Yunus to decide on referendum soon: adviser
The law adviser, Asif Nazrul, on Thursday said that the chief adviser, Muhammad Yunus, would soon make a decision on the July Charter implementation and the time for the referendum.
Bangladesh
鈥榃ater lily bud鈥� added to polls symbol list
The Election Commission has added 鈥榳ater lily bud鈥�-- 鈥榮hapla koli鈥� IN Bangla -- to its list of designated election symbols.
Four police officials promoted to DIG
Four superintendents of police have been promoted to deputy inspector general...
Govt has no jurisdiction聽to give legal basis: BNP
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Thursday said that the interim government did not have the authority to provide a legal basis for the July Charter.
NHRC to get power to investigate state-sponsored rights violations
The interim government on Thursday approved the draft of the National Human Rights Commission Ordinance, 2025, empowering the commission to investigate human rights violations committed by law enforcement agencies as well as abuses carried out under state sponsorship or with state support...
Motorcyclist killed as collision with truck sparks fire in Rajshahi
A motorcyclist was killed after his bike caught fire following a head-on collision with a truck in Mohanpur upazila of Rajshahi on early Thursday...
B鈥檅aria transformer explosion injures eight madrassah students
Eight students of a women鈥檚 madrassah sustained burn injuries when an electric transformer exploded near the institution in Brahmanbaria Sadar on Wednesday...
Metro rail services on entire Uttara-Motijheel route resume
Metro rail services on the entire Uttara-Motijheel route in the capital Dhaka resumed on Thursday after service disruption due to operational complications in the Farmgate area in the previous day...
Dhaka becomes 6th most polluted city with AQI score of 157
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked sixth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 157 at 9:30am on Thursday morning...
BGB detains 10 in Jhenaidah for crossing border illegally
The Border Guard Bangladesh has detained 10 Bangladeshis on charges of illegally crossing the border at Maheshpur in Jhenaidah...
Children, women among 26 rescued at Teknaf
The Coast Guard in a press release on Wednesday said that they rescued 26 Rohingyas, including women and children, at Baharchhara under Teknaf in Cox鈥檚 Bazar while they were being trafficked to Malaysia...
Rotten hilsa seized, owner fined Tk 1 lakh in Chandpur
Consumer rights activists seized more than 300 kilograms of rotten hilsa brought from Manpura in Bhola for sale and fined Tk 1 lakh to the owner at the Chandpur Fisheries Centre on Wednesday...
Two more die of dengue, 964 hospitalised in 24hrs
Two more people died of dengue in the past 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in the country to 275 this year...
Students begin hunger strike, protest at admission delay
A group of students who are midway through their admission to the proposed Dhaka Central University began an indefinite hunger strike on Wednesday, protesting at the shifting of dates to complete the rest of their admission process...
IU professor鈥檚 remarks over female student鈥檚 attire spark student protest
Islamic University students on Wednesday staged a demonstration on the campus in Kushtia, following the circulation of an audio clip in which a professor made derogatory remarks about a female student鈥檚 clothing...
