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
Munshiganj Rivers: Prize, not penalty for top grabber
Though the district administration and National River Conservation Commission have identified the company as the top river grabber in Munshiganj, the shipping ministry has been helping boost its business by awarding it shipbuilding contracts.
9 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Leaving the glitzy city for now
Al-Amin worked at a metal ornament factory in the capital's Lalbagh area for 15 years.After the pandemic struck Bangladesh and the factory incurred losses due to a fall in sales, the factory had to eventually close down two weeks ago, leaving the 26-year-old unemployed.
1 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Speedboats unregulated for decade
Right under the authorities’ noses, unskilled drivers have been operating unregistered speedboats on the Padma’s Shimulia-Bangla Bazar route for over a decade.
4 May 2021, 18:00 PM
26 die as speedboat overturns in Padma
Twenty-six people were killed as a speedboat capsized after it crashed into a sand-laden bulk carrier in the Padma river in Madaripur yesterday.
3 May 2021, 18:00 PM