Seat-sharing talks change gear as polls schedule imminent
Political parties are accelerating preparations for the coming polls, with aspirants nearly finalised, alliances taking shape, and seat-sharing talks at full throttle.
9 December 2025, 18:07 PM
Seat-sharing snub riles BNP allies
Party fields 272 candidates; no seats allotted to partners yet
6 December 2025, 18:34 PM
BNP finalises its candidates for key battles
The BNP has announced candidates for 36 more constituencies, including several in Dhaka, where the National Citizen Party is fielding its top leaders as contenders in the upcoming national elections.
4 December 2025, 18:00 PM
National Election / BNP finalises more Dhaka candidates
The BNP has announced candidates for 36 more constituencies, including several in Dhaka, where the National Citizen Party is fielding its top leaders as contenders in the upcoming national elections.
4 December 2025, 18:00 PM
National Election: BNP finalises more Dhaka candidates
With the announcement of 36 candidates today, BNP has now finalised candidates for 272 constituencies
4 December 2025, 16:28 PM
BNP opens doors to expelled leaders ahead of polls
To strengthen unity among grassroots leaders ahead of the national election, the BNP has reopened its doors to leaders it had previously expelled for violating party directives and damaging the party’s image.
28 November 2025, 18:41 PM
Reshuffle in police, admin: BNP questions the govt’s intention
BNP has questioned the transparency, timing, and motives behind the government’s recent reshuffles of field-level officers, including superintendents of police, deputy commissioners, and upazila nirbahi officers, ahead of the national election.
27 November 2025, 18:13 PM
Polls strategy: Referendum not on BNP’s mind
The upcoming referendum, slated for the same day as the national election, appears to be low on the BNP’s priority list, with the party planning neither to campaign for a “yes” nor a “no” vote.
26 November 2025, 18:14 PM
Trees felled flouting rules
The lush greenery of Dhaka is slowly disappearing, and in some instances the perpetrator behind this devastation is none other than the Dhaka South City Corporation.
9 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Potato prices go up as production drops
Potato prices have skyrocketed in Bangladesh amid a drop in production as farmers are increasingly turning to more profitable crops while poor weather conditions also lowered supply, according to market players.
9 May 2023, 05:00 AM
For those in need or those in power?
Imdadul Haque Soofi, information and research affairs secretary of Dhaka’s ward-18 unit of Awami League, is a beneficiary of the Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor’s discretionary funds.
5 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Eid tourism undaunted by higher costs, heatwave
Travellers were undeterred by the ongoing heatwave or higher accommodation and transport costs as tourist destinations across Bangladesh were bustling with activity during the recent holiday centring Eid-ul-Fitr.
30 April 2023, 03:30 AM
321 Dhaka buildings risky, yet in use
Thousands of people visit the Dhaka North City Corporation Zone-5 office (Karwan Bazar) every day to obtain its services, unaware of the dangers they might face.
29 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Retailers’ Eid sales fall short of expectations
Businesses across the country had mixed bag of reactions when asked about their sales prior to the just-concluded Eid-ul-Fitr on April 22, with many blaming an inflation-induced rise in the cost of living and a heatwave taking a toll on shoppers.
28 April 2023, 03:00 AM
Salt production hits historic high
Salt farming in Bangladesh has reached the highest level this year since commercial production began in the country six decades ago thanks to favourable weather conditions.
27 April 2023, 03:30 AM
BADC filling up water retention land in Gabtoli
Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) has filled 11 acres of the 53-acre water retention area of Goidartek in the capital’s Gabtoli for a four-storey building, meant for a tissue culture laboratory.
24 April 2023, 18:00 PM
BADC filling up water retention land in Gabtoli
Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) has filled 11 acres of 53-acre water retention area of Goidartek in the capital’s Gabtoli for a four-story building meant for a tissue culture laboratory.
22 April 2023, 16:31 PM
Eid journey largely trouble-free
To celebrate Eid with their loved ones, thousands left Dhaka yesterday on trains, buses, and launches, and their journeys were mostly free of hassles.
19 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Fire-ravaged New Super Market: Shops on ground, 1st floors to reopen today
Traders of Dhaka’s New Super Market are desperately trying to reopen their business after the firemen doused the fire and handed over the market to the market authorities around 10:00am yesterday.
16 April 2023, 18:00 PM
‘Dreams gone up in flames’
New Super Market traders lament their loss as fire guts their livelihood
16 April 2023, 06:31 AM
New Super Market blaze: Hopes reduced to ashes
Sarees, worth about Tk 85 lakh, were completely damaged at Razzak's shops on the second floor of the market. He, however, could save around 15 percent of his stock after throwing sacks filled with sarees to the ground from the second floor
16 April 2023, 01:20 AM
Smoke still coming out of third floor
This correspondent went to the area and found that some of the affected businessmen were able to move their goods to a safe area as clothing and other items were being thrown out of the third-floor window onto the street
15 April 2023, 09:19 AM
‘Would rather die than see income go up in flames’
Saiful Islam, owner of three shops at the New Super Market, tried his best to retrieve clothes from his shop after a massive fire ripped through the market early today. But he failed.
15 April 2023, 06:43 AM
Eid trip to north gets expensive
Coaches are overcharging people heading for the north by up to Tk 900, taking advantage of the Eid rush, poor monitoring, and no set fare for long-haul air-conditioned buses.
14 April 2023, 01:00 AM
Traders resort to selling on the streets
Traders of Bangabazar Shopping Complex, which was burnt to the ground in Tuesday’s devastating fire, have set up temporary shops on the streets to continue their business after losing everything in the flames.
8 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Bangabazar traders selling clothes from makeshift shops on the road
Smoke rises from burnt market on fifth day
8 April 2023, 09:14 AM
Bangabazar fire risk: Everyone knew but no one bothered
A six-year-old city corporation initiative to build a 10-storey shopping mall at Bangabazar never saw the light of day because of disagreements between the shop owners and the corporation.
6 April 2023, 01:00 AM
Dreams, hopes go up in smoke
They invested the money they had and the money they could borrow in the hope of good business ahead of Eid but within a few hours yesterday, they lost everything.
4 April 2023, 18:00 PM