Journalist Mehedi Hasan was sent to jail on Thursday afternoon in connection with an anti-terrorism case filed with Tungipara Police Station in Gopalganj. Jahidul Islam Jahangir, Officer-in-Charge of Tungipara Police…
A total of 95.78% of children in Rajshahi city have received the typhoid vaccine. This was revealed at a coordination meeting held at the conference room of the Divisional Commissioner’s…
As the world prepares to celebrate Ibsen’s bicentennial, the Norwegian Embassy in Dhaka hosted a talk on Ibsen and Fosse on Thursday. Prof Ahmed Ahsanuzzaman of the Independent University, Bangladesh…
The International Republican Institute (IRI) conducted a pre-election assessment in Bangladesh from October 20–24 ahead of the likely parliamentary elections in February, noting that the pre-election environment remains fragile despite…
In a joint initiative by the United Nations Bangladesh and Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) under Sightsavers’ Equal Bangladesh campaign, persons with disabilities presented a set of specific recommendations…
The High Court has granted interim bail to journalist Monjurul Alam in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act. His lawyers said there is now no legal bar to his…
Oxfam on Wednesday launched a pioneering “Loss and Damage Dashboard,” an interactive digital platform designed to make the invisible impacts of climate change visible through data, science, and community participation,…
Typhoon Kalmaegi killed at least 140 people and left another 127 missing after unleashing devastating flooding across the central Philippines, official figures showed Thursday, as the storm headed towards Vietnam.…
The Advisory Council on Thursday gave final approval to the “Enforced Disappearance Prevention and Redress Ordinance, 2025”. The decision was taken at a meeting of the council held at the…
During World War II, Samuel Andrew Stouffer introduced the “Relative Deprivation Theory” which suggests that social movements emerge when individuals perceive a significant disparity between their current situation and their…
