Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed panels鈥� resounding victory in the student union elections of two public universities in Dhaka has been the talk of the town. The election results have also crossed borders and elicited comments from neighbouring countries and beyond. Such attention and significance given to student body elections are probably unprecedented anywhere in the world...
BANGLADESH鈥橲 economic journey is often told as one of overcoming impossible odds. With scarce land, fragile infrastructure, chronic political turmoil and bureaucratic bottlenecks, the country has long seemed ill-suited for large-scale industrialisation. Yet two institutions have fundamentally altered that trajectory. The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority...
THIS is deplorable that the authorities still tend to see the informal economy as a statistical footnote, even though the sector contributes almost half of the gross domestic product and employs about 85 per cent of the workforce. According to the Labour Force Survey 2024, more than 84 per cent of the country鈥檚 69 million-strong workforce remain trapped outside...
The European Union has proposed signing a tripartite memorandum of understanding with the Bangladesh Election Commission and the foreign ministry to facilitate the deployment of observers for the forthcoming national election in Bangladesh.
The British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke on Monday reiterated the United Kingdom鈥檚 commitment to supporting free, fair, credible and peaceful national elections in Bangladesh, scheduled for February next year...
Two female candidates from the Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed Shampritir Shikkharthi Jot (student harmony platform) panel on Sunday lodged a written complaint with the Chittagong University Central Students鈥� Union election commission, alleging cyber-bullying and slut-shaming.
Election commissioner Tahmida Ahmad on Sunday stated that Bangladesh鈥檚 current population stood at 19 crore, according to data collected by the Election Commission while preparing its voter list.
Dhaka University authorities on Sunday admitted the allegation of printing ballot papers for recently held elections to the Dhaka University Central Student Union and hall unions in the capital鈥檚 Nilkhet area.
Two brothers died and two others were injured after being electrocuted at Duhuli Bakalitari village of Chalbala union in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat Sunday morning...
Labour rights experts and labour leaders urged the government to formally recognise the country鈥檚 vast informal workforce in the upcoming amendment of the Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006...
Lauding the role of non-resident Bangladeshis, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday said the remittance of Bangladeshi expatriates saved the country鈥檚 economy after the July uprising...
Former national team off-spinner and selector Abdur Razzak is set to be elected as a BCB director unopposed in the forthcoming elections, according to the information given by the Election Commission on Sunday.
Premier Bank PLC independent director M Nurul Alam has been elected council member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh, said a press release...
Modhumoti Bank鈥檚 executive committee held its 138th meeting on Saturday, said a press release...
Envoy Textile has commenced full-scale commercial operations at its state-of-the-art Waste Fabric Recycling Plant...
THE reluctant recognition of Palestinian statehood by Britain, France, Australia, and Canada this week is a con 鈥� it is the same switch and bait that has been blocking the creation of a Palestinian state for three decades now...
Dhaka University authorities on Sunday admitted that ballot papers for the recently held Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union (DUCSU) and hall union elections were printed in Nilkhet, following widespread criticism.
Chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin said on Sunday that the Election Commission is making strong progress to ensure a free, fair and credible Bangladesh national elections.
The Election Commission has been facing both seen and unseen challenges in preparing for the upcoming elections and addressing demands, said chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Saturday.
Former Bangladesh left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak resigned as a national selector to contest in the next month鈥檚 BCB board of directors elections, officials confirmed on Saturday.
The administration on Saturday imposed Section 144 indefinitely in Khagrachhari Municipality and the surrounding areas of the Sadar upazila following unrest over anti-rape protests in the district...
The 鈥楢mar Ekushey Book Fair 2026鈥� is likely to be held after the national elections scheduled to be held in the first half of next February.
The interim government decided to prepare a list of extortionists across the country and launch a nationwide coordinated drive comprising five state agencies to combat extortion ahead of the upcoming general elections.
The Election Commission of the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Friday announced the final voters list of 191 councillors eligible to vote in the forthcoming election, which is set to be held on October 6.
After 16 long years, joy and devotion have returned to the Sri Sri Rasik Roy Jiu Temple in Auliapur of Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila, as the Hindu community prepares to celebrate Durga Puja following the withdrawal of Section 144, which had barred festivities at the site since 2009.
Election commissioner Md Anwarul Islam Sarker on Friday warned that officials found to have engaged in irregularities in past elections will not be assigned any duties in the upcoming 13th national parliamentary election.
Yasin Al Mridul Dewan has been elected vice-president and Md Raihan Khan general secretary of the central students鈥� union elections at Gono University at Savar in Dhaka, officials said early Friday.
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will address the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session in New York today.
The commission for the elections to the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union and hall unions on Friday said that the commission was probing the allegations over printing ballot papers in an unprotected way at Gausul Azam Market in the capital鈥檚 Nilhket area.
Chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Thursday said that preparations were afoot at a full pace to ensure transparent national elections under the existing Representation of the People Order.
