The Bangladeshi expatriate community and the academic world are in mourning following the untimely passing of Mohammad Safwan Zahid, a 25-year-old visionary scholar and entrepreneur. Safwan was discovered deceased in his apartment in Canada on 2 February 2026. He was the only son of Dr Zahid Hossain, Deputy Managing Director and Chief Business Officer of […]

In a significant administrative reshuffle within Bangladesh’s local government framework, Suraiya Akhtar Jahan has been officially appointed as the new Administrator of the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). The appointment was confirmed via a formal gazette notification issued by the Local Government Division on Monday, 9 February 2026. Strategic Leadership Transition Ms. Jahan, a seasoned […]

A crude explosive device was detonated outside the home of Moktar Ali, a Jamaat-e-Islami candidate for the Jashore-6 (Keshabpur) parliamentary constituency, in the early hours of Sunday night, heightening concerns over security in the run-up to the polls. According to party officials, the incident occurred at approximately 1:10 a.m., when two locally made “cocktail” bombs […]