BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir suddenly fell ill on Friday night and is currently receiving treatment at home, reports UNB."The BNP Secretary General developed a viral infection Friday night. Following doctors' advice, he is receiving treatment at home,"...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-12-21 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Dec 20: Unidentified miscreants have set fire to the village home of former minister Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud in Hathazari upazila of Chattogram.During the arson attack, a private car was burned in the incident and a two-storey house was...
The chiefs of three services - Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy and Air Force - are scheduled to meet Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin today (Sunday). "The meeting will be held at 12:00pm at Nirbachan Bhaban," said EC Director (PR)...
The BNP has accused "certain political groups" of working through a planned design to strip people of their democratic rights, warning that any attempts to disrupt the election will be firmly opposed, reports bdnews24.com.Calling for vigilance, senior leader Mirza Abbas...
Strongly denouncing the wave of violent attacks across the country, including those targeting media houses, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that a long-identified vested quarter is deliberately trying to push Bangladesh into chaos to establish 'a...
The Election Commission (EC) has revised the schedule for filing and disposing of appeals against returning officers' decisions on nomination papers in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad election, reports BSS.According to the revised notification, the time for filing appeals has been...
NEW DELHI, Dec 20 (AFP): A passenger train smashed into a herd of elephants in India's northeast, killing seven animals on the spot, officials said Saturday.No travellers were injured in the accident in Assam state, home to more than 4,000...
US President Donald Trump is set to be briefed by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that any expansion of Iran's ballistic missile programme poses a threat that could necessitate swift action, NBC News reported on Saturday, reports ReutersIsraeli officials are...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-21 00:00:00
Bangladesh Railway (BR) has increased train fares by up to Tk 226 on six key routes, including Dhaka-Cox's Bazar, with the revised rates taking effect on Saturday.A senior BR official said the hike has been imposed in the form of...
LAKSHMIPUR, Dec 20 (UNB): A seven-year-old girl was burned to death in a deliberate arson attack on the house of a local BNP leader in Bhabaniganj of Lakshmipur's Sadar upazila, turning a quiet night into a scene of horror and...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-12-21 00:00:00
A flagship government initiative to expand technical and vocational education across Bangladesh has stalled badly, with construction of Technical School and Colleges (TSCs) yet to begin in hundreds of upazilas despite repeated deadline extensions and sharp cost escalations.Officials say the...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has claimed a floor manager handed Dipu Chandra Das over to an enraged crowd after forcing him to resign from his job, reports bdnews24.com.Dipu, 28, who worked at a Bhaluka-based readymade garment factory named Pioneer...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged all parties in Bangladesh to "exercise restraint" over the death of Inquilab Moncho Convener Sharif Osman Hadi, reports bdnews24.com.UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric relayed the call at a briefing in New York, according to a...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-12-21 00:00:00
Electricity generation across Bangladesh has fallen to nearly one-third of installed capacity as winter sets in and demand drops sharply. While the seasonal slump has eased the chronic supply pressures typically seen during summer, it has also exposed the financial...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-21 00:00:00
The interim government has formally called on Meta, the parent company of Facebook, to take immediate steps to curb Bangladesh-related content that it says is fuelling violence, undermining the electoral process, and encouraging attacks on media institutions.In a letter issued...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-21 00:00:00
By the time Sharif Osman Hadi was laid to rest, grief had already spilled far beyond the grave.On Saturday afternoon, beneath a winter sky heavy with silence, the spokesperson of the Inqilab Mancha was buried beside the grave of Bangladesh's...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-21 00:00:00
Mobile phone and internet access in Bangladesh continued to expand during the July-September quarter of 2025, reflecting steady progress in digital connectivity, although gaps persist in personal device ownership, internet use, gender parity, computer access and the urban-rural divide, according...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-21 00:00:00
In a sharp escalation of protests, Inqilab Mancha issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the Home Affairs Adviser on Saturday, demanding the arrest of those responsible for the killing of its spokesperson, Sharif Osman Hadi.During a protest at Shabagh in the...
The bodies of six Bangladeshi peacekeepers who were killed in a drone attack by separatist forces in Sudan arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Saturday, reports UNB.A flight of Emirates Airline, carrying the bodies of the Bangladeshi...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-21 00:00:00
Slain Inqilab Mancha spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi would live on in the hearts of the people of Bangladesh, Chief Adviser Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus said on Saturday."Brave Osman Hadi, we have not come here to bid farewell to you. You...
JASHORE, Dec 20 (UNB): The half-decomposed body of a missing police constable, Akhtaruzzaman, 46, a resident of Chougachha upazila in Jashore, was recovered from Panchagarh, police said.The body was found on Thursday (December 18) in a sugarcane field at the...
TAHJIBUL ANAM | 2025-12-21 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR, Dec 20: A giant 'plastic monster' has emerged from the sand at Sugandha Point on Cox's Bazar beach. It looks like a prehistoric trilobite or some terrifying unknown creature-which will surprise children and adults alike when they will...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-12-21 00:00:00
BOGURA, Dec 20: Winter vegetables in Bogura - one of Bangladesh's largest supply hubs - remain cheap at the wholesale level but become noticeably costlier as soon as they change hands, even within the district. Prices rise further when the...
LIVERPOOL, England, Dec 20 (AP): Mohamed Salah apologized to his Liverpool teammates after complaining of being " thrown under the bus " by the Premier League champion, midfielder Curtis Jones said.Jones told broadcaster Sky Sports on Saturday that Salah took...
Major General Mohammad Saiful Islam Bhuiyan, ndc, psc, Chief Consultant General (CCG) of the Adhoc Construction Supervision Consultant Cell, poses with the players of the Bangladesh Air Force team after inaugurating the Inter-Services Hockey Competition 2025 at the Bir Uttam...
ADELAIDE, Australia, Dec 20 (AFP): An unrelenting Australia were four wickets from retaining the Ashes at close of play in the third Test on Saturday as England clung to the dying hope that they could chase a record 435 to...
MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand, Dec 20 (AFP): Kavem Hodge scored his second Test century on Saturday as the West Indies avoided the follow-on in the third Test at Mount MaunganuiAt stumps on the third day, the West Indies were 381-6,...
World Cup 2026 ticket holders are owed thousands of pounds by FIFA for tickets they resold on the tournament's official marketplace, BBC Sport has found.FIFA's terms indicate payment should be made within 60 calendar days of a transaction,, external but...
Bangladesh enjoyed an excellent outing in T20 cricket this year, shattering the long-standing myth that they are vulnerable in this format, report agencies.Bangladesh ended the year with a record-breaking stat in T20 cricket. They have changed their six-hitting history in...
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