Mohammad Al-Masum Molla

Bangladesh ranks seven out of 10 countries in the Asia-Pacific region that extract the most groundwater, found a recent report by the UN.

With the national election in mind, BNP has intensified its efforts to complete the district councils as soon as possible and beef up the party’s organisational strength.

BNP, if invited, will not join the ongoing dialogue on finalising the roadmap for the next general election as top party leaders believe the incumbent Election Commission cannot hold a free and fair election without a polls-time neutral government.

The 28 crew members of the ill-fated Bangladeshi ship are finally on their way home, having escaped death when the ship came under attack in Ukraine on March 2.

Leaving behind horrors of war, the 28 Bangladeshi crewmembers safely reached the Romanian capital, Bucharest, yesterday after they were rescued from a ship attacked at a Ukrainian port on March 2.

Twenty-eight Bangladeshi sailors were evacuated from the Banglar Samriddhi yesterday and taken to a safe shelter in Ukraine.

Air pollution cuts the average life expectancy of a person in Bangladesh by almost three years, said a global report.

For weeks, Mehedi Hasan Mohon and Tania Khatun had been planning to make the first birthday of their only daughter a memorable one. The couple bought a pair of diamond stud earrings for her and were about to throw a party at their home in Kyiv, Ukraine.

As Tania Khatun went to sleep around 4:00am, shortly after putting her child to bed, she was jolted awake by the horrifying sounds of explosions reverberating through the city of Kyiv.

“I was in deep sleep. It was around five in the morning. Suddenly, I felt like the whole house shook with a loud noise. As soon as I woke up, I heard sounds of a few more bombs. The doors and windows of the house were shaking.

The search committee is likely to propose names of former bureaucrats for the helm of the next Election Commission, sources said.

The search committee is not likely to disclose whom it will recommend to the president for the posts of the chief election commissioner and other commissioners.

The search committee, tasked with recommending 10 names to the president to form the next Election Commission, shortened the proposed list of 322 to some 50 people.

Almost one third of the individuals recommended to be in the next Election Commission are former bureaucrats.

Almost all major opposition parties have refrained from submitting names to the search committee for forming the next Election Commission, citing a lack of confidence in the committee.

At least 180 people submitted their own names to the cabinet division for nomination for the new Election Commission.

The cabinet division yesterday invited civil society members, election experts, media personalities and a cross-section of people for talks with the search committee constituted to make recommendations for the formation of the next Election Commission.

With the number of cancer patients increasing rapidly, the government should take urgent action to integrate early detection and screening into the national health system, developing effective strategies to raise people’s awareness to fight the deadly disease, health experts say.

Sirajul Haque Khan, a retired banker, felt a pain in his head after waking up on a cold winter morning in mid-December, 2020. Soon, he threw up twice, compelling his family members to take him to a nearby hospital.

The search committee, which will suggests names for the appointments of the chief election commissioner and other commissioners, is likely to be formed by the president today, sources said.