AL slams Shujan, TIB for remarks on next general election
The ruling Awami League general secretary, Obaidul Quader, slammed the Transparency International Bangladesh executive director Iftekharuzzaman and Citizens for Good Governance - SHUJAN secretary Badiul ...
PM for putting climate change victims in charge of fighting impact
Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina has co-authored an article with the chief executive officer of the Global Center on Adaptation, Patrick Verkooijen, on climate change ...
Nominations filed amid code violation
Aspirant candidates, mostly from the ruling Awami League, filed their nomination papers for the January 7 general election on Thursday, the last day of the ...
AL nominates BNP’s Shahjahan Omar a day after release from jail
The ruling Awami League has nominated the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party vice-chairman Shahjahan Omar for Jhalakathi -1 constituency to vie in the upcoming general ...
BNP announces another 48-hour countrywide blockade from Sunday
Bangladesh Nationalist Parties and its allies in the ongoing movement on Thursday again enforced a 48-hour fresh road-rail-waterway blockade across the country starting from Sunday ...
EC issues show cause notice to Shakib for violating electoral code
The Election Commission on Thursday issued a show cause notice to Shakib Al Hasan, star cricketer and Awami League-nominated candidate for Magura-1 constituency, for breaching ...
Lax hartal underway across Bangladesh
The countrywide dawn to dusk hartal for Thursday, called by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its allies, for the resignation of the government and holding ...
Nomination filing ends Thursday amid opposition’s boycott
The deadline for aspirant candidates to submit nomination papers for the upcoming general election on January 7 ends today amid the boycott of major opposition ...
Jatiya Party’s Raushan Ershad says she won’t participate in election
Jatiya Party chief patron and leader of the opposition in parliament, Rawshan Ershad, on Wednesday announced that he would not participate in Bangladesh’s next general ...
Nomination filing ends today amid opposition’s boycott
The deadline for aspirant candidates to submit nomination papers for the upcoming general election on January 7 ends today amid the boycott of major opposition ...
20,326 BNP activists arrested, 73,123 sued since Oct 28: Ainjibi Forum
A total of 20, 326 leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party have so far been arrested and 73,123 party followers sued in 837 ...
Bus set on fire in Dhaka
A bus of ‘Raida Paribahan’ was set on fire in Sayedabad area of Bangladesh capital Dhaka Wednesday evening. The bus was set on fire beside the ...
Science ministry goes to PM, Palak gets telecom as additional responsibility
The portfolio of the science and technology ministry has gone to prime minister Sheikh Hasina and information and communication technology division state minister Zunaid Ahmed ...
NBR extends income tax return submission deadline by two months
The National Board of Revenue has extended the deadline for income tax return submission by two months till January 31 for individual taxpayers. The NBR issued ...
Quader asks why US, EU silent against BNP’s threat to foil polls
The ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday asked why the democratic countries, including the United States and European Union remained silent as ...
BNP, allies’ 24-hour blockade across Bangladesh underway
The 24-hour countrywide blockade called by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its allies is now underway. Reports received from the divisional headquarters and different ...
428 RAB patrol teams deployed across Bangladesh
A total of 428 patrol teams of Rapid Action Battalion have been deployed across Bangladesh to maintain law and order situation during the ongoing 24-hour ...
Local govt reps rush to resign to run in JS polls
Dozens of local government representatives, including zila and upazila parishad chairmen and municipality mayors, have resigned from their respective posts to contest in the upcoming ...
Bangladesh’s useable foreign exchange reserves drop to $15.82b: sources
Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves continued to fall with the usable reserves standing now at $15.82 billion as per International Monetary Fund guideline, according to banking ...
TIB questions poll-time govt’s approval of draft Data Protection Act
Transparency International Bangladesh has expressed profound dismay and apprehension as the cabinet has given its approval in principle to the Draft Data Protection Act 2023 ...
DSA case accused throws sandals to judge in Chattogram
An accused in a case filed under the Digital Security Act case on Tuesday threw sandals to the judge during hearing in the case at ...