Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman has announced a landmark policy pledge to provide state-funded education for women up to the Master’s level, asserting that the upcoming election marks a decisive shift toward a “New Bangladesh.” Speaking at a massive electoral rally at Bir Muktijoddha ground in Cox’s Bazar on Monday, the leader of the 11-party alliance outlined a vision ...

Police in the capital have arrested Shafiur Rahman, the Managing Director of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, along with his wife and two others, on charges of brutally torturing an 11-year-old domestic worker. The detention took place late Sunday night at the couple’s residence in Uttara area. The accused, identified as Shafiur Rahman, his wife Bithi, and two other domestic staff members– ...

More research is needed into whether there may be a link between weight-loss injections and an increase in gallbladder removals, specialist doctors have said. The number of gallbladder surgeries recorded by NHS England in 2024-25 was at its highest peak in the past decade. The president of the British Obesity and Metabolic Specialist Society, Ahmed Ahmed, said he was doing ...

Sir Keir Starmer believes Lord Mandelson should not be a member of the House of Lords, or use his title, Downing Street has said. The prime minister has ordered an “urgent” investigation into Lord Mandelson’s contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein while the peer was a government minister. The review comes after another tranche of documents were released, showing the ...

Lord Mandelson says he has resigned his membership of the Labour Party as he does not want to “cause further embarrassment” by his links to the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The former cabinet minister, who was sacked as US ambassador last year because of his past connections to Epstein, appeared in the latest release of files by the US ...

The four-year sentence comes on top of a two-year sentence for corruption charges handed to Siddiq towards the end of last year. In December 2025, she was found guilty of influencing her aunt to use “her special power” to secure a plot of land in the outskirts of the capital Dhaka. The Hampstead and Highgate MP described the process as ...

At least 15 people were killed in political violence since the Election Commission announced the poll schedule 36 days ago, said Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) in a report on Monday. Political clashes rose sharply last year, largely owing to BNP’s internal clashes, TIB said, adding the party was involved in 91.7% of the cases.

Bangladesh’s overall exports declined 1.93% during July 2025–January 2026 from the same period last year, according to Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data released on Monday. The figure totalled $28.41b in the first half of fiscal year 2025-26 compared with $28.97b in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year. Besides, the export earnings stood at $4.42 billion in January 2026 ...

The use of VAR to send off Flamengo’s Jorge Carrascal after halftime for an incident that occurred before the break raised fresh questions about its use during Sunday’s Brazilian Super Cup at the Mane Garrincha Stadium in capital Brasilia. The bizarre red card decision followed after Corinthians players complained bitterly about an alleged elbow strike by Carrascal to Breno Bidon’s ...

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman on Monday said “some people” are out to “dishonour” the Islamist party for speaking out against repression of women. In reality, if Jamaat is voted to power in the 12 February elections, the party leaders would hold women in the highest esteem, he said at an election rally held at Baharchhara area of Cox’s Bazar town. ...