Dhaka : Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman has said there will be no discrimination between religion, caste and tribe in Bangladesh. “We all are equal and there will be no discrimination on the basis of religion, caste, or tribe. We all have equal rights in every aspect of this nation. That is how we […]
Read MoreDhaka : Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has said that his entry into the centre of Bangladesh’s political transformation was never about him but the people. “It’s not me. It’s the people who want this change. I am just helping them to go the way they want,” Prof Yunus told Malaysian news agency Bernama in an […]
Read MoreDhaka : The Election Commission (EC) will announce the roadmap for the upcoming national parliamentary elections next week, EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said today (14 August). “The roadmap will include all preparations and detailed guidelines for the polls,” he told the reporters during a briefing at the Nirbachan Bhaban in the capital’s Agargaon. “We have […]
Read MoreDHAKA: Bangladeshi anti-corruption officials testified in court on Wednesday against former British anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq, accusing of using a family connection to deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to obtain state-owned land in the South Asian country. Siddiq, who is Hasina’s niece, resigned from her post in Prime Minister Keir Starmer ‘s government in January […]
Read MoreKuala Lumpur, August 13, 2025 — Bangladesh has sought Malaysia’s assistance in developing a halal industrial park, aiming to tap into the rapidly expanding global halal products market. “Let’s make a move on this,” said Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus during a meeting with Malaysian halal industry officials at his hotel in Kuala Lumpur on […]
Read MoreKuala Lumpur, August 12, 2025: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday urged leading Malaysian telecom firm Axiata to roll out 5G services in Bangladesh and invest in the country’s data centres. Professor Yunus stressed that Bangladesh needs high-speed internet for its growing economy and to attract investment from global companies eager to tap into […]
Read MoreChief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will hold official talks at Putrajaya tomorrow morning (12 August) to review the progress in diverse areas and outline steps towards elevating the relations between Dhaka and Kuala Lumpur to a new height. The chief adviser, who reached Kuala Lumpur at 7:50pm (KL time) […]
Read MoreRushanara Ali, the first MP of Bangladeshi origin in Britain’s House of Commons, has resigned from her ministerial post in the Labour government. She shared the news on her verified Facebook profile late last night (8 August), posting a photo of her resignation letter along with a brief message. “It has been an honour to […]
Read MoreBy Punima Ch On Tuesday, August 5th, 2025, Bangladesh marked the first anniversary of the much-hyped student-led uprising that ushered in the so-called interim caretaker government under Dr. Muhammad Yunus. The day should have been a solemn commemoration of public defiance and democratic aspirations. It should have been a reminder of the youthful energy that […]
Read MoreDhaka : Ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina allegedly issued a “no release, no treatment” order for those injured during the July movement, according to the testimony of the second witness in the ongoing crimes against humanity case filed against her. The witness, Abdullah Al Imran, gave his statement today (4 August), revealing that the directive […]
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