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For three days last week, Osama Bshnak Radwan and his family cowered in their townhouse as rockets, artillery and bullets pulverized their Syrian enclave. Then, five armed men in military fatigues ...
As summer temperatures rise, battle lines have been drawn between those who want air conditioning and those who worry over the environmental cost.
This is the final instalment in a three-part series based on a foresight analysis centred on Bangladesh’s transition.
Following the fatal plane crash involving Milestone College in Dhaka’s Uttara area, students have taken to the streets ...
Activists who slam Islamophobia are silent on homophobia in some Islamic groups. But human rights are not a one-way street ...
DHAKA, July 21, 2025 (BSS) – Education Adviser Prof. Dr. Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar today said the nation is eternally indebted ...
A Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed into a school campus in the capital, Dhaka, shortly after takeoff on Monday, killing at least 18 people including the ...
Bangladesh declares a day of mourning, with many of those killed and wounded feared to be school pupils and young students ...
What was once a revered national landmark honouring three of Bengal's most influential political figures has now become a sanctuary for drug dealers, addicts and the homeless.
A graphic video of a person being run over by a truck was filmed in Indonesia, contrary to posts claiming it showed the ...
Even if a matter is occasionally raised in parliament, either out of goodwill by a politician or through the efforts of an NGO or journalist, no law or convention in Bangladesh allows citizens to ...
The crisis facing the Tottho Apas began after the ouster of the fascist regime on 5 August last year. Soon after, their salaries were frozen. From July to December, these women, many the sole earners ...