Bangladesh

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has promised to provide interest-free loans to 500,000 unemployed graduates. If it comes to power, the party says it will offer interest-free loans of Tk10,000 per month. Young people will be eligible for this facility for a maximum of two years between the completion of their studies and obtaining a job. At the same time, the party has ...

We were thrilled to welcome Mr. Dean Lee, Interim Director of International at the University of Hertfordshire (UK), to the Brit Academy London Dhaka campus. The visit focused on evaluating academic delivery, student progression, quality assurance standards, and alignment of UK-recognised pathway programmes. During the visit, it was formally confirmed that students who successfully complete the International Foundation Year at ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday inspected the progress of the final phase work of the July Uprising Memorial Museum at the Ganabhaban, residence of the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina. The chief adviser arrived at the museum around 3pm and went around the museum that projects the reasons behind the mass uprising and the history of Awami League’s ...

Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus has directed authorities concerned to ensure swift recovery of all looted weapons ahead of country’s 13th national election, warning that restoring law and order is essential for a credible vote. Speaking at 119th meeting of National Implementation Committee on Administrative Reorganization at the National Guest House Jamuna, Yunus underscored that the retrieval of illegal ...

A Dhaka court on Tuesday issued arrest warrants against 25 people, including former Bangladesh Bank governor Dr Atiur Rahman, in a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Metropolitan Sessions Judge and Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Foyez passed the order after taking cognisance of the charge sheet and set March 4 for submission of a report on the ...

The holy month of Ramadan is expected to start on February 19, Islamic Foundation announced. On Tuesday, the foundation released official Sehri and Iftar timings for Muslims observing the fast. Sehri refers to pre-dawn meal before fasting begins, while Iftar is the meal consumed after sunset to break the fast. Islamic Foundation has shared the complete schedule of Ramadan 2026 ...

Ambassadors from three Nordic countries—Sweden, Denmark and Norway—paid a courtesy call on BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman. The meeting took place at the BNP chairman’s office in Dhaka’s Gulshan on Tuesday morning (20 January). BNP Joint Secretary General Humayun Kabir and its Chairman’s Adviser Mahdi Amin were also present during the meeting. BNP Media Cell member Shairul Kabir Khan confirmed the ...

A general diary (GD) has been filed with the Kushtia Model Police Station following allegations of death threats against Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Amir Hamza in the Kushtia-3 (Sadar) constituency. His brother-in-law Abu Bakkar lodged the GD on Monday night. Meanwhile, Amir Hamza announced the suspension of all his waz mahfils through a post on his Facebook account late Monday. Confirming ...

Evaly e-commerce platform’s chairman, Shamima Nasrin, and chief executive officer (CEO) Mohammad Rassel have been arrested again. Members of the Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested them from the capital’s Dhanmondi area around midnight on Tuesday (January 20). Confirming the matter, Dhanmondi police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Saiful Islam said they had been informed about the DB arrests. ...

Ahead of the national election scheduled for 12 February, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has unveiled a political and economic roadmap for building a new and prosperous Bangladesh. He said the country’s primary challenge is no longer survival but ensuring stability. The envisioned “New Bangladesh,” he said, will be founded on justice and dignity, with a strict zero-tolerance policy ...