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Nobel laureate Nargis Mohammadi faces a new trial in Iran
Nargis Mohammadi, a renowned human rights activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize, has alleged that…
The possibility of Rohingya repatriation is becoming more tenuous?
Despite many attempts and much discussion for the repatriation of Rohingyas from Bangladesh to Myanmar for…
Gaza war: Where does Israel get its weapons?
Western governments are coming under growing pressure to halt arms sales to Israel over how it…
US confirms first aid trucks arrive via Gaza pier
The first shipment of humanitarian aid has arrived in Gaza via a temporary floating pier, the…
US security adviser urges Netanyahu to connect war to ‘political strategy’
US President Joe Biden’s national security adviser has urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to connect…
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of Israeli and Hamas leaders
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has applied for arrest warrants for Israeli…
Israeli army steps up attacks across Gaza as top US official visits Israel
The Israeli army has stepped up attacks across Gaza, killing dozens of Palestinians in the central part…
Fake notes of 1000 and 500 taka recovered in Gazipur, arrest 2
Gazipur Metropolitan Police raided a flat in North Khailkur of Gacha police station in the city…
Battery operated rickshaw drivers protest in the capital, attack on buses
Battery-operated rickshaw drivers and traders protested with batons at Mirpur No. 10 in the capital. At…
Hajj pilgrimage of 75 people uncertain, agency chairman-MD’s ban on emigration
Hajj flights started last May 9. Around 24,000 pilgrims have already arrived in Saudi Arabia. But…
Police box fire in Kalshi autorickshaw drivers
Agitating autorickshaw drivers set fire to a traffic police box in Kalshi of the capital. The…
22 arrested in DMP operation
Various crime and intelligence departments of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested 22 people in anti-narcotics…
Why didn’t Priyanka Gandhi fight in the polls in the end?
On Friday afternoon in the dusty town of Rae Barili, it was May sunshine. The local…
How Raisi went from religious leader to president of Iran
Ebrahim Raisi was a hardline religious leader close to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who…
Jhenaidah Member of Parliament Anwarul Azim disappeared after going to Kolkata
Indian authorities have tracked the mobile location of missing Jhenaidah Member of Parliament Anwarul Azim. They…
Prime Minister has assured to reconsider the imposition of VAT on Metrorail tickets: Bridges Minister
Minister of Road Transport and Bridges and General Secretary of Awami League Obaidul Quader said that…
The country has become the Mulluk of Mugh: Mirza Fakhrul
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has commented that the country has now become Mug’s…
The fire is increasing because of the glass building?
The rains at the beginning of this month brought some relief after the continuous heat wave…
Expulsion of upazila election candidates, wrong decision of BNP or strategy?
BNP, one of the main opposition parties of the country, has expelled the two hundred district…
Protests over the barbed wire fence on the India-Myanmar border are on the rise
People of the Jo tribe are holding protests against the central government’s decision to erect barbed…
Why is Russia using a hundred and fifty years old Morse code in the modern war of drones and missiles?
From artificial intelligence drones to hypersonic missiles, the modern battlefield is packed with all the latest…
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister died in a helicopter crash
Iranian officials confirmed that all aboard the helicopter, including Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister…
Upstart human rights institutions are violating human rights: NHRC
DHAKA, April 24, 2024, (BSS): The National Human Rights Commission has expressed concern about the suddenly…
Dhaka denounces US State Department’s 2023 human rights report
DHAKA, Apr 25, 2024 (BSS) – Criticising the recently released US State Department’s 2023 Human Rights…
Second session of 12th Parliament begins
The 12th Parliament went into its second session at 5:04pm on Thursday. Prior to this, the…
Shirin Sharmin at UK House of Commons: Bangladesh committed to maintaining human rights
Speaker of Parliament Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has said Bangladesh is committed to maintaining human rights…
No significant changes in human rights situation in Bangladesh in 2023: US bureau
There were no significant changes in the human rights situation in Bangladesh last year, according to the “2023…
Israel pounds Gaza as UN urges opening of land crossings for aid deliveries
Israeli forces have continued to bombard the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, where Israel’s military offensive is…
Biden delivers address at Morehouse College amid anger over Gaza war
Joe Biden has sought to address anger on United States university campuses over his support for Israel amid…
UN says 800,000 people have fled Rafah as Israel kills dozens in Gaza
Nearly 800,000 Palestinians have been displaced from Rafah since Israel launched its offensive against the southern Gaza…
Gaza protest leaves university lawn after negotiation
Pro-Palestinian protesters who set up a camp outside an historic graduation hall have left the area,…
US adviser Sullivan in Israel for ceasefire talks
US President Joe Biden’s national security adviser is holding talks in Israel as part of a…
What do we know about NID forgery?
