex, officials said. Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the airport’s cargo handler, discovered the vault’s lock broken on October 28, three days after warning authorities about security risks. Weapons from at least 13 consignments dating back to […]
