A few political parties, including the National Citizen Party, on Sunday expressed their disappointment with the draft July National Charter 2025 that was shared with political parties concerned by the National Consensus Commission on Saturday...
Standard Chartered Bangladesh and icddr,b have signed a three-year agreement to implement a transformative project to improve reproductive health care for women and adolescent girls in six remote regions of Bangladesh...
THE national consensus commission on August 16 sent the final draft of the July national charter 2025 to political parties, with a prologue that says that the document has been 鈥榰nanimously鈥� worked out after a series of dialogues that the commission held with more than 30 political parties and alliances between March 20 and July 31. But what remains problematic...
Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane praised winger Luis Diaz after the newcomer scored a goal on his competitive debut in Saturday's German Super Cup win over Stuttgart.
Harry Kane and Luis Diaz scored as Bayern Munich beat Stuttgart 2-1 away on Saturday to lift the German Super Cup for a 10th time.
Jatiya Party faction led by Anisul Islam Mahmud will take part in the next general election if it is held in a free, fair and credible manner...
The National Consensus Commission on Saturday sent the final draft of the July National Charter 2025 to political parties, with a prologue stating that the document was 鈥榰nanimously鈥� formulated after a series of dialogues with political parties...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on Saturday said that those casting doubt on the upcoming elections were not allies of democracy...
Leaders of the National Citizen Party on Saturday said that a new constitution would have to be formulated through a constituent assembly before holding the national election in the country...
National Citizen Party convener Nahid Islam on Friday said that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding president of Bangladesh, was not the 鈥楩ather of the Nation鈥� and the title was a fascist tool manufactured by the Awami League to silence dissent and monopolise the state...
The Communist Party of Bangladesh and two factions of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal on Friday observed the 50th anniversary of death of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding president of Bangladesh...
Shah Rafayat Chowdhury, co-founder and president of Footsteps, delivered his first keynote statement at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, spotlighting the July uprising as an example for youth-led action against injustice worldwide...
Leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday said that apprehension about the next national election would persist until the counting of votes was completed...
German playwright Bertolt Brecht鈥檚 one-act play titled 鈥楽enora Carrar鈥檚 Rifle鈥� was staged in the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy to pay tribute to July martyrs on Thursday...
The Criminal Investigation Department of the police on Thursday submitted a charge sheet against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 285 others in a sedition case filed with the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in March this year...
The National Consensus Commission will send a refined draft of the July National Charter 2025 to political parties in a couple of days...
The department of electrical and electronic engineering of Independent University, Bangladesh has recently received the Best Paper Award in the Poster Paper Presentation category at the 2025 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Photonics, Artificial Intelligence, and Networking...
The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Authority on Wednesday welcomed a consultation mission led by Monica Mei V Carino-Young from the Asian Development Bank to discuss innovative partnership opportunities aimed at improving the quality of life for rural communities in Bangladesh...
THE emergence of artificial intelligence brings both promise and peril to the democratic process as Bangladesh prepares for its national and local elections. While artificial intelligence offers tools for efficiency, communication and data management, it also poses threats to electoral integrity, political stability and social trust. Without proactive measures, the...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party will observe the 81st birthday of its chairperson Khaleda Zia, also a former prime minister, tomorrow with milad mahfil (prayer sessions) at party offices and mosques across the country...
Leaders of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Wednesday called on the interim government to hold dialogue with all political parties to ensure a level playing field before the next general election...
The seven-day group art exhibition titled 鈥楨choes of Time鈥�, under way at the Nalinikanta Bhattasali Gallery of the Bangladesh National Museum in Dhaka, showcases paintings paying tribute to the July Uprising...
The Editors鈥� Council on Wednesday strongly protested at 鈥榰nwarranted鈥� and 鈥榮weeping鈥� allegations made against the media at a conference organised by Jatiya Jubashakti, the youth front of the National Citizen Party...
AB Bank PLC and FILPS Limited have signed an agreement under which AB Bank will be able to offer digital lending facilities to its customers, marking a significant step towards expanding the bank鈥檚 digital banking capabilities...
PD Singh, chief executive officer 鈥� India and South Asia, of Standard Chartered Bank recently visited Bangladesh...
AN ALLEGEDLY unequal application of the rule for the disbursement of state benefits to the families of the martyrs of the July uprising, which toppled the Awami League regime on August 5, 2024, is worrying as the proposition has sparked off disputes, created resentment and intensified insecurity in the families. Whilst some widows have received the full one-time grant...
The United States Department of State has said that Bangladesh鈥檚 human rights situation stabilised despite some concerns after Professor Muhammad Yunus-led interim government had taken over following the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina-led regime on August 5, 2024 amid mass student protests...
The National Citizens Party on Tuesday suspended its Chattogram city unit joint coordinator, Nizam Uddin, over allegations of demanding Tk 5 lakhs to suppress a movement centring the Chattogram port.
Top leaders of the National Citizen Party on Tuesday said that the party would not compromise over the implementation of the July Charter, adding that the upcoming national election must be held after the implementation of the charter.
State benefits for families of July martyrs have sparked off disputes, resentment and insecurity as the disbursement rule has not been applied equally to all cases.
