Swimmers Rafi, Sonia get wild cards for Paris Olympics
Bangladesh swimmers Samiul Islam Rafi and Sonia Akhter received wild cards for the forthcoming 2024 Paris Olympic Games scheduled to be held in the French capital from July 26 to August 11.
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UPs to get administrator if election not held in time
The Local Government (Union Parishad) (Amendment) Bill, 2024 was passed in the parliament on Monday, introducing a provision for appointing administrators to union parishads after the elected representatives鈥� five-year tenure expires...
Sprinter Imranur gets wildcard entry to Paris 2024
Bangladesh鈥檚 fastest man Imranur Rahman will be participating in the 100-metre sprint event at the 2024 Paris Olympics after receiving a wildcard entry on Monday.
France makes multibillion-euro gamble on Olympic gold
France is facing a bill of almost nine billion euros for hosting the Paris Olympics but top officials say the financial fallout could be more 鈥榩sychological鈥� than economic.
Matiur鈥檚 wife attends upazila meeting after 14 days
Raipura upazila parishad chairman Laila Kaniz Lucky, also the first wife of former National Board of Revenue member Matiur Rahman, attended a meeting in the upazila after 14 days of disappearance amid allegations against her and her husband for accumulating a huge quantity of illegal wealth...
Actions to save women, children from extreme weather demanded
Women鈥檚 rights activists and urban planners at a discussion on Monday called on city mayors to take measures to protect women and children from extreme weather in Dhaka...
Businessmen鈥檚 dominance in national, local politics bodes ill
BANGLADESH鈥橲 democratic backslide is manifest not only in the erosion of the electoral culture and the holding of managed elections but also in the complete dominance of businessmen in parliament and local government bodies...
Month-long upazila polls conclude
Chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Sunday expressed his satisfaction over the upazila parishad elections saying that the elections were held...
Come, see how Benazir grabbed minority land, Rana Das Gupta tells PM
Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Oikya Parishad general secretary Rana Das Gupta urged prime minister Sheikh Hasina to visit Gopalganj and see how former inspector general of police...
Baghaichari UP polls postponed again
The Election Commission on Saturday postponed upazila parishad elections in Rangamati鈥檚 Baghaichhari upazila, scheduled for June 9, in fear of deterioration in the...
People made me unhappy at PSG: Mbappe
Real Madrid attacker Kylian Mbappe said on Tuesday 鈥榯hings and people made me unhappy鈥� at Paris Saint-Germain before he signed a five-year deal with the Spanish club...
Low turnout again in 4th phase of upazila polls聽
The month-long upazila parishad elections ended on Wednesday with the fourth and final phase, when voting was held in 60 upazilas of 26 districts...
Voting in 4th phase of upazila polls goes on in 60 upazilas
Voting in 60 upazilas for the fourth phase of the sixth Upazila Parishad Election began on Wednesday morning...
AL MPs influence upazila polls to cement power聽
Ministers and lawmakers of the ruling Awami League ensured their authority in upazila parishad defying party instructions as they helped their friends and...
Rajshahi lawmaker accuses upazila chair, UNO of murder plot
Rajshahi-1 constituency (Godagari and Tanore) lawmaker Omar Faruk Chowdhury accused the Godagari upazila parishad chairman and the upazila nirbahi officer of organising a gathering at the upazila parishad with the alleged intention of killing him...
Irregularities mark third phase of upazila polls
Massive irregularities, rigging, violence, and boycotts marked the third phase of the ongoing upazila parishad elections held on Wednesday amid low voter turnout...
300 BGB platoons deployed ahead of 3rd phase of upazila polls
A total of 300 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh have been deployed across the country to maintain law and order during the 3rd phase of the 6th Upazila Parishad Election....
Candidates鈥� affidavits, tax returns mismatch
Anti-graft watchdog Transparency International Bangladesh found a mismatch between the affidavits and income tax returns of many wealthy candidates for the third phase of the upazila parishad election slated for May 29...
Polls at 19 upazilas postponed due to cyclone Remal
The Election Commission on Monday postponed the elections to 19 out of 109 upazila parishads in the third phase of the elections slated for May 29 in the context of the devastation caused by cyclone Remal...
Mbappe proud to leave PSG 鈥榳ith head held high鈥�
Kylian Mbappe said he was proud to leave Paris Saint-Germain with his 鈥榟ead held high鈥� after winning Saturday鈥檚 French Cup final, but said he would wait for the right time to confirm where he will be playing next season...
Newspaper owners want PM鈥檚 attention to sustain industry
Bangladesh Sangbadpatra Shilpa Parishad, an organisation of the owners of newspapers, placed a 14-point demand including the payment of all outstanding advertisement bills owed by newspapers to government agencies, including Department of Films and Publications, by next June.....
Selim Pradhan鈥檚 house attacked in N鈥檊anj
Allegations of repeated attacks and gunfire occurred at the residence of Japan-Bangladesh Group鈥檚 chairman Selim Pradhan at Rupganj upazila in Narayanganj, in support of defeated candidates in the Rupganj upazila parishad elections...
US sanctions on ex-army chief Aziz tarnishes country鈥檚 image: GOP
Leaders of Gono Odhikar Parishad on Friday at a protest rally in Dhaka said that imposition of United States sanctions against former chief of army staff Aziz Ahmed and his family members tarnished the image of the Bangladesh Army and the country as well...
Presiding officer among four sued, 2 arrested
A case has been filed against four people, including the presiding officer, for negligence in Rajnagar upazila parishad elections of Moulvibazar...
AI to dominate annual Paris startup event VivaTech
Thousands of tech enthusiasts are expected to start filing into Europe鈥檚 self-declared biggest startup event VivaTech in Paris on Wednesday, which this year will focus on artificial intelligence...
One killed as violence, low turnout mark second phase of upazila polls
At least one person was killed and several injured in clashes during the polling of the second phase of the ongoing upazila parishad elections held on Tuesday amid...
Lakshmipur-1 MP asked not to participate in polls campaign
The Election Commission sent a letter to lawmaker Anwar Hossain Khan of Lakshmipur-1 constituency asking him not to participate in the upazila parishad...
Juba Odhikar Parishad leader picked up by 鈥楥ID鈥� in Rajshahi
A leader of the Bangladesh Juba Odhikar Parishad went missing after he was picked up from his home in Rajshahi city on Thursday morning allegedly by a group of plainclothes men identifying themselves as members of the Criminal Investigation Department...
Chairman candidate accuses state minister of threatening voters
A chairman candidate in the Puthia upazila paishad elections in Rajshahi on Thursday accused state minister for rural development and cooperatives Abdul Wadud Dara of intimidating and threatening voters...
Man killed in Gopalganj UP post-polls violence
A supporter of a defeated candidate of the recently held upazila parishad election in Gopalganj Sadar upazila was shot dead and six others were injured in post-poll violence on Tuesday evening...
