19+ hour, 3+ min ago   (203+ words) NCP announces mayoral candidates for Dhaka’s two city corporations Prothom Alo English The National Citizen Party (NCP) has officially announced Nasiruddin Patwary as its mayoral candidate for the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan as its…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (289+ words) Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has called for the establishment of a robust and independent national institution to oversee Bangladesh’s security forces. He made this call regarding Bangladesh during his address on the global situation…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1024+ words) The discussions regarding whether or not to join the Mecca Agreement remain unclear as to whether the participants and the government policymakers are considering these challenges for the long term. Ali Riaz writes about what Bangladesh should do regarding the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (613+ words) It was around 7:45 pm. Suddenly, a group of 20 to 25 people arrived, many of them carrying firearms. They ordered shopkeepers to close their businesses and began firing indiscriminately. This was how witnesses described Sunday night’s shooting in Gendaria in the capital....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (382+ words) Dhaka’s morning roads turn deadly due to snatchers TOP SHOTS (31 August 2026) Over these long years, many of the close associates of the party’s founder, Ziaur Rahman, have left the party, while many new faces have joined. Following Ziaur Rahman’s death,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (388+ words) TOP SHOTS (30 August 2026) 3 tourists, including woman and child, ‘assaulted’ at Safari Park Boat race on the Sonai River Former managing director and CEO of Dutch-Bangla Bank joins the DIFC and ADGM regulated fintech as it deepens its long-term commitment to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (351+ words) Tk 780,000 stolen from Sonali Bank customer in novel scam In Rohingya camps, life goes on after 9 years of displacement Fleeting market for fresh fish from Jamuna Three journalists from Shariatpur have reportedly been assaulted by Arifuzzaman Molla, the Joint General…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (716+ words) Bangabhaban serves as the official residence and office of the President of Bangladesh. Although new President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir took the oath of office at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban on Friday evening, he will move into the century-old…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (138+ words) President-elect Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will take oath as the country's 23rd President at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban at 7:30 pm today, Friday. The Acting President, Prime Minister, Chief Justice, cabinet members, foreign dignitaries, and civil and military officials are expected…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (578+ words) Want to give an A, but it's leaning towards a B: Debapriya Bhattacharya World Robot Conference 2026, in Beijing TOP SHOTS (20 August 2026) Mujahidul Islam, also known as Bulbul (45), a local leader of Islami Jubo Andolan, was hacked to death in Narayanganj’s Bandar....