The website of Bangladesh Bank, the country’s central bank, is currently inaccessible. Attempts to visit the site display a maintenance notice stating that the service is undergoing scheduled maintenance and…
Independent Member of Parliament Barrister Rumeen Farhana (Brahmanbaria-2) has strongly condemned the circulation of an AI-generated image portraying her as the Hindu goddess Durga, describing it as a deliberate attempt…
A new political platform of seven Qawmi madrasa-linked Islamist parties has been formed under the supervision of Hefazat-e-Islam, announced after a meeting on the morning of Thursday, 22 October 2026,…
Every Bangladeshi faces a Tk 1.5 lakh debt bill by next year If the current pace of government borrowing continues, Bangladesh’s per capita public debt is projected to approach Tk…
Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, speaking at a public rally on Tuesday, pointed to the Awami League and Jamaat-e-Islami and said he has clear intelligence information that the two sides…
At least 171 people were killed in mob beatings across Bangladesh between January and September 2026, according to data from the rights organization Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK). Another monitoring…
A delegation of Islamic clerics and figures associated with #Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh met President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at Bangabhaban on Monday afternoon. The meeting, described officially as a courtesy call,…
Veteran Bangladeshi journalist and former war correspondent Anis Alamgir has strongly defended his ongoing criticism of Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus in a Facebook post published on Sunday. Alamgir, known…
Human rights organizations and activists have documented alarming figures related to mob violence, extortion, land grabbing, robbery and mugging, alongside the torture of journalists, violence against women and children, deaths…
Human rights organization Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) has documented 315 incidents of harassment against journalists in Bangladesh during the first nine months of 2026, according to data compiled by…
