Former State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat has rejected criticism that the Awami League government made Bangladesh increasingly dependent on imported energy, describing the allegation as “falsehood”. Arafat, a member of the Awami League’s Central Working Committee, said the government under Sheikh Hasina pursued two parallel approaches to address the country’s growing […]

Dhaka University assistant professor Shehrin Amin Bhuiyan Monami has alleged that she is being subjected to harassment on social media by students of the university, including an individual she identified as a supporter or member of Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir. Monami, an assistant professor in the university’s Department of Public Administration, raised the allegations in […]