
Women Bus Service Coming to Dhaka
Bangladesh is preparing a dedicated women-only bus service in Dhaka, with female drivers, conductors and helpers. The government has yet to announce the final routes.
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Bangladesh is preparing a dedicated women-only bus service in Dhaka, with female drivers, conductors and helpers. The government has yet to announce the final routes.

Fast fashion has made trendy clothing cheaper and faster to produce, but its environmental cost is growing. From water pollution and microplastics to textile waste, the industry is putting increasing pressure on the planet.

A fire at a floating LNG terminal on 21 July has left homes, factories and power plants short of fuel. Load shedding crossed 3,592MW, garment output fell up to 60 percent, and rural areas faced 12 hours of outages a day. Here is the full picture.

Bangladesh Press Club France has formed a new 11-member executive committee, with Shah Suhel Ahmad as president and Ashik Ahmed Ullash as general secretary.

In 2013 its registration was cancelled. Its top leaders were executed. It was banned outright in 2024. Three years later Jamaat-e-Islami is the official opposition in Bangladesh’s parliament.

Bangladesh is arguing about religion using words nobody has defined. Fundamentalist, Islamist, extremist and Muslim are being used as if they mean the same thing. They do not.

A powerful 7.4-magnitude Colombia earthquake has killed at least 164 people, with rescue teams still searching collapsed buildings for survivors.

Bangladesh’s SSC and equivalent examinations recorded a 62.25% pass rate in 2026, while the number of GPA-5 achievers also declined.

Is Bangladesh facing a rising terror threat, or is the danger being exaggerated? Here is a fact-based, balanced look at religious extremism in Bangladesh right now, drawn only from credible sources.

Japan Earthquake 2026 has claimed 13 lives in Kumamoto Prefecture as rescue teams search for survivors, thousands evacuate, and transport and power services remain disrupted.





