Due to thick fog across the country, the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has announced a complete suspension of all types of waterborne transport. The directive came into effect on Sunday, 28 December, from 6:00 pm, and will remain in place until further notice. Mr. Md. Solaiman, an official in BIWTA’s Maritime Safety and […]

Bangladesh is currently passing through a critical and delicate phase, warned Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, as he cautioned against what he described as covert efforts to plunge the country into instability. He said a wave of confusing narratives, political agitation and misinformation was spreading across the nation, giving rise […]

Heavy explosions and gunfire from Myanmar’s Rakhine State once again reverberated across the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban districts. According to local residents, Saturday night witnessed relentless aerial bombardments and mortar shelling, leaving thousands of people in Teknaf, Ukhiya, and Naikhongchhari Union terrified. The deafening blasts shook border villages, though fortunately no ordnance […]