Interim govt performances under fire
Speakers, including academics, cultural activists, and researchers on Saturday said that the interim government failed to meet people鈥檚 expectations after the July mass uprising...
Bangladesh
JP splits for 7th time
Jatiya Party split for the seventh time on Saturday as a council loyal to senior leader Anisul Islam Mahmud elected a new central committee of the party.
EC to publish draft updated voter list today
The Election Commission will publish the draft of updated voter list today, ahead of the upcoming 13th National Parliament election...
Tarique Rahman is future prime minister: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said that the party鈥檚 acting chairman Tarique Rahman would be the future prime minister of Bangladesh...
Bringing voters to polling stations key challenge, says CEC
Chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Saturday said that peoples鈥� trust in the election system had been destroyed, making it a major challenge to bring voters to polling centres in the upcoming elections.
Tarique urges allies to prepare for polls
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chair Tarique Rahman on Saturday urged the leaders of the like-minded parties and alliances, involved in the simultaneous movements in the past, to prepare for the upcoming national election.
HC verdict in jony鈥檚 custodial death today
The High Court is scheduled for today to deliver verdict in the appeal filed by three convicted police personnel against a lower court judgement that jailed them for life for the custodial death of car driver Ishtiaq Hossain Jony in 2014...
Three dengue patients die, 325 hospitalised in 24hrs
Three dengue patients died and 325 others were hospitalised across the country in the past 24 hours till Saturday morning...
DU students, organisations at loggerheads
A section of general students of Dhaka University and student organisations are now at loggerheads over hall-based politics as the university authorities on early Saturday reiterated that both open and covert political activities would remain banned in the residential halls.
Police still involved in immoral activities
A section of police personnel is still involved in various immoral activities, including extortion, bribery, intimidation and framing innocent people in false cases, even after one year of the July uprising that ousted the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League regime on August 5, 2024.
Courts burdened with 43 lakh pending cases
The backlog of cases in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh continues to grow, with data showing a steady increase in pending matters across both the High Court and Appellate Division 鈥� raising concerns about the pace and impact of ongoing judicial reforms.
Flood warning for 4 dists, heavy rainfall in 3divs
The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre has issued flood warning for the low-lying areas in the river basins in Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari, Rangpur and Kurigram districts over a 72-hour period starting at 9:00am Friday...
Throat-slit body of JCD activist recovered in Moulvibazar
The throat-slit body of an activist of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal was recovered from his home under the Kamalganj police in Moulvibazar on Saturday morning...
2 arrested for killing, dismembering body at Tongi
The Rapid Action Battalion on Saturday arrested two suspects over the killing of a bus helper named Oli Mia, whose dismembered body was recovered from Gazipur鈥檚 Tongi on Friday...
Govt to increase forest coverage to 20pc: Rizwana
Environment, forest and climate change adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has said that the government will adopt a well-structured programme to increase the coverage of the state-controlled forests to 20 per cent of the country鈥檚 total land area...