COP28 kicks off with climate disaster fund victory
The UN climate summit clinched an early victory Thursday, with delegates adopting a new fund to help poor nations cope with costly climate disasters. COP28 President ...
Time’s up to reschedule election: EC
The deadline to submit nominations for the 12th parliamentary polls has closed and so has the window to extend the time for filing of nomination, ...
BNP’s Shahjahan Omar running as AL candidate
Shahjahan Omar, a BNP leader who was bailed after his arrest on charges related to the torching of a bus, has submitted nomination papers as ...
Ctg MP Mustafizur confronts journalists during nomination submission
Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury, a lawmaker from Chattogram-16 (Banshkhali), engaged in a heated altercation with journalists while submitting his nomination form for the upcoming national elections. The ...
7 to die for war crimes in Bagerhat
A tribunal has sentenced seven people to death for committing a series of crimes against humanity, including murder and rape, in Bagerhat during the 1971 ...
Henry Kissinger, American diplomat and Nobel winner dies
Henry Kissinger, a controversial Nobel Peace Prize winner and diplomatic powerhouse whose service under two presidents left an indelible mark on US foreign policy, died ...
How will EC handle social media before election?
Social media is a key point for concern during elections across the world and the Election Commission of Bangladesh accepts that reality. But the commission is ...
Raushon-led Jatiya Party faction ‘won’t contest election’
Raushon Ershad, the chief patron of the Jatiya Party, and leaders loyal to her have decided to not contest the Jan 7 general election, the ...
Bangladeshi victims in Malaysia warehouse collapse identified
Authorities have identified three Bangladeshi workers who died after the roof frame of an under-construction logistics warehouse collapsed in Malaysia's Penang. They are Mohammad Mokaddes Ali, ...
EU wants credible, participatory election
The European Union is hoping the Election Commission will organise a credible election where everyone freely participates amid calls of boycotting the 12th parliamentary polls ...
217 vehicles set ablaze in 1 month: fire service
Arsonists have torched a total of 217 vehicles across Bangladesh in the span of a month since the BNP's Oct 28 antigovernment rally, according to ...
Govt extends income tax returns deadline to Jan 31
The National Board of Revenue has extended the cut-off time for individual taxpayers to file their income tax returns by two months to Jan 31. The ...
BCB opens probe into Bangladesh's WC flop
Two weeks after the conclusion of the national team's dismal ODI World Cup campaign in India, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is launching an investigation ...
3 Bangladeshi workers die in Malaysia warehouse collapse
Three Bangladeshi construction workers have died after the roof frame of an under-construction logistics warehouse collapsed in Malaysia's Penang, according to local media reports. The incident ...
Bangladesh gets over $1bn in ADB loans for 5 projects
Bangladesh has inked loan agreements worth more than $1 billion with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to fund five initiatives focused on energy efficiency, vaccine ...
Sons take centre stage as veteran AL leaders step aside
After serving seven terms as a lawmaker from Chattogram-1, Awami League stalwart Mosharraf Hossain has decided not to run for re-election in the upcoming 12th ...
BNP expels Ekramuzzaman, Abu Zafar
The BNP has expelled Syed AK Ekramuzzaman, a member of the party chairperson's advisory committee, and Shah Md Abu Zafar, an executive committee member, for ...
Jatiya Party going to polls amid rift
The Jatiya Party picked its candidates for the general elections keeping one seat vacant for Chief Patron Raushon Ershad and replacing her followers with Chairman ...
We can't ignore advice from US: Momen
Although Bangladesh takes advice from the United States about the election "seriously", the government operates according to the reality of the country, Foreign Minister AK ...
Dengue deaths this year top 1,600
The number of deaths caused by dengue fever this year in Bangladesh has crossed the 1,600 mark, with three new fatalities reported in the latest ...
BNP announces fresh plans for blockade, hartal
The BNP plans to enforce a nationwide blockade on Wednesday and a daylong hartal on Thursday, coinciding with the filing of nominations for the 12th ...