A 20-year-old Indian student, Shibank Awasthi, was shot dead near the University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus on Tuesday afternoon, Toronto Police said. Officers responded at about 3:34 p.m. to the…
Activists of Inqilab Mancha shut down the capital’s Shahbagh intersection on Friday, demanding the arrest and prosecution of those behind the killing of the platform’s convener, Sharif Osman bin Hadi.…
Beauty pageants present themselves today as global platforms for advocacy, philanthropy, and women’s empowerment. Yet their origins expose a far less noble truth: they were created by men, for men,…
Abdul Kader, a former coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement and a prominent face of the July uprising, claimed on Thursday that the National Citizens’ Party (NCP) is set to…
Beyond gifts and glitter, many countries mark Christmas with rituals rooted in geography, history and community. Here are seven traditions that spotlight the season’s quieter meanings—remembrance, creativity and togetherness. Iceland…
Former state minister for home Tanjim Ahmed Sohel Taj publicly welcomed BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman back to Bangladesh after 17 years, posting on Facebook on Thursday afternoon: “Welcome back…
BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman marked his homecoming with a symbolic gesture at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday, removing his shoes and touching the ground with his bare feet…
Once a model and actor, Alisha runs four companies including HerNetTv, HerNet Foundation, Ashben Tech LTD and Ashben Travels. In 2008, Alisha Pradhan shot to fame through a television commercial.…
A tongue-in-cheek poster circulating on Bangladeshi social media has turned a ginger cat named “Jebu” into an unlikely political mascot, proclaiming in Bangla that “after much speculation, Jebu has returned…
Global TV Bangladesh’s Head of News, Naznin Muni, says a group of young men claiming to represent the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement (Baisamya-Birodhi Chhatra Andolon) entered the channel’s Tejgaon office on…
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman is set to fly home today after 17 years abroad, departing London’s Heathrow at 6:15 p.m. local time on Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BG-202 with…
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman will visit the grave of Sharif Osman Bin Hadi—the Inqilab Moncho spokesperson and prospective Dhaka-8 candidate who was recently shot dead—after completing a series of…
A persistent cold snap has blanketed the northern district of Thakurgaon, where dense fog has hung over towns and highways for four to five straight days and, by late evening,…
Malak A. Tantish, the former Gaza correspondent for The Guardian, has won the Mary Colvin Award in the “Promising New Journalist” category at the 2025 British Journalism Awards for her…
Former BNP lawmaker Maj (retd) Akhtaruzzaman, who was expelled from the party on five separate occasions, has joined Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. Jamaat said in a post from its verified Facebook page…
With sedentary lifestyles driving rises in obesity, high blood sugar, and unhealthy cholesterol, clinicians are urging a simple daily habit to protect the heart: a single, uninterrupted 10–15 minute walk.…
Wealth and income in Bangladesh remain heavily concentrated among a small elite, with the richest 10% holding 58% of total wealth and the top 1% alone controlling nearly one-quarter, according…
Sharif Osman Hadi, a prospective independent candidate for Dhaka-8 and spokesperson of Inquilab Mancha, was shot in the capital’s Bijaynagar Box Culvert area on Friday afternoon and taken to Dhaka…
More than 600 objects linked to the British royal family, the former empire and Commonwealth have been stolen from a Bristol Museum storage facility, Avon and Somerset Police confirmed, releasing…
HerNet Foundation and HerNet TV, in partnership with the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC), the cultural wing of the High Commission of India in Dhaka, hosted a high-impact panel discussion…