Ansar Ahmed Ullah On 29 January 2025, a significant conference addressing gross human rights violations in Sindh and Balochistan was held at the House of Commons in London. MP Bob Blackman hosted the event, which was organised by the Asian Human Rights Forum (AHRF) in collaboration with the Baloch Human Rights Council and the World Sindh Congress. The conference drew ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has called for the establishment of a ‘command centre’ to intensively monitor and coordinate the country’s law and order situation. The directive came during a high-level meeting with the heads of law enforcement agencies at the state guesthouse Jamuna in Dhaka. Addressing the meeting, Prof Yunus emphasized the need for a centralized command structure to ...

A Dhaka court has imposed a travel ban on Farzana Rahman Ipshita, daughter of former member of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) Matiur Rahman, and ordered the seizure of her income tax records in connection with the ongoing graft cases. On Monday, Senior Special Judge Zakir Hossain Galib of the Dhaka Metropolitan Court issued the order following a petition ...

What if a school could teach children not just from books, but from life itself? At Rihla International School, education extends beyond the classroom, blending hands-on experiences with academic excellence. Guided by its motto, “Learning for Life & Beyond,” the school nurtures young minds through practical learning, extracurricular activities, and essential life skills. A lesson in patience and gratitude: In ...

Syria’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa will visit Turkey on Tuesday on his second international visit since the toppling of Bashar al-Assad in December, the Turkish presidency said, reports AFP. Sharaa “will pay a visit to Ankara on Tuesday at the invitation of our President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,” Fahrettin Altun, head of communications at the presidency, said on X.

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has called on global leaders to urge Washington to reverse President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the U.N. health body, warning that the U.S. risks losing access to vital disease outbreak information. During a closed-door meeting with diplomats last week, WHO officials discussed the potential financial and operational impact of losing ...

Inward remittances sent by expatriate Bangladeshis rose by 13.4% year-on-year, reaching $2.19 billion in January, according to the latest data from Bangladesh Bank. This increase compares to $2.11 billion in remittances during January 2024. Of the total remittance inflow for January 2025, state-owned and specialized banks accounted for $627.17 million, while private banks received $1.55 billion. From July to January ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has recovered a large amount of drugs, including 169 bottles of liquor and 32 kilogram of cannabis in Habiganj district. They were recovered the drugs suring several drives on Sunday night. It said that a BGB team conducted a raid at the Teliapara tea garden in Madhabpur upazila at 9:00 PM on Sunday night, recovering 62 ...

Home Affairs Advisor Lieutenant General Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) has urged Kuwait to recruit more workers from Bangladesh to strengthen bilateral labor cooperation. He made this call during a meeting with Kuwaiti Ambassador to Bangladesh H. E. Ali Th A Q Hamadah at the Bangladesh Secretariat on Monday afternoon. Highlighting the strong historical ties between the two nations, the ...

A Dhaka court on Monday, granted two-day remand to seven people, including former Justice Abul Hossain Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik, former Prime Minister’s Advisor Salman F Rahman, former Law Minister Anisul Haque, in murder case of auto-rickshaw driver Hafizul Sikder in Badda during the anti-discrimination movement on Monday (February 3). The other accused on remand are former Social Welfare Minister Dr. ...