BGB denounces rumour of Indian encroachment in Lalmonirhat

November 7, 2025

NEWS DESK Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Thursday strongly condemned and protested a social media rumour claiming that India has occupied 62 kilometres of territory in Lalmonirhat. In an official statement, BGB said a vested quarter is deliberately spreading the baseless and anti-state claim titled ‘India occupies 62 kilometres in Lalmonirhat’ with the intention of […]Continue Reading

BSF fires sound grenades at Lalmonirhat-Patgram border

November 5, 2025

NEWS DESK Tensions flared at the Lalmonirhat-Patgram border as the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) fired three rounds of sound grenades early Wednesday morning, triggering panic among locals. The incident occurred near the Serampur Union in Patgram Upazila, in proximity to the Bangladesh-India border at Sub Pillar 3, Main Pillar No. 854. According to local […]Continue Reading

Ireland offers support for police reform in Bangladesh

November 5, 2025

NEWS DESK Ireland has expressed its willingness to share experience and expertise in police reform to support Bangladesh’s ongoing efforts to strengthen accountable and rights-based governance following the July 2024 uprising. Non-resident Ambassador of Ireland to Bangladesh, Kevin Kelly, and Baroness Nuala O’Loan, the first Police Ombudsman in Northern Ireland, made the Continue Reading

Probe body recommends shifting all BAF initial trainings outside Dhaka

November 5, 2025

NEWS DESK A probe body, formed after the July jet crash, on Wednesday recommended that all initial trainings of the Bangladesh Air Force will be held outside Dhaka city. “We have capacity to do (initial training) that,” Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam told reporters at the Foreign Service Academy in the city. Quoting the […]Continue Reading

Police announce cash rewards for recovery of missing weapons, ammunition

November 5, 2025

NEWS DESK Bangladesh Police has announced cash rewards for anyone who helps recover missing police firearms and ammunition, according to a statement issued by the Police Headquarters on Wednesday. As per the announcement , a reward of Tk 5 lakh will be given for each recovered Light Machine Gun (LMG), Tk 1.5 lakh for each […]Continue Reading

Four Sitakunda BNP leaders expelled over nomination-related violence

November 4, 2025

NEWS DESK BNP has expelled four local leaders in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram for their alleged involvement in violence, clashes and road blockades following the announcement of the party’s nominations for the upcoming 13th parliamentary election. In a press release issued early Tuesday (4th November 2025), the party said the expelled leaders are Sitakunda upazila […]Continue Reading

RPO (Amendment) Ordinance: Coalition candidates must contest under own party symbols

November 4, 2025

The government has issued the “Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025,” with provision that even if registered political parties form an electoral alliance, candidates must contest the polls with their own party symbols. The Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Law Ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard on Monday. Earlier, Continue Reading

Govt rejects Netra News article on CHT

November 4, 2025

NEWS DESK The government on Monday firmly rejected the recent story of Netra News on Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). A press release of the Ministry of Home Affairs today said, a recent article by Netra News and its associated photo project mischaracterize the CHT as an ‘occupied’ or ‘militarized’ region. “Such presentation is factually incorrect, […]Continue Reading

Election schedule to be announced in early Dec: Election Commissioner Anwarul Islam

October 31, 2025

NEWS DESK Election Commissioner Md. Anwarul Islam Sarker has said that the election schedule will be announced in the first part of December. Talking to reporters on Friday at Patuakhali Circuit House auditorium, he said the question of whether the referendum will be held before or after the elections has not yet come under the […]Continue Reading

Russia uses missile in Ukraine that led Trump to quit nuclear treaty, Kyiv says

October 31, 2025

Russia has in recent months attacked Ukraine with a cruise missile whose secret development prompted Donald Trump to abandon a nuclear arms control pact with Moscow in his first term as US president, Ukraine’s foreign minister said, REUTERS reports. Andrii Sybiha’s comments are the first confirmation that Russia has used the ground-launched 9M729 missile in Continue Reading