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A visiting election ‘exploratory’ team from the European Union held a meeting with a delegation of the BNP and discussed the country’s electoral situation ahead of the national election.The meeting, which lasted for over an hour, began at 10am at the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan...
Four people were killed and three others injured when a bus crashed into a battery-run easy bike at Majhigati bus stand area on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Kashiani upazila of Gopalganj district on Saturday.One of the deceased was identified as Obaidul Sheikh, 48, son of Abdur Razzak Sheikh of Helencha ...
A coalition of Bangladeshi migrant workers on Saturday urged the government to immediately implement their 15-point demand to safeguard the rights and dignity of expatriates.The call came at a press conference where speakers stressed the vital role of Non-Resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) in sustaining B...
World
Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder dismissed as baseless the claims circulating on social media that the Bangladesh delegation was present in the UN General Assembly Hall during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech, calling them “propagand...
Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Saturday said the Election Commission will neither issue any illegal instructions to its officials nor ask them to favour anyone in the next national election scheduled for February 2026.“We will issue instructions, but no illegal instruction will...
Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Dr Fahmida Khatun on Saturday said the continuation of a short-term government for a longer period is not good for the economy.“It hinders investment and employment,” she said while speaking in the shadow parliament on bank merge...
National,Politics
Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) Abdul Fazal Md Sanaullah on Saturday said the July 2024 Uprising took place mainly because of the rotten or farcical elections.“Among the reasons behind the July Uprising, one of the most important is the absence of good elections in the country...if we tr...
Another firefighter who had sustained burn injuries while extinguishing blaze at a chemical warehouse in Tongi died at National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in the capital on Saturday.Khondaker Jannatul Naeem ,37, warehouse inspector of FSCD, breathed his last around 10 am at the hosp...
National,City
A bank official was hacked to death by allegedly his wife and mother-in-law in his house in Lalbagh area of the capital on Friday.The deceased was identified as Md Nazrul Islam, 40, son of late Nawab Ali of Teligati area in Khulna. He used to work as an officer at Standard Bank’s Lalbagh branc...
Distinguished Fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya has said the people of Bangladesh do not want another weak and toothless human rights commission without authority or efficiency.He made the remark on Saturday while speaking at a discussion titled 'Draft Huma...
National,Politics,Art& Culture,Country, Districts
Members of Adivasi Chhatra Janata staged a protest at Dhaka University’s Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) on Friday afternoon, demanding the arrest and trial of those involved in the gang rape of a Marma girl in Khagrachhari.They also protested the alleged detention and assault of Ukanu Marma, gen...
National,Business & Commerce,Bank & Insurance
Bangladesh Bank has scrapped the mandatory requirement for exporters to retain 10 percent of their advance export earnings received from foreign buyers, a move aimed at boosting cash flow and simplifying business operations.The central bank issued a circular on Thursday, lifting the retention obliga...
National,Politics,City
Police in a dive arrested the executive member of the banned Awami League's cultural affairs sub-committee and President of the Bangabandhu Foundation from Gulshan area of the capital on Thursday.The arrestee was identified as Mozammel Haque, 67.Tipped off, a team of DMP police conducted a drive...
Bangladesh Labour Party, known as an ally of BNP in its simultaneous movement, received official registration as a political party from the Election Commission with the electoral symbol ‘pineapple,’ on Thursday, following a High Court order.“We came this morning and collected our r...
While digital banking in Bangladesh is growing rapidly, speakers at a seminar on Thursday cautioned that customers continue to face significant risks from security lapses and fraudulent transactions.The seminar, titled ‘Digital Banking for All: Bridging Gap in Financial Inclusion’, was o...
Experts at a seminar on Thursday said Bangladesh cannot sustain its development journey without meaningful decentralisation and stronger local government institutions.The Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh (PRI) hosted the event, the second in its two-part series titled “Can Bangladesh De...
With the Rohingya crisis entering its eighth year amid a severe funding shortfall, advocacy groups on Thursday urged the international community and aid agencies to prioritise low-cost, locally-led operations in the Rohingya response.The event, titled “Reset Rohingya Response: Engage Local NGO...
National,Business & Commerce
Agriculture Adviser Lt Gen (retired) Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Thursday said fertiliser prices will not be increased as long as he remains in office.“Already a new policy on fertiliser has already been formulated and it will soon be placed before the national committee for final approval,...
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Thursday accused Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami of ‘working with fallen fascist forces’ and criticised its opportunistic political role over the years.“Some parties are thinking of working with fascists or befriending them. Have t...
BNP senior leader Dr AZM Zahid Hossain on Thursday said their party will very soon finalise nominations for the upcoming national election, giving priority to candidates who are popular among people and score high in internal surveys.“BNP is a large party and the number of nomination seekers i...
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