Students of technical education institutions in Barishal have declared Hasnat Abdullah (Chief Organiser, Southern Region) and Sarjis Alam (Northern Region) of the National Coordination Party (NCP) as unwelcome in the city. The announcement was made by students who are protesting with seven specific demands. On Wednesday, they blocked the Dhaka–Kuakata Highway at Chowmatha in Barishal […]

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has raised concerns over the Public Administration Ministry’s eagerness to purchase luxury vehicles at inflated prices for ministers of the newly elected government, despite the Finance Ministry cancelling a similar proposal earlier. TIB emphasises that it is crucial to investigate the reasons behind such procurement proposals. According to TIB, the new […]

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Secretary General of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has stated that the party is not in favour of banning any political party in the country. In a recent interview with a news outlet, Fakhrul was asked about the idea of banning the Awami League and Jatiya Party (JaPa). He responded by […]

A second-year student of the Department of Public Administration at Begum Rokeya University (BRUR) and Bangladesh Chhatra Dal activist, Sanjid Sarkar (known as Smaran), has been accused of ragging and mentally harassing a female freshman from the same department. According to the written complaint submitted by the student, several immediate seniors, including Smaran from the […]

Salahuddin Ahmed, a member of the BNP Standing Committee, has warned that banning any political party through an executive order is a dangerous precedent. He stated that if someone, driven by political malice or the greed for a few extra seats, seeks proportional representation (PR) at the expense of national interest, it could have severe […]

Shamima Sultana Maya, Joint Coordinator of the National Citizens Party (NCP) District Coordination Committee in Rajshahi, has resigned from her post. She took this step after receiving no remedy despite submitting a written complaint to the party’s central committee.   In her resignation letter addressed to the party chief, Maya wrote: “I do not wish […]

Former Member of Parliament, politician, and columnist Golam Maula Roni has warned that the nation has now fallen under the sway of yet another notorious idiom, ‘Mober Mulluk’, akin to the old saying ‘Moger Mulluk’. Roni shared his observations on Tuesday morning (16 September) via a Facebook post.   He stated, “While we may never […]