News & Current Affairs

  • Nahid Islam addresses the media

    4 mins • 4 months ago | Nahid Islam, a senior figure within the 11‑party alliance, delivers a formal statement at a post‑election press briefing following the 2026 Bangladesh general election. In his remarks, he raises allegations of targeted vote manipulation, expresses concern over incidents of post‑election violence, and outlines the alliance’s intention […]

  • Maulana Mamunul Haque gives an address to the media

    3 mins • 4 months ago | Mamunul Haque, a senior figure within the 11‑party alliance, has reacted to the outcome of the recent Bangladeshi election, alleging that the vote‑counting process was deliberately manipulated to alter the results.

  • Dr Shafiqur Rahman addresses the press

    15 mins • 4 months ago | Post‑meeting press briefing by Dr Shafiqur Rahman, amir of Bangladesh Jamaat‑e‑Islami. In his remarks, he expresses strong dissatisfaction with the election results, alleging widespread irregularities in the vote‑counting process, targeted manipulation in certain constituencies, and incidents of post‑election violence directed at party supporters.

  • BNP’s Morshed Milton on development of Bogura‑7

    12 mins • 4 months ago | Watch Rupali TV’s full interview with Morshed Milton, in which he shares his candid perspective on the development of Bogura. Morshed Milton is reported to be a local leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and to serve as president of the Gabtali Upazila BNP in […]

  • Shahd Karaeen: the voice of Palestinian resistance through poetry

    24 mins • 5 months ago | Watch Rupali TV’s full interview with Shahd Karaeen, where she reflects on her childhood and the hardships endured by the Palestinian people in their struggle for freedom. Karaeen, a Palestinian poet and activist born and raised in Jerusalem, left home at eighteen to build a new […]

  • Is Bangladesh finally ready for a democratic reset?

    12 mins • 5 months ago | Susmita Jebin interviews Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury – also known as Mukhles Chowdhury, a former adviser to President Iajuddin Ahmed – to examine Bangladesh’s major reform initiatives, the ongoing debate over whether dual citizens should be able to take part in national elections, whether Tarique Rahman – […]

  • Data reveals shocking ethnic inequalities in UK infant mortality rates

    5 mins • 5 months ago | A deepening health crisis is unfolding in the UK. New data from NCMD, ONS, and GOV.UK expose stark ethnic disparities in infant mortality, with Black and some Asian babies facing significantly higher risks of death than White British infants. Pakistani newborns have the highest neonatal mortality […]

  • UK immigration update: Sayem Khondoker

    14 mins • 7 months ago | Nur Absar speaks with A. S. M. Sayem Uddin Khondoker, a UK lawyer and non‑practising barrister, about the latest developments in UK immigration. They discuss changes to visa and settlement rules, including work visas, student visas, care‑worker visas, and the misuse of immigration regulations. The conversation […]

  • Can Bangladesh overcome its deepening political turmoil?

    15 mins • 11 months ago | In the aftermath of the Awami League’s dramatic fall from power, Bangladesh finds itself at a political crossroads. As the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus struggles to assert stability, questions loom over the nation’s democratic future. Susmita Jebin sits down with journalist Shahed Shafiq to […]

  • Is democracy evolving or eroding in Bangladesh?

    1 year ago | Susmuta Jebin interviews Dr Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah to discuss the evolving landscape of democracy in Bangladesh. In this in-depth and candid conversation, Susmuta Jebin speaks with Dr Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah—a respected academic and lieutenant colonel in the Bangladesh Army—about the shifting dynamics of democracy in Bangladesh. As the nation […]