National,Politics
Bangladesh Secretariat employees on Wednesday threatened to go for tougher movement from January 10 if the government would not issue a gazette notification over pay commission by December.The employees came up with the warning in a memorandum sent on Wednesday (December 3) to the Financial Adviser ...
Bangladesh has dispatched emergency humanitarian assistance to Sri Lanka following Cyclone Ditwah which triggered sudden floods and landslides.As per the directive of the Chief Adviser and with coordination of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and overall supervision of the Armed Forces Division, a Ba...
National,Country, Districts
Tetulia continued to record the lowest temperature of the day at 11.1 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, while the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecast generally dry weather with temporarily partly cloudy skies over most parts of the country during the next 24 hours, beginning at 9:00 ...
National,Business & Commerce,Politics
Businessmen have raised the price of edible oil in the market without obtaining approval from the Ministry of Commerce, increasing the price of bottled soybean oil by Tk 9 per litre — a move that will face action, Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin said on Wednesday.During visits to several mark...
National,City
Metro rail services remained suspended for about 15 minutes on Wednesday after a piece of cloth fell on an overhead electric cable between Uttara North and Uttara South stations.The train movement was stopped at 12:22 pm to remove the cloth from the overhead catenary cable and the services resumed a...
The Bangladesh Army and Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) will conduct trial landing and takeoff of helicopters on two open fields near Evercare Hospital in the capital on Thursday (December 4).The flight landing and takeoff will take place following the security protocol of the Special Security Force (SSF...
Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday said that concerns raised in recent media reports about the trial and sentencing of British MP Tulip Siddiq, niece of Sheikh Hasina Wazed and daughter of Sheikh Rehana, require a clear, fact-based examination."Taken together, we believe t...
More than 156,000 expatriate Bangladeshi voters from different countries across the world have so far registered through a mobile app, ‘Postal Vote Bd’, since November 19 last to vote in the upcoming national election and the referendum to be held in a single day in early February 2026.T...
A Mexico-Bangladesh Parliamentary Friendship Group was formed on Tuesday at a ceremony held at the Mexican Parliament with the participation of Ambassador Mushfiqul Fazal Ansarey and officials from the Embassy of Bangladesh.Ambassador Mushfiqul was welcomed in the Parliament during a plenary session...
National,Infrastructure, Development,City
More than a decade after it was first approved with the promise of giving residents a cleaner, greener and more accessible lake environment, the Uttara Lake Development (1st Revised) Project remains mired in delays, extensions and rising costs.What was once envisioned as a model urban regeneration i...
National
A 75-year-old prisoner died after falling sick at Dhaka Central Jail on Tuesday night, the authorities said.The deceased was identified as Abdul Matin, son of late Mirjan Ali. Details about him are yet to be known.Prison officer Mirza Harun said Matin suddenly felt sick at night prompting them to ru...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman visited BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia at Evercare Hospital in the capital on Tuesday night.He arrived at the hospital in Bashundhara around 10pm, stayed for a while, and later spoke to reporters.Seeking prayers for Khaleda Z...
Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah on Wednesday (December 03) said each voter would take an average of three minutes and 52 seconds to cast their vote but rejected increasing polling centres for the next election.Sanaullah made the remarks while addressing the inaugural se...
BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Tuesday said that the return of Acting BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman is entirely a ‘personal and family matter’.Talking to reporters after an event titled ‘Future Bangladesh Challenges 2025’ at a city hotel, Khosru s...
Two additional specialist medical teams from the United Kingdom and China are scheduled to arrive on Wednesday to assist the medical board overseeing the treatment of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia at Evercare Hospital in the capital.BNP media cell member Shayrul Kabir Khan confirmed the developm...
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Tuesday said they do not have any specific information regarding BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman’s return to home, mentioning that he has not yet sought any travel pass.“Travel pass will be issued if he seeks. So far I know, he is yet to se...
The government has promulgated the Enforced Disappearance Prevention and Remedies Ordinance, 2025 with the provisions of death penalty and life imprisonment for those to be found guilty of involvement in incidents of enforced disappearances.The Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division under th...
The government is ready to provide any support needed for BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman’s security, Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said on Tuesday.Talking to reporters after a meeting of the core committee on law and order at the Secretariat, the adviser sai...
Amid a surge of prayers and concern for Begum Khaleda Zia, BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Tuesday (December 02) thanked people across Bangladesh and abroad for their support, urging all to continue prayers for her recovery.In a post on his verified Facebook page, “I want to take a momen...
European Union (EU) Ambassador in Dhaka Michael Miller on Tuesday said the EU is preparing to send a very big election observer mission to Bangladesh to monitor what he described as the biggest democratic exercise anywhere in the world in 2026."This is a time when the country [Bangladesh] can c...
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