A rapid flash demonstration featuring black flags was carried out by activists belonging to the Bangladesh Chhatra League in Netrokona’s Purbadhala upazila on Friday morning, briefly halting movement along a regional motorway before participants dispersed. The unannounced demonstration occurred shortly after quarter to eight in the morning in the busy Hiranpur Bazar commercial area, located […]

Rajshahi College is far more than a seat of academic learning; it remains the spiritual custodian and beacon of intellectual and cultural heritage for northern Bangladesh, Land Minister Md Mizanur Rahman Minu remarked during a preparatory gathering in the capital. Likening the venerable institution to a nurturing mother, Minu called on alumni across the globe […]

A longstanding feud between two local factions turned violent on Friday afternoon in Sunamganj’s Jagannathpur upazila, leaving two men hospitalised with gunshot wounds as residents were walking to attend weekly congregational prayers. The confrontation unfolded at approximately half past twelve in the afternoon in the village of Shaharpara, locally known as Narayanpur, situated within the […]

An acute breakdown in pipeline gas supply has brought industrial hubs across Narsingdi to an effective standstill, forcing over 100 manufacturing establishments to suspend operations entirely. Faced with mounting delivery deadlines and heavy financial liabilities, at least 50 factory owners have turned to burning raw firewood in steam boilers to keep a fraction of their […]

The bloody carnage of 21 August 2004 remains one of the darkest and most consequential chapters in the political history of Bangladesh. On that sweltering afternoon, a synchronised salvo of military-grade Arges grenades tore through an anti-terrorism rally organised by the Awami League on Bangabandhu Avenue in central Dhaka. The assault claimed 24 lives, including […]