Five Decades of Enforced Disappearances

Kalpana Chakma was 23 years old, an organising secretary for a hill women’s rights group in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, when armed men in military uniform dragged her from her home in Rangamati on the night of June 12, 1996. Her brothers, who witnessed the abduction, identified the officer in charge. Thirty years later, she […]

Pir Sabir Shah Leads Chattogram’s 55th Jashne Julus, enduring a Five-Decade Religious Tradition

Pakistani religious figure and politician Allama Syed Muhammad Sabir Shah, popularly known as Pir Sabir Shah, is leading this year’s historic Jashne Julus in Chattogram, gathering hundreds of thousands of devotees to one of Bangladesh’s largest religious processions ‘Eid-e-Miladunnabi’. The 55th Jashne Julus, organised by the Anjuman-e-Rahmania Ahmadia Sunnia Trust, began Wednesday morning from the […]

4 Arrested in West Bengal Over Illegal Arms Smuggling to Bangladesh

West Bengal’s Murshidabad district Police have seized a large cache of illegal firearms and ammunition intended for smuggling into Bangladesh from Bihar, arresting four people, including a local Trinamool Congress (TMC) youth leader. On Saturday, August 22, at a press conference, Murshidabad Superintendent of Police Sachin Makkar said TMC youth leader Papai Ghosh had been […]

Bangladesh authorities hunt 690 escaped prisoners from July uprising

Following massive prison breaks during the July mass uprising, Bangladesh authorities have recaptured over 1,500 inmates but continue the hunt for 690 fugitives who remain at large.

Climate Action Urged at Bosoti Seminar on Chattogram’s Environmental Future

Environmentalists, researchers, human rights advocates and civil society representatives on Friday called for coordinated and effective measures to address the growing impacts of climate change and tackle mounting environmental challenges facing Bangladesh’s port city of Chattogram. The call came during a seminar titled “Bosoti and Nature: Climate Crisis and the Future of Chattogram” organized by […]

Cambridge Cancels A-Level Math Exam After Question Leak in Bangladesh

Cambridge International has cancelled the AS Level Mathematics Paper 12 exam held on April 29 across Bangladesh and several other regions after confirming evidence of a question paper leak. A replacement examination will take place on June 9 without additional fees for students or schools.

35 years on, Chattogram coast still vulnerable after 1991 cyclone

Memories of the devastating cyclone of April 29, 1991 still haunt Bangladesh’s coastal communities as millions remain vulnerable due to fragile and incomplete embankments, more than three decades after the disaster killed about 138,000 people and left nearly 10 million destitute. Despite the passage of 35 years, many coastal areas of Chattogram lack durable flood […]

Bangladesh Enters Final Phase of Nuclear Power Journey as Rooppur Begins Fuel Loading

Bangladesh marked a historic milestone on Tuesday as it began loading uranium into the first unit of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, signaling the nation’s formal entry into the final stages of joining the global club of nuclear energy producers. With this advancement, Bangladesh is poised to become the 33rd country in the world to […]

Chattogram South Chhatra Shakti Committee Formed; Saeed Named Convener, Kayes Member Secretary

A newly formed student organisation, Chhatra Shakti, on Tuesday announced its Chattogram South district committee, naming Saeed Touhid as convener and Qayes Abdullah as member secretary, according to a press release. The statement, issued on April 21, said that Hasnat Abdullah will serve as the organisation’s chief organiser alongside the new committee. Others members are […]

Ammonia shortage halts Bangladesh’s only DAP fertiliser plant

Gas supply disruption cuts ammonia flow from key plants, raising fears over fertiliser shortages and impact on Bangladesh’s agriculture sector