NCP reconsiders election participation over ‘one-sided’ EC decisions: Asif Mahmud

January 19, 2026

NEWS DESK National Citizen Party (NCP) reconsiders whether it should participate in the upcoming national election, citing what it described as one-sided decisions by the Election Commission (EC), party spokesperson Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan said on Sunday. Speaking at an emergency press conference at the party’s makeshift office at Banglamotor on the final day of […]Continue Reading

CHT peace accord implementation stressed

January 19, 2026

NEWS DESK Participants at a meeting of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord Implementation and Monitoring Committee today underscored the urgent need for the full and effective implementation of the CHT Peace Accord. The meeting, held at the conference room of the Complex Building adjacent to the Karnaphuli Tunnel Site Office Toll Plaza in […]Continue Reading

‘Yes’ vote in referendum to be driving force to build new Bangladesh: CHT Adviser

January 19, 2026

NEWS DESK Adviser to the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Affairs, Supradip Chakma on Saturday urged voters from all walks of life to cast ‘Yes’ vote in the ensuing referendum to be held alongside the 13th Jatiya Sangsad election. He said that ‘Yes’ vote in the referendum would be the driving force for building […]Continue Reading

Ethnic minority representatives meet Tarique Rahman

January 19, 2026

NEWS DESK A delegation of ethnic minority representatives paid a courtesy call on BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman on Monday night. The meeting was held at the BNP Chairman’s political office in Gulshan at around 9:00 pm, BNP media cell member Shayrul Kabir Khan said. During the meeting, Tarique Rahman exchanged greetings with the delegation. The […]Continue Reading

No Myanmar army on border; Arakan Army control creating problems for Bangladesh: home adviser

January 15, 2026

STAFF CORRESPONDENT Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said Myanmar is the recognised state, but there is no Myanmar army along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, where the Arakan Army is in control, creating problems for Bangladesh. He made the remarks on Wednesday, Jan 14, 2026, replying to reporters after the passing-out […]Continue Reading

Child injured by stray bullet from Myanmar border in Teknaf

January 11, 2026

PARBATTA NEWS DESK A 10-year-old schoolgirl has been hit by a bullet that crossed over from Myanmar at the Hwaikkyang border in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar. The child, Afnan, is a fourth-grade student at Lambabil Haji Mohammad Hossain Government Primary School. She is the daughter of Jasim Uddin of the Techchibridge area in Hwaikkyang. The incident […]Continue Reading

BGB detains 50 Rohingya armed group members in Teknaf after border clashes

January 11, 2026

TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT, COX’S BAZAR Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and police have detained 50 armed Rohingya men in Teknaf after they allegedly crossed into Bangladesh while fleeing pursuit by Myanmar’s rebel group, the Arakan Army (AA), following clashes in Rakhine State. BGB said the detainees are members of armed groups active in Arakan. Of the 50, […]Continue Reading

Country must not return to pre-August 5 situation: Tarique Rahman

January 10, 2026

NEWS DESK BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday said his party would lead the nation in the right direction if it comes to power, stressing that the country must not return to the situation that existed before August 5. While exchanging greetings with editors and journalists at a city hotel, he also said the democratic […]Continue Reading

Tarique Rahman becomes BNP Chairman as per party constitution

January 9, 2026

NEWS DESK Tarique Rahman formally assumed the position of Chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Friday night in line with the party constitution. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the development after an emergency meeting of the party’s highest policymaking body, the National Standing Committee, held at the party Chairman’s Continue Reading

Over 300 SAD leaders join BNP in Sherpur

January 6, 2026

NEWS DESK More than 300 leaders of the Students Against Discrimination (SAD) joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in Sherpur on Tuesday. The student leaders completed the formalities in the afternoon at the district BNP office in Raghunath Bazar under the leadership of the district SAD chief coordinator and spokesperson. Farhan Fuad Tuhin, chief coordinator […]Continue Reading