Bangladesh

The written MCQ exam for the 48th Special BCS is being held today (Friday) from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. The two-hour exam is being conducted exclusively at various centers in Dhaka. This special BCS has been arranged to urgently recruit 3,000 doctors for the health sector. According to the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC), 2,700 will be appointed as ...

In a week-long series of joint operations led by the Bangladesh Army, 328 individuals involved in various criminal activities were detained between July 10 and 17. According to a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the operations were carried out in coordination with other law enforcement agencies across different parts of the country, including the capital Dhaka. The detainees ...

  Ansar Ahmed Ullah:    July 17, 2025 — British MP Bob Blackman has submitted an Early Day Motion (EDM) in the UK Parliament calling on the interim government of Bangladesh to prioritise the establishment of a truth and reconciliation commission amidst ongoing political and social instability in the South Asian nation. The EDM, tabled on 16 July, notes the efforts ...

The government has formed a three-member committee to investigate the violence that occurred in Gopalganj on Wednesday (July 26). Nasimul Ghani, Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, will lead the probe body. Other two members are two additional secretaries – one from the Ministry of Public Administration and another from the Ministry of Law and Justice, said a ...

Home Adviser Lt Gen (Retd.) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said that those involved in Gopalganj incident, will be arrested. ”None will be sparred in this issue.” When asked whether the detectives had any information about such an incident happening in Gopalganj, Jahangir Alam said, “The detectives had information, but not to such an extent.” “On Wednesday, I gave instructions ...

Shipping and Labour and Employment Adviser Brigadier General (Retd.) Dr M Shakhawat Hossain has urged the Singaporean government to recruit more experienced Bangladeshi manpower, particularly in the shipping sector. He made the call during a bilateral meeting with Singapore’s Minister for Sustainability and the Environment and Minister-in-Charge of Trade Relations, Grace Fu, at her commerce ministry office in Singapore on ...

Nahid Islam, convener of the Jatiya Nagorik Party, has announced to go to Gopalganj again. “We will go to Gopalganj again if we remain alive. We will organise programs in every upazilas, every villages there. The flag of the July Uprising will fly in every house in Gopalganj,” in a Facebook post on Thursday Nahid came up with this announcement. ...

Nahid Islam, Convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP), has accused Mujibist forces of orchestrating a violent, targeted attack on NCP leaders and activists in Gopalganj, alleging the assault was intended not merely to intimidate but to kill. Speaking at a press conference at the Khulna Press Club on Wednesday night, Nahid said that the attackers—whom he identified as members ...

Gopalganj district administration has imposed section 144 over attack on the central leaders of the National Citizen Party (NCP). On Wednesday afternoon, the administration made the announcement as the clash spread to the whole city. Earlier, an attack incident took place while NCP leaders were returning ending the rally at Gopalganj’s Poura Park area. At one stage, it turned into ...

An attack incident was also carried out on the convoy of NCP while they were going to Madaripur district after ending Goplaganj rally. Banned ‘Awami League’ and ‘BCL’ leaders and activists attacked on the convoy in Gopalganj Sadar at about 2:45PM on Wednesday.To take the situation under control, police and Army personnel fired gunshots. Gopalganj’s Poura Park area turned into ...