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Retired Awami era secretary tapped for Egypt envoy, breaking decades of diplomatic practice

Bangladesh’s interim government faces backlash for appointing ex-secretary Salim Uddin as ambassador to Egypt, breaking BCS Foreign Service precedent and ...

18 Oct 2025 16:37 PM

China-Europe container ship makes historic first voyage via Northern Sea route, halving travel time

The first container ship from China to Europe via the Northern Sea Route has arrived in Felixstowe, completing the Arctic ...

16 Oct 2025 19:43 PM

Starlink launches free internet service in Joypurhat

Elon Musk’s Starlink has launched free satellite internet service in Joypurhat—its first northern Bangladesh site—at an event inaugurated by BNP ...

16 Oct 2025 19:37 PM

SWAT deployed at US embassy in Dhaka after militant threat alert

Security has been heightened around the US Embassy in Dhaka after intelligence warned of a possible militant attack. A DMP ...

14 Oct 2025 17:41 PM

One researcher, two employers: How dual roles in Beximco and Novus undermine Bangladesh’s drug trials

A Bangla Outlook investigation exposes potential conflicts of interest in Bangladesh’s $4B pharmaceutical sector, revealing that a senior Beximco executive ...

14 Oct 2025 16:38 PM

America’s Golden Dome meets China’s quiet countermove

Donald Trump’s $175 billion “Golden Dome” missile defense plan promises to shield North America—but while Washington debates budgets, China’s Nanjing ...

13 Oct 2025 05:59 AM

Uzbekistan begins construction of first small-capacity nuclear power plant using Russian technology

Uzbekistan begins construction of its first small-capacity nuclear power plant in Farish using Rosatom’s RITM-200N reactor, marking a global milestone ...

12 Oct 2025 23:17 PM

The quiet architect of a cross-border War: Imran Haider and the making of the Indo-TTP pipeline from Bangladesh

After a 26 Sept 2025 Karak raid killed 17 TTP operatives—including a Bangladeshi—investigations reveal an Indo–TTP recruitment pipeline led by ...

12 Oct 2025 23:09 PM

How Bangladesh turned living under dictatorship into a habit

From Italy’s anti-fascist reckoning to Bangladesh’s “5 August,” this essay argues autocracy is a cultural habit—crushing merit, muting dissent and ...

11 Oct 2025 16:01 PM

Former Navy Chief Sarwar Jahan Nizam passes away at 73

Former Navy chief Vice Admiral (Retd) Sarwar Jahan Nizam dies at 73 at CMH Dhaka; Janaza after Zuhr Saturday at ...

10 Oct 2025 21:10 PM