The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) is set to sign a 30-year concession agreement Monday with APM Terminals BV to design, finance, build and operate the Laldia Container Terminal under a public-private partnership (PPP). The ceremony will be held at the Intercontinental Hotel with senior Bangladeshi and Danish officials in attendance. Ashik Chowdhury, executive chairman of […]
Bangladesh’s home adviser said Sunday that security agencies are on full alert ahead of Monday’s expected verdict in a war crimes case involving deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan. Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury told reporters in Barishal that authorities have tightened preparations to prevent unrest as the […]
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.
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 […]
