National,City
Police have arrested 17 individuals in special drives conducted in various crime-prone areas of Mohammadpur and Adabor police station areas in the capital.The daylong operations were carried out on Thursday, confirmed Deputy Commissioner (Media and Public Relations) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP...
National,Politics
The National Consensus Commission will sit again with political parties following discussion with the experts to determine the methods for implementing the reform recommendations to be incorporated in the July National Charter, said the commission’s Vice President Prof Ali Riaz said on Friday....
Residents of Dhaka continue to suffer from a lack of basic civic amenities and Lalbagh area of Old part in the capital is one of the areas where accessing safe drinking water has become a daily struggle for locals.Women, children, and the elderly stand in long queues from dawn to dusk to colle...
National
The Centre for Governance Studies (CGS) on Friday announced that the fourth edition of its flagship international geopolitical conference, the Bay of Bengal Conversation (BoBC), will be held in Dhaka from November 22 to 24 this year.This year’s theme — “Rivals, Ruptures, and Realig...
BNP Standing Committee Member Hafizuddin Ahmed has opposed the introduction of the Proportional Representation (PR) system in the upcoming national election, saying the people in Bangladesh have long been accustomed to voting for individuals rather than symbols.Speaking at an event at the Jatiya Pre...
National,Healthcare,Politics
Authorities in China’s Yunnan province have pledged full cooperation in ensuring high-quality and hassle-free healthcare services for Bangladeshi citizens seeking medical treatment in the country.They made the assurance when a group of Bangladeshi journalists visited the First Affiliated Hospi...
The Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) has expressed deep concern over the recent incidents surrounding The Daily Janakantha, as well as the broader state of press freedom and the safety of journalists across the country.In a statement issued on Thursday and signed by NOAB Presid...
Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Thursday said relations between Bangladesh and India face challenges because India has chosen to extend "protection to a criminal" who bears responsibility for ordering the murders of Bangladeshi citizens."This fundamental fact ca...
The youths who will turn 18 years by October 31, 2025 will be able to exercise their voting rights in the next parliamentary elections to be held in February next as the Election Commission has taken a decision to incorporate them in the voter list.The decision came from the EC meeting chaired by Ch...
The schedule for the 13th parliamentary election is likely to be announced in the first half of December next, said Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) Abdul Fazal Md Sanaullah on Thursday.“The Chief Election Commissioner already told you (media) that the schedule announcement will come appr...
National,Business & Commerce,Bank & Insurance
Bangladesh’s economic momentum picked up notably in July, with the country’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rising by 8.4 points from the previous month to reach 61.5, signalling a robust expansion in business activity.The July PMI, jointly released on Thursday by the Metropolita...
Five senior leaders of the National Citizens’ Party (NCP) have submitted their written responses to the show-cause notices issued over their absence from the first anniversary event of the ‘July Uprising’ and their controversial trip to Cox’s Bazar on the same day.In a press ...
National,Business & Commerce,Travel & Tourism
Several medical check-up centres approved by the Gulf Health Council (GHC) on Thursday expressed concern over serious irregularities in the medical examination process for outbound migrant workers.They also alleged software manipulation and discrimination that have left many legitimate centers strug...
Among 121 short-term actionable recommendations made by various reform commissions, 16 have already been implemented while 85 are under implementation.Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam shared the information after a meeting of the Council of Advisers at the Secretariat with Chief A...
National,Business & Commerce,Bank & Insurance,Politics
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has expressed strong interest in supporting sustainable reforms and providing technical assistance to the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) to help modernise and develop the country's capital market.A delegation from ADB conveyed this commitmen...
South Asia affairs expert Michael Kugelman has said Bangladesh will go through a major test for a post-Hasina era as the interim government unveiled its plan to host the next national election in February next."Bangladesh hasn’t experienced free and fair elections for a long time, and nex...
National,Politics,Art& Culture
Detectives have arrested former Vice Chancellor of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur Dr Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah from Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area in a graft case.Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (DC media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), said a Detective Branch (DB) team arrested him from a ...
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Thursday said the government has entered the second chapter of its tenure, with the key focus now on ensuring a fair national election."Our first chapter ended on August 5. The second chapter now begins, with the key task being to hold the next national elec...
A one-on-one meeting was held between BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and US Chargé d’Affaires to Bangladesh Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson in July last in London.Tarique Rahman’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Humayun Kabir and the US Embassy in Dhaka confirmed the meeting, according...
National,Sports,Football
Bangladesh made a winning start in the AFC U-20 Women’s Asian Cup Qualifiers, defeating hosts Laos 3-1 in their opening match at the New Laos National Stadium in Vientiane on Wednesday.In their first-ever meeting at any level, Bangladesh dominated early and took control of the match with a bra...
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