Over the years, different law enforcement agencies have arrested several ringleaders who had made and sold…
BTRC seizes almost a thousand illegal smart TV, set top boxes
A team of Enforcement and Inspection Directorate of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), with the…
2 Arsa men held in Cox’s Bazar
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained two commanders of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (Arsa) and…
Rohingya families torn apart by conscription
In the early hours of May 3, the lives of three Rohingya families were irreversibly altered.…
Two Bangladeshi youths abducted from Naf river
Two Bangladeshi youths have been allegedly abducted while catching crabs in the Naf river of Teknaf…
BNP seeks strategic shift in anti-govt movement
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is reviewing the ongoing anti-government movement involving various political parties. The…
Foreign Minister: US hinted at restoring GSP facilities on conditions
Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Saturday said that US Assistant Secretary of State for South…
MP Anar goes missing after going to India for treatment
The whereabouts of Anwarul Azim Anar, member of parliament for the Jhenaidah-4 constituency and President of…
BNP leader Ishraque, 2 others jailed
A Dhaka court has sent three people, including BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Foreign Affairs Advisory Committee…
BNP leaders suffer from mental trauma: Quader
BNP leaders are making absurd comments, as they are suffering from mental trauma, said Awami League…
Rooppur nuclear power plant: Power generation deferred
Although Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) is supposed to start commercially generating electricity from next December,…
No report on Bangladeshi students sustaining severe injuries in Kyrgyzstan: Foreign minister
Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud said there was no report on any Bangladeshi students, who received severe…
Battery-run auto-rickshaw drivers demonstrate blocking road in Mirpur
The drivers of battery-run auto-rickshaws have been demonstrating blocking roads in Mirpur-10 roundabout area protesting against…
BNP leader Ishraque sent to jail
The court has ordered BNP leader Ishraque Hossain, son of former mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka, to…
Israel war cabinet minister vows to quit if there is no post-war plan for Gaza
Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has threatened to resign unless Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sets…
No integrated or effective measures to curb inflation
Take beef and eggs for example. The price of these two commodities is higher than in…
Women of Pride and Prejudice: The Good, the Bad and the Just Okay
Written in the late eighteenth century, Pride and Prejudice perfectly encapsulates the many relations we have…
IMF satisfaction: Respite or disquiet for Bangladesh?
The post-Covid global recession and spiralling costs of fuel import triggered by the Russia-Ukraine war, put…
Donald Lu speaks of putting bitterness aside and taking relations ahead
The United States had wanted to see free and fair elections in Bangladesh. They went as…
Israel is rogue, but Iran must demonstrate restraint
Israel and Iran have finally come out of the closet with their unquenchable thirst for might…
Women breaking the glass ceiling? Not so much in sports
We are all aware of the recent fiasco during a Dhaka Premier League (DPL) match when…
Dhaka’s toxic air: An invisible killer on the loose
Imagine an invisible serial killer lurking around the corner, waiting to suck the life out of…
The making of Coke Studio Bangla’s complex subjects
I am neither a musician nor a music critic. Nor am I trained in assessing the…
Looking back at Klopp’s amazing Liverpool journey
Back in 2015 when Liverpool first announced that Jurgen Klopp would be taking on the reigns…
Message from Donald Lu’s visit: Reset, rebuild, and strengthen
The words “reset,” “rebuild”, and “strengthen” normally imply the use of mechanical tools to reconstruct something…
3 construction workers die after falling from 11th floor
Three workers died after falling from the 11th floor of an under-construction building in the capital’s…
6 teens sent to jail for attacking train passenger in Jamalpur
A Jamalpur court today sent six members of a teenage gang to jail in a case…