A Member of Parliament representing the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has drawn severe criticism after publicly directing police officers to physically assault staff members of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company over widespread unauthorized gas connections in his constituency. Azharul Islam Mannan, who represents the Narayanganj-3 seat (encompassing Sonargaon and Siddhirganj), voiced the provocative instructions […]

A completely flawless or hundred-per-cent free and fair election is functionally impossible in a developing nation such as Bangladesh, senior Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has remarked. Addressing a high-level dialogue in the capital, the senior joint secretary-general and political adviser to the party leadership argued that even established regional democracies like […]

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel have foiled a major cross-border narcotics trafficking attempt along the Myanmar frontier, seizing 350,000 Yaba pills and arresting two suspected smugglers in the coastal district of Cox’s Bazar. The interception took place during an early-morning operation in the Jorakathi area of Ulubuniya village, situated within the Hwaykong Union of Teknaf […]

In an extraordinary display of academic failure, all twelve candidates who sat the Dakhil examination from Bairati Senior Alim Madrasa in Mymensingh’s Ishwarganj Upazila have failed, despite the institution boasting a teaching staff of twenty educators. The dismal outcomes came to light on Monday, 10 August, following the publication of the official result sheet by […]