New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The ‘2026 Global Report on Food Crises’ (GRFC) lists Bangladesh among the top 10 countries with the largest number of people who faced high levels of acute food insecurity in 2025, according to an article in The Daily Star, a Dhaka-based newspaper.According to the report, around 1.6 crore people in Bangladesh faced crisis-level food insecurity or worse during the 2025 peak. These represented 17 per cent of the analysed population, although the report also notes that th…
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New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Bangladesh stands on the threshold of a historic milestone as fuel loading is scheduled to start at the first unit of the country’s Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant on April 7, bringing the reactor alive for the generation of electricity, according to an article in the Dhaka-based The Daily Star newspaper.Fuel loading is one of the most delicate and sensitive phases in the life of a nuclear reactor. Consequently, issues of safety, radiation control, and technological reli…
Dhaka, March 25 (IANS) The night of March 25, 1971 – etched in the nation’s history as the ‘Black Night’ – remains a painful reminder of the brutal crackdown by Pakistani forces, a report highlighted as Bangladesh observes ‘Genocide Day’ on Wednesday. The massacre began when the Pakistan military launched ‘Operation Searchlight’ on unarmed Bangladeshis – marking the beginning of one of the darkest nights in Bangladesh’s history.”As darkness fell, tanks rolled through the streets while troops o…
Dhaka, March 9 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Awami League on Monday said that several Dhaka University students and other civilians were physically abused and tortured and later arrested for playing Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s historic March 7, 1971 speech. Slamming the Tarique Rahman-led Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the Awami League said that the current government seems to be following the “same path as the former Muhammad Yunus-led interim government”, whose 18-month tenure witnessed a “…
Dhaka, Feb 27 (IANS) The Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) on Friday held a protest procession demanding justice for victims of rape and violence across Bangladesh, including Narsingdi district, warning that widespread resistance would follow if justice is not delivered. The procession began on Friday afternoon from the central mosque of Dhaka University and concluded at the Raju Sculpture in the university campus, local media reported.During the protest march, DUCSU leaders rai…
Dhaka, Feb 26 (IANS) Authorities at the Dhaka University have set up a three-member committee following allegations of harassment and assault of two women by university students, local media reported. The incident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday near the Raju Sculpture at the Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) on the university campus.Speaking to Bangladesh’s leading newspaper, The Daily Star, Dhaka University Proctor Saifuddin Ahmed stated that the committee was formed after the two men wh…
Dhaka, Feb 24 (IANS) Several journalists, Dhaka University (DU) students and one police personnel were injured during an “anti-drug” operation at Suhrawardy Udyan, local media reported on Tuesday.The operation on Monday evening was conducted by Ramna Zone of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), during which seven to eight people were detained, and around 60 to 70 police personnel were deployed, according to DMP Ramna Zone Deputy Commissioner (DC) Masud.”We didn’t arrest that many today — the po…
Dhaka, Feb 21 (IANS) Students, social workers, and political supporters gathered at the National Martyrs’ Monument at Bangladesh’s Dhaka University on Saturday to pay floral tributes on the occasion of International Mother Language Day. Marking the historic day, participants assembled shortly after midnight and continued through the morning to honour the martyrs of the 1952 Language Movement. The solemn ceremony reflected deep respect for those who sacrificed their lives to protect the Bengali…
Dhaka, Jan 26 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Awami League on Monday expressed concern over the country’s deteriorating security situation, which it said has taken a dark turn, warning that kidnapping has transitioned from isolated criminal acts into an organised, nationwide business.According to the party, the reality of kidnapping in Bangladesh has become a nightmare for ordinary citizens, from a sub-assistant engineer in Bogura district being forced to pay ransom twice to the tragic murder of Sudipto R…
Dhaka, Jan 20 (IANS) Bangladesh witnessed a sharp rise in crime incidents in 2025, with police data showing a significant increase in cases of theft, robbery, mugging, banditry and kidnapping across the country, local media reported on Tuesday.Citing data from the Bangladesh Police website, the country’s leading Bengali daily Prothom Alo reported that 1,935 robbery cases were recorded nationwide in 2025, marking a 37 per cent rise from 2024.The data recorded 702 cases of robbery last year, a 4…