The Bangladesh Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) has issued a comprehensive new directive aimed at enhancing administrative transparency, discipline, and professionalism within the country’s insurance sector. Officially published in an extraordinary edition of the Bangladesh Gazette on Wednesday, 21 January 2026, the directive retroactively took effect from 7 January 2026. The regulation, formally titled […]

In Bangladesh, under existing Muslim personal law, a Muslim husband may unilaterally divorce his wife, a practice commonly referred to as “talaq”. Legally, for talaq to take effect, it must be registered and a notice served to the local chairman. The chairman has the discretion to advise both parties to attend a reconciliation meeting. However, […]

“Ke Ke Jabi Aye Re, Chol Jai Re”—the song, the voice, the spirit of Indramohan Rajbanshi, continues to resonate in the hearts of Bengalis everywhere. Indramohan Rajbanshi (26 January 1946 – 7 April 2021) was far more than a singer. He was a freedom fighter, a folk music archivist, and a sound engineer for the […]