Two killed, including KNA commander, in army operation in Bandarban

July 3, 2025

Two people, including a KNA commander, were killed and one injured in an army operation in Ruma, Bandarban in the early morning of Thursday. A large quantity of weapons, ammunition, and equipment was also recovered, according to a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). The operation, which has been underway for 48 hours based […]Continue Reading

Abu Sayeed’s martyrdom played decisive role in dictatorship fall: Nahid Islam

July 1, 2025

NEWS DESK Central convener of National Citizens Party (NCP) Nahid Islam has said the martyrdom of Abu Sayeed on July 16 last year (2024) had played a decisive role in the fall of the dictatorship. “On July 1, 2024, the democratic anti-discrimination student movement began. Thousands of students, youth and public, including Abu Sayeed, joined […]Continue Reading

Khaleda Zia calls for maintaining unity to institutionalise democracy

July 1, 2025

NEWS DESK Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on Tuesday called for maintaining unity to institutionalize democracy. “We must ensure that this stream of blood of July uprising heroes (martyrs) and the stream of tears of mothers do not go in vain. Unity must be maintained. Let us all together realize the dream […]Continue Reading

Observe July Uprising each year to check autocracy’s reemergence: CA

July 1, 2025

NEWS DESK Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday urged the country’s people to the July Uprising every year to resist reemergence of autocracy. “We will observe this (July Uprising) every year so that we do not have to wait 16 years for another uprising again. We will do this every year so that we […]Continue Reading

BNP finalises 90-day election strategy

June 29, 2025

The BNP has finalised its election strategy with a 90-day campaign plan aimed at comprehensive readiness ahead of the upcoming national polls, according to a report published in a leading Bangla daily. Despite the expected absence of the ruling Awami League, the BNP is treating the election as a significant political test. Acting Chairman Tarique […]Continue Reading

PCCP opposes use of ‘Adivasi’ term, warns against divisive policies

June 29, 2025

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, RANGAMATI The Parbatya Chattogram Chhatra Parishad (PCCP) has criticised remarks by Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Adviser Supradeep Chakma supporting the use of the term “Adivasi” for indigenous identity. In a statement issued on Saturday, PCCP said the adviser’s comments, made during a 23 June inter-ministerial meeting, contradict the constitution Continue Reading

Khudro Nri-gosthi Institutes to be renamed, says Cultural Adviser

June 27, 2025

STAFF REPORTER The government has decided to rename seven cultural institutions across Bangladesh—currently operating under different titles—with the aim of preserving and promoting the cultural heritage of the country’s khudro nri-gosthi (small ethnic groups). The new unified name will be Jati Boichitro Institute (Institute of Ethnic Diversity). The decision was confirmed Continue Reading

Trump says Israel-Iran ceasefire now in effect, please don’t violate it

June 24, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday a ceasefire between Israel and Iran was now in place and asked both countries not to violate it, only hours after Iran launched waves of missiles, which Israel’s ambulance service said killed four people, Reuters reports. “THE CEASEFIRE IS NOW IN EFFECT. PLEASE DO NOT VIOLATE IT!” Trump […]Continue Reading

Trump brokered ceasefire in call with Netanyahu while US team spoke to Iran

June 24, 2025

President Donald Trump brokered a ceasefire between Israel and Iran through talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday while his team, including Vice President JD Vance, held talks with Tehran, a senior White House official said, Reuters reports. The official, providing details of the ceasefire on condition of anonymity, said Israel agreed to […]Continue Reading

After US base strike, Iran’s supreme leader says ‘we will not submit to anyone’s aggression’

June 23, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has declared that the country “will not submit to anyone’s aggression,” following Iran’s retaliatory strike on the United States’ al-Udeid air base in Qatar. According to The Guardian, Khamenei made the remarks in a post on X (formerly Twitter), stating: “We have not attacked anyone, and […]Continue Reading