Thirty-nine firearms were looted from Bogura Sadar Police Station during the political upheaval of 5 August 2024, but 22 of them remain unaccounted for nearly two years later. Despite a government reward being announced for information leading to the recovery of the weapons, none of the remaining firearms has been recovered or voluntarily handed over. […]

Bangladesh cricket star Shakib Al Hasan has made clear that he has no intention of abandoning former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina or the Awami League in order to facilitate his return to Bangladesh. In an interview with Reuters, Shakib said he remains loyal to Hasina and indicated that he would not alter his political position […]

Writer and poet Farhad Mazhar has rejected the description of Bangladesh’s July-August 2024 student-led movement as an ‘uprising’, arguing that the events were influenced by international actors and that the movement’s key organisers were subject to external pressure. In a recently circulated interview with the online new-media platform Alap, Mazhar said he had maintained regular […]

Villagers in Dhulia, situated within Jhenaidah’s Harinakunda Upazila, apprehended a 24-year-old madrasa teacher on Friday afternoon before soperding him to law enforcement following allegations of repeated sexual abuse involving a 14-year-old student. The suspect, identified as Tanvir, taught at a residential religious school in Ghoshbila village, located in the adjacent Alamdanga Upazila of Chuadanga district. […]