Bangladesh has recorded a growing number of attacks on Sufi shrines since August 2024, raising concerns over religious freedom and community safety.
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been elected Bangladesh’s 23rd president after defeating Oli Ahmed in the country’s first contested presidential election in nearly 35 years.
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.
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.
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.
At least 44 people have died and more than one million people have been affected by severe monsoon flooding across southeastern Bangladesh. Rescue teams, the army, and navy are continuing relief efforts as thousands remain isolated.
As Bangladesh officially begins nuclear fuel loading at Rooppur, the nation stands at a historic crossroads. Is the country’s biggest ever infrastructure project a game-changing investment or a dangerous debt trap? Living Arcade presents a hard-hitting, balanced analysis.
Bangladesh’s electricity crisis has reached a breaking point in rural districts, with communities in Gazipur, Rangpur, Khulna, Sylhet and beyond enduring up to 10 hours of daily power cuts as a perfect storm of gas shortages, unpaid fuel bills, and soaring summer demand overwhelms the national grid. While Dhaka remains largely shielded, millions of rural Bangladeshis are sweating through the darkest nights of the year.
