The Plateau State Youth Council, PYC, has reacted to an alleged abduction and forceful conversion of a 17-year-old girl, Miss Jinkai Yusuf Simon, by a Muslim man identified as Abdulsamad in Kaduna State, calling on the state government to take action and rescue the minor immediately. According to a»»»

Secretary General of ruling BNP Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said any attempt to undermine the spirit of 1971 is unacceptable, describing it as the fundamental identity of Bangladesh. Speaking in Parliament during the discussion on the President’s speech, Fakhrul—who also serves as Local»»»

GAIBANDHA, April 30, 2026 (BSS) - A week-long national nutrition week-2026 ended in Sadullapur upazila in the district on Wednesday amid much enthusiasm among the concerned. The theme of the week was "End Discrimination, Build up Self-Dependent Bangladesh". The nutrition week was arranged by the pu»»»

Advocates, lawyers say job-change restrictions leave migrant workers with too few ways out of abuse Erin Day (left), chair of the Seoul Native Language Teachers Union, and Rakibul Islam (center), a Bangladeshi worker, hold signs calling for stronger human rights protections for foreign workers in K»»»

Follow our live coverage here. DHAKA – Day and night, drivers queue for hours for the chance to refill fuel tanks, as import-dependent Bangladesh grapples with shortages due to the Middle East war. While the government insists there is no crisis, the situation has become so severe that those who ca»»»

(The Edge filepix by Patrick Goh) KUALA LUMPUR (April 21): Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri R Ramanan’s newly appointed political secretary, Aizuddin Abd Gaffar, has criticised a group of PKR members of Parliament (MPs) for questioning a proposed foreign worker recruitment system linked to Besti»»»

Bestinet Sdn Bhd currently operates the Foreign Workers Centralised Management System, which Malaysia uses to manage part of its recruitment, especially from Bangladesh. PETALING JAYA: Nine PKR MPs have opposed the proposed introduction of the Universal Recruitment Advanced Platform, also known as »»»

Doha, Qatar: Under the supervision of the General Directorate of Endowments, the “Orphan Sponsorship Endowment” (Waqf) has emerged as a leading contemporary model that reinforces a sustainable approach to caring for orphans by transforming short-term assistance into a long-term, evolving system of »»»

As the BJP reaches out to some 4 million Muslims in the poll-bound northeastern Indian state, many remain sceptical of the party’s agenda. Assam, India – Akram Ali stood by the ruins of his four-room house under the scorching April heat, sifting through the debris where his life once stood. “This w»»»

Dhaka (Bangladesh), April 7 (ANI): The Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested former Speaker of the Bangladesh National Parliament, Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury, officials confirmed on Tuesday.She was taken into custody from her residence in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, late Monday ni»»»

KUCHING, April 6 — Mastering knowledge and fostering an innovative society are forms of “jihad”, or struggle, in driving national progress and strengthening the economy in line with the Malaysia Madani vision, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said. Fadillah, who is also minister of e»»»