Yunus among Time magazine 100 most influential persons
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has been named among TIME magazine鈥檚 100 Most Influential People of 2025...
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Attack on prayer centre of Ahmadiyas condemned
Ahamadiyya Jama鈥檃t, Bangladesh, an organisation of the Ahamadiya people, on Tuesday condemned the attack on Ahmadiya prayer centre at Bahadurpur under Pangsha upazila in Rajbari...
Reform initiatives lack disadvantaged people鈥檚 representation: Debapriya
Citizen鈥檚 Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh convener Debapriya Bhattacharya on Thursday said that there were no appropriate representatives to speak for the backward sections of people in the commissions formed by the interim government to make reforms in the country...
Indian nationals shot at two Bangladeshis
Indian Khasia people allegedly shot at least two Bangladeshis near the Bichhnakandi border at Gowainghat upazila in Sylhet on Wednesday night...
Marginalised people鈥檚 bank deposits inch up
Deposits in bank accounts held by marginalised individuals saw a slight increase in December 2024 compared with September, according to Bangladesh Bank鈥檚 quarterly report...
Rajshahi people continue protest at felling trees
Rajshahi people on Wednesday formed a human chain in the city demanding protection of the environment, agricultural land and ensuring social security...
Youths want their suggestions be incorporated in VNR report
Young people from different walks of life at a discussion on Monday urged the government to let them know whether their recommendations were incorporated in the voluntary national review report...
Withdraw cases filed against Urdu-speaking people: discussion
Politicians and leaders of the Urdu-speaking people on Saturday at a roundtable discussion in Dhaka called on the interim government headed by Professor Muhammad Yunus to take steps to withdraw cases filed against Urdu-speaking people living in the Mirpur area.
End to India鈥檚 鈥極peration Kagar鈥� demanded
A group of democratic and progressive organisaions and individuals in Bangladesh on Sunday expressed concerns over the Indian government鈥檚 military campaign 鈥極peration Kagar鈥� targeting India鈥檚 indigenous people and Maoists and demanded an immediate cessation of the operation...
DISCOURSES OF NATIONAL LITERATURE: Exclusion of indigenous people鈥檚 literature
THE fifteenth amendment of the Bangladesh Constitution mentions, 鈥楾he state shall take steps to protect and develop the unique local culture and tradition of the tribes, minor races, ethnic sects, and communities鈥�. The suffix 鈥榓divasi (indigenous peoples)鈥� is not in the constitution. The 鈥楽mall Ethnic Groups Cultural Institutions Act, 2010 broadly defines the term...
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: Slogans reflect aspiration of common people: discussion
Speakers including poets, activists and academics at a discussion held at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 on Wednesday, said that slogans during the student-led mass uprising depicted common people鈥檚 language and aspirations...
DU-PDF introduces new committee for 2025
The Physically-Challenged Development Foundation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to empowering young people with disabilities, on Monday announced its new 21-member executive committee for the Dhaka University unit (DUPDF)...
600 arrested for working illegally in UK
UK immigration enforcement teams made over 600 arrests in January, a 73 per cent increase on the same period a year ago, as part of the new Labour government鈥檚 plan to tackle undocumented migration and people smuggling gangs, officials said on Monday...
NATIONAL MINORITIES: Constitutional recognition for pluralistic society
INDIGENOUS peoples are identified in international forums, including the United Nations, as first nations, hunter-gatherers, or hill tribes. These peoples usually live in mountainous or rural areas somewhat isolated from the mainland, which reflects the distinctive characteristics of their social, cultural, and economic lifestyles. They often follow a socioeconomic...
End to harassment of聽 Urdu-speaking people demanded
Politicians and Urdu-speaking people living in Bangladesh on Thursday alleged that the Urdu-speaking people residing in different camps across the country were still facing repression.
SRI LANKA: Foreign assistance offer need to be evaluated realistically
FOUR months after coming to power, the National People鈥檚 Power government is facing growing criticism from those in the opposition and also scepticism regarding its ability to make policies necessary to revive the country and its economy. The catchy stories in the media are invariably in relation to some mishap or shortcoming in the past of government...
Permanent rehabilitation of camp based Urdu-speaking people demanded聽
Speakers, including Urdu-speaking communities residing in various camps in Bangladesh, on Monday demanded dignified and permanent rehabilitation....
Time for govt to act to resolve joblessness
AN INCREASE in the number of unemployed people in the July-September quarter in 2024 compared with the figure of the corresponding period of 2023 is alarming. The Bureau of Statistics, which has for the first time applied the definition set at the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians 鈥� which considers people unemployed if they do not work...
Enforced disappearance: Michael Chakma files complaint against聽Hasina, others
United People鈥檚 Democratic Front leader Michael Chakma on Monday formally lodged a written complaint with the International Crimes Tribunal chief prosecutor, accusing former prime minister...
Anti-Discrimination Student Movement: Leaders mull new party early next year
Some leaders of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, who were at the forefront of the July-August student-people uprising that ousted the Awami League regime, are likely to launch a new...
Enforced Disappearance: Michael Chakma files complaints against Hasina
United People鈥檚 Democratic Front leader Michael Chakma on Wednesday lodged a verbal complaint with the International Crimes Tribunal, accusing deposed former prime minister Sheikh Hasina of involvement in his enforced disappearance...
Lankan anti-corruption agenda gets boost
SRI Lanka鈥檚 president Anura Kumara Dissanayake鈥檚 statement that the government will not permit the erosion of its mandate for accountable government in the context of the resignation of the speaker of the parliament is on track with the promises made during the course of the elections that brought the National People鈥檚 Power to power. The president...
Govt should define amnesty in voluntary fake FF doc return
THE government鈥檚 announcement for the people who did not take part in the liberation war but have managed to get certificates as 1971 veterans to return their credentials on their own is a welcome step forward towards ensuring justice for the people who took part in the war and for citizens who have so far been led to believe that a number of such people...
CHT District Council must work for people鈥檚 welfare: Supradip
Chittagong Hill Tracts affairs adviser Supradip Chakma on Tuesday addressed the newly appointed chairman and members of the Chittagong Hill Tracts District Council, emphasising the need for working for the people鈥檚 welfare...
Taiwan says China carrying out huge maritime deployment
China is deploying dozens of ships in its biggest maritime mobilisation around Taiwan in years, Taipei said Tuesday, after Beijing voiced fury at President Lai Ching-te鈥檚 recent visit to the United States...
Reform should include marginalised groups鈥� voice
The voices of the marginalised and vulnerable groups including women, low-income households, people with disabilities, third- and trans-gender, and minorities should be included in the reform for good governance, experts said on Sunday...
AL turned Bangladesh into kleptocratic state: Debapriya聽聽聽聽聽聽
Economist Debapriya Bhattacharya on Monday said that a kleptocracy was established from crony capitalism in the past 15 years under the Awami League regime ousted by a student-people uprising on August 5.
Anti-India platform for referendum to decide AL鈥檚 right to do politics
An anti-India platform named 鈥榩eople of Bangladesh鈥� on Monday gave a seven-point demand, including one to decide Awami League鈥檚 legitimacy to do politics through a referendum...
Flawed, wholesale cases may hinder justice
The filing of flawed and wholesale cases over the murders of and attacks on protesters during the student-people uprising is likely to hinder justice and pave the way for perpetrators to escape punishment.
Low, middle income people endure long queues
People from lower to middle-class backgrounds endure long queues at the open market sales points of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh in Dhaka city as rising inflation pushed essential commodity prices higher...