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Due to the protest of RAK ceramic workers by blocking the road, the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway has been closed for traffic since 7 am today. The workers started protesting by blocking the road in Sreepur Jaina-Nayanpur area of the highway from morning. Gazipur Shilpa police inspector Rahyan Mia told The Daily Star at 9:30 am, ‘traffic…
Despite repeated calls by the government to deposit the looted firearms and ammunition at the nearest police station, more than 300,000 rounds of ammunition and nearly 2,000 weapons have not yet been recovered. The government is conducting a nationwide joint operation to recover weapons from Wednesday. Members of the Armed Forces, BGB, Coast Guard, Police,…
West Bengal is in uproar over the rape and murder of a female doctor at RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata. Pressure is mounting on the ruling Trinamool Congress to ensure swift and exemplary punishment for rape. In such a situation, the state government passed a new law on rape in the assembly. On Tuesday, the…
Maharashtra BJP MLA Nitish Rane has threatened to ‘find’ and kill Muslims by entering mosques. He has come under severe criticism for making such communal statements in public gatherings. Ahmednagar police filed two cases against him after such videos went viral on social media. The police have taken this action under some compulsion. “Two…
Abdul Wadud Dara was the former Member of Parliament (MP) of Rajshahi-5 (Puthia-Durgapur) Constituency and State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives in the Awami League Government. He was MP for 10 years in two terms from 2009 to 2018. After becoming an MP, he became the owner of hundreds of crores of…
Coming to the shore, Tari is drowning. Although 75 percent is completed, there is a fear of closure after the fall of the Awami League government. The implementation of this plan was supposed to start from July 2025. But in its creation, the implementation of the executive manifesto of the newly departed government through the…
A Muslim singer from Assam has been arrested by police in the state for allegedly changing the lyrics to a song that became popular during Bangladesh’s recent quota reform movement, ‘Deshta Tomar Baper Naaki’. The Assamese song incorporates the original melody of ‘Deshta Tomar Baper Naaki’ with the Assamese Bihu melody and rhythm. The Assam…
Bangladesh Bank’s updated report on non-performing loans says that at the end of June quarter of this year, non-performing loans in the country’s banking sector have increased to Tk 2,11,391 crores, which is 12.56 percent of the total disbursed loans. Those concerned with the sector said that the loans distributed through fraud are not coming…
Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser to the new interim government of Bangladesh, gave an interview to Indian channel NDTV just two days before assuming office. There he said, “If you destabilize Bangladesh, the flames of that instability will spread like an eruption outside Bangladesh, Myanmar, Seven Sisters, West Bengal – everywhere.” In several interviews given to…
All 57 Bangladeshis imprisoned in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for protesting in support of the quota reform movement may be released and sent back home within a week, Olora Afrin, a lawyer appointed by the Bangladesh government, told BBC Bangla. He also said that the country’s court has already issued an order to release…
