Anita Gazi Rahman | 2026-02-14 00:00:00
Directors are indispensable to modern capital markets, yet in Bangladesh their office too often becomes a mix of confused duties, open-ended liability and regulatory arbitrariness. Directors – sponsor directors, nominee directors and independent director – are commonly accepted concepts in...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2026-02-14 00:00:00
The Thirteenth Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Election has been held alongside a referendum on the question of reforming the governance framework. The election was held in a festive atmosphere across the country with spontaneous participation of people irrespective of their age,...
The National Citizen Party (NCP) says voting in the parliamentary election and referendum was "satisfactory" until 12pm, alleging that complaints have since emerged from across the country, reports bdnews24.com.Monira Sharmin, secretary of the party's electioneering committee, said NCP polling agents...
FE REPORT | 2026-02-13 12:00:00
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has alleged that results of a number of constituencies were not being declared."We are certain as we have signed papers that show that we (Jamaat alliance candidates) are leading. But the outcome of the...
FE REPORT | 2026-02-13 12:00:00
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Thursday expressed confidence that it would form the government by securing more than two-thirds of the seats in the 13th parliamentary election.Dr Mahdi Amin, spokesperson for the party's central election management committee, made the...
FE REPORT | 2026-02-13 12:00:00
An unprecedented journey for a "new Bangladesh" begins with the holding of parliamentary election and a landmark constitutional referendum in a "peaceful, orderly and festive atmosphere", says Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus.The head of the post-uprising interim government made the...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2026-02-13 12:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) -led coalition was poised for winning Thursday's general election by a landslide majority to lead Bangladesh's post-uprising democratic transition. According to available unofficial results from 234 constituencies of the 300-seat parliament on stake, the BNP coalition...
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 12 (Reuters): Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified from the skeleton competition at the Winter Games on Thursday over his "helmet of remembrance" depicting athletes killed since Russia's invasion despite a personal appeal from a tearful IOC...
CHATTOGRAM, Feb 12 (BSS): Celebrity cricketer Tamim Iqbal cast his vote for the first time on Thursday at Regional Public Administration Training Center (RPATC) in the port city at around 11 am."For the first time I have cast my vote...
Mohammad Nabi, the Afghanistan all-rounder, has been fined 15 percent of his match fees for disobeying the umpire's decision during his team's match against South Africa on Wednesday, reports Cricbuzz.The incident took place in the 14th over of Afghanistan's innings...
MUMBAI, India, Feb 12 (AFP): Spinners Crishan Kalugamage and Ben Manenti helped debutants Italy to a historic first win at the cricket T20 World Cup with a 10-wicket hammering of Nepal on Thursday.Kalugamage (3-18) and Manenti (2-9) combined to bowl...
BENGALURU, Feb 12 (Reuters): Oman's Aamir Kaleem has become the oldest player ever to play in a Twenty20 World Cup, but the 44-year-old veteran insists he's far from finished and is determined to keep pushing for his country's success.Kaleem achieved...
KANDY, Sri Lanka, Feb 12 (Agencies): Dasun Shanaka hammered the fastest half-century by a Sri Lankan in T20Is as the co-hosts thrashed Oman by 105 runs at the World Cup on Thursday in Pallekele for their second win in Group...
The 13th parliamentary election was held amid popular enthusiasm throughout the country on Thursday. People cast their ballots for their preferred candidates without any hindrance. The following are some of the snapshots taken during the polls. (Anti-clockwise from top right)...
CUMILLA, Feb 12 (BSS): Demonstrating remarkable determination and civic commitment, 110-year-old Hafizur Rahman cast his vote in the national election on Thursday morning at the Chawara Madrasa polling centre in Cumilla Sadar Dakshin upazila.Despite his advanced age and physical frailty,...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Sona Shrestha as Director General of its South Asia Department (SARD), where she will lead the development and implementation of ADB's strategy and operations in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka,...
The Department of Psychology at Jagannath University (JnU) organised a seminar titled "Student-Parent Motivation: A Community Outreach Programme" on the university campus in the city recently. The event was held as part of the University Grants Commission (UGC)-funded HEAT (Higher...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2026-02-13 00:00:00
The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) has expressed optimism about voter turnout and public enthusiasm during the voting day on Thursday at the national election. Speaking to journalists after visiting the Curzon Hall polling centre at the University...
Voting in Cumilla-10 was halted for 90 minutes after a group stormed a polling centre in Lalmai and tried to "seize" ballots to seal for a specific symbol, reports bdnews24.com.The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon at Chouddadona Government Primary School,...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2026-02-13 00:00:00
Polling agents representing most candidates were absent at polling centres, except for those from BNP and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, in the Dhaka-14, 15, and 16 constituencies, despite a smooth and peaceful voting process.The FE correspondent visited over a dozen polling centres...
FE REPORT | 2026-02-13 00:00:00
Women voters across several polling centres in the capital described the voting atmosphere peaceful and festive on Thursday, and expressed hope that the 13th National Parliamentary Election would usher in a government committed to ensuring women's safety, curbing corruption, and...
A person with disability cast his vote at the Khilgaon Ideal College polling centre in the capital on Thursday. — FE Photo
FENI, Feb 11 (UNB): Police recovered the hanging body of a Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal leader from her rented house in Feni town on Wednesday evening.The body of Roksana Akhter Lipi (31) was recovered around 6:30pm from a locked room on...
RAJSHAHI, Feb 11 (UNB): A local leader of Krishak Dal sustained critical injuries after miscreants severed the veins of both his hands and legs in Charghat upazila of Rajshahi on Wednesday afternoon.The injured was identified as Biraj Ali (47), son...
SAVAR, Feb 12 (UNB): Members of the Bangladesh Army detained 13 BNP activists on suspicion of attempting to seize two polling stations in Dhaka's Ashulia early Thursday.The detainees were later handed over to Ashulia Police Station.SI Saymon Sheikh, duty officer...
Miscreants snatched away ballot paper after exploding crude bombs at a polling centre under Bhola-1 (Sadar) constituency in Sadar upazila of Bhola district on Thursday, forcing authorities to suspend votes for nearly one and a half hours, report agencies.Omar Faruk,...
FE REPORT | 2026-02-13 00:00:00
Nearly 0.46 million postal ballots did not reach returning officers of the 13th parliamentary election till Thursday.It means the ballots will not be taken into consideration as the deadline expired at 4:30pm on the day.Of the 15,33,684 registered postal voters,...
Independent candidate Tasnim Jara on Thursday alleged that female polling agents were being harassed and obstructed from entering polling centres at several locations in the Dhaka-9 constituency, reports UNB.Talking to reporters after visiting the Khilgaon Model College polling centre in...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2026-02-13 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Feb 12: The 13th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) election in Chattogram was held peacefully, with no significant disturbances in 16 constituencies on Thursday.The law and order situation remained normal, and residents of the port city exercised their franchise with discipline....
Maulana Mamunul Haque, ameer of Bangladesh Khilafat Majlis and the 11-party alliance candidate in Dhaka-13, exercised his voting right during the first hour of polling on Thursday. He cast his vote at around 8:10 am at the Government Physical Education...
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