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
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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
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
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
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
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 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
COX’S BAZAR CORRESPONDENT After remaining closed for nine months, Bangladesh’s only coral island, Saint Martin’s, is set to reopen to tourists on Saturday (November 1). However, ship operators have withdrawn at the last moment, leaving the island without any passenger vessels on reopening day. Two ships — Karnaphuli Express and Bar-Awliya — were scheduled to […]Continue Reading
PARBATTANEWS DESK The administrative ban on tourist travel to Bangladesh’s only coral island, Saint Martin’s, has dealt a heavy blow to the local economy, leaving thousands jobless and businesses shuttered. Locals and tourism operators have described the decision as “mysterious and detached from reality.” Each winter, the tiny island—famous for its turquoise waters and Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have seized drugs and Indian cattle during separate anti-smuggling operations along the Lalmonirhat border. According to BGB, the Lalmonirhat Battalion (15 BGB) conducted drives on October 29 and 30 in North Jhaurani of Hatibandha, Mogolhat Zero Point in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila, and Gangarhat area in Phulbari of […]Continue Reading
