A court has ordered the seizure of income tax records of Mahbubul Alam Hanif, joint general secretary of the Bangladesh Awami League and former lawmaker from Kushtia-3 constituency, and his wife Fowzia Alam. The order was passed on Monday by the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Fayez following two separate petitions filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission ...

Bangla Mirror Desk : In the recent UK local government elections, 80 British citizens of Bangladeshi descent have been elected as councillors across four predominantly Bangladeshi-populated boroughs in East London. Those are: Tower Hamlets, Newham, Redbridge, and Barking & Dagenham. Local political analysts have hailed this as one of the most significant milestones in the political history of the British-Bangladeshi ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has directed to make the six unused children’s hospitals operational quickly. The Prime Minister gave the directive as a media report headlined ‘Six children’s hospital buildings built at cost of Taka 320 crore remain unused’ drew his attention, PM’s Deputy Press Secretary Jahidul Islam Rony said tonight. The report was published on April 12 this year. ...

The paramilitary Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized Indian cumin worth over Tk 1.34 crore in Habiganj. A release of the BGB signed by 55 BGB Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Tanzilur Rahman said this today. Based on secret information, the BGB team recovered a huge quantity of Indian cumin hidden inside the truck in the Muktijoddha Chattar area of Madhabpur ...

The country recorded 11 more deaths from measles and its suspected symptoms in the last 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 409 since mid-March, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). In its latest bulletin issued on Sunday, the DGHS said four of the deaths were laboratory-confirmed measles cases, while the remaining seven were classified as ...

In an age dominated by fast fashion and machine-made clothing, the beauty of handwoven sarees is slowly fading into history. Once an inseparable part of Bengal’s cultural identity, traditional loom-woven sarees are now becoming increasingly rare. Yet these sarees carry stories of heritage, craftsmanship, and the artistic soul of rural artisans. Recognising the importance of preserving this legacy for future ...

Iran has warned that countries enforcing US sanctions against it could face difficulties transiting the Strait of Hormuz, according to remarks by a military spokesperson carried by local media. Brigadier General Akrami Nia said any country implementing the sanctions would “definitely face difficulties passing through the Strait of Hormuz,” the Tasnim news agency reported. He also claimed that Iran had ...

Nigar Sultana Joty will lead Bangladesh at the 2026 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in England and Wales as the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced the squad on Sunday. The 15-member team, featuring Vice Captain Nahida Akter, are scheduled to depart for Edinburgh on May 25. Before the tournament begins, the Tigresses will compete in a tri-nation series against Scotland ...

Bangladesh’s overall economic activity expanded at a faster pace in April, with the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rising to 54.6 from 53.5 in March, according to the latest Bangladesh PMI report released jointly by the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) and Policy Exchange Bangladesh. The report, published on May 7 with support from the UK government and technical ...

Police have handed over 10 Bangladeshi nationals, who were pushed in through Muroichhara frontier in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar, to their family members. The handover took place at Kulaura Police Station on Friday afternoon in the presence of their relatives. The individuals were identified as Rahul Talukdar, 27, of Mallikpur village in Mohanganj upazila of Netrokona, Juboraj Sarkar, 42, of ...