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Bolster post-election security arrangements

Four election observation organisations have described the 13th national election as largely orderly and transparent, but recommended strengthening post-poll security measures. They say the measures are needed in light of several incidents of violence, intimidation, technology-facilitated gender-based abuse, and gap in equal and effective participation of minority communities.Odhikar, Rural and...

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman shaking hands with children

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman shaking hands with children, who thronged to greet him, when he went to meet with Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman at his residence in the city's Bashundhara residential area on Sunday. — Collected

UK eyes stronger ties with BD on shared goals

The United Kingdom (UK) has said it will work closely with Bangladesh on their shared priorities of economic growth, migration, climate and security, building on the strong connections between their people, reports UNB."We look forward to the new government advancing democratic, economic and social reforms," said a spokesperson at the...

Five held in case filed over C'nawabganj bomb blast

CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Feb 15 (UNB): A case has been filed against 20 people in connection with the death of two people in a crude bomb blast in Sadar upazila of Chapainawabganj district.Additional Superintendent of Chapainawabganj Police N M Wasim Firoz said sub-inspector of Sadar Police Station filed the case against 10...

DU teacher Monami alleges receiving death threats

Shehreen Amin Bhuiyan Monami, an assistant professor of Department of Public Administration and assistant proctor at Dhaka University (DU), on Sunday alleged that she has been receiving continuous death threats since February 13, reports UNB.She made the allegation in a Facebook post on Sunday afternoon, where she shared screenshots of...

Azizur Rahman Ripon elected FERB chairman, Sirajul Islam ED

M Azizur Rahman (Ripon) was elected chairman and Serajul Islam Siraj executive director (ED) of the Forum for Energy Reporters Bangladesh (FERB). The election was held at Bijoy Hall of Bidyut Bhaban in the city on Sunday. Prior to the election, the biennial meeting of the organisation was held with...

Ekushey Book Fair to start on Feb 20

Bangladesh's premier literary event, Ekushey Book Fair, is set to open later this month amid mounting opposition from a large section of mainstream publishers, who have warned that holding the fair during the fasting month of Ramadan could inflict heavy financial losses on the industry, reports UNB.Bangla Academy has confirmed...

No journalist jailed during interim govt's tenure: Rizwana

Information and Broadcasting Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said no journalist was sent to jail for expressing his/her opinions during the interim government's tenure, reports UNB."I am not aware of any journalist being arrested solely for criticism during our tenure. Any action taken against individuals was part of legal procedures based...

Al Mahmud's 6th death anniv observed

The 6th death anniversary of poet Al Mahmud, whose poetry inspired freedom-loving people from the 1952 Language Movement to the Liberation War of 1971 and the July Uprising, was observed on Sunday, reports BSS.Various social and literary organisations across the country arranged programmes, marking the death anniversary of the eminent...

Central Shaheed Minar in the capital being cleaned

The Central Shaheed Minar in the capital being cleaned on Sunday ahead of the Language Martyrs' Day and the International Mother Language Day, to be observed on February 21. — Focus Bangla

Weather _2026-02-16

Weather may remain dry with cloudy sky in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday). Temperature may remain unchanged. The highest temperature in the country on Sunday was recorded at 32.2 degrees Celsius in Teknaf, while the lowest at 15.5 degrees in Tetulia. The highest temperature in the...