Tension is running high in many unions across the country over the possibility of violence during today’s fifth phase elections to 707 union parishads.

Chhatra League General Secretary Lekhak Bhattacharya was injured in infighting between its two factions yesterday at a programme on the Dhaka University campus marking the student front’s 74th birth anniversary.

Bangladesher Samyabadi Dal during its dialogue with President Abdul Hamid yesterday joined the chorus of political parties recommending that a law be enacted to form the Election Commission.

After dismal showings in the longest format of the game over the years, Bangladesh started to show glimpses of heading in the right direction as they maintained an upper hand over New Zealand for the fourth consecutive day in the first Test at Mount Maunganui.

The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has cut down the price of private operators’ Liquified Petroleum Gas cylinder (12 kg) by Tk 50.

A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against 126 people, including 85 expelled students of Dhaka University, in a case filed over their alleged involvement in leaking question papers of the university’s “Gha” unit admission test in 2017.

You are warm and cosy under the blanket and suddenly you feel the need to pee, even though you emptied your bladder just a little while back.

Two Swechhasebak League leaders were shot in a drive-by shooting allegedly by a former member of the same organisation in Malgram area of Bogura town on Sunday night.

Three officials of the Shipping Department and  BIWTA, four owners and four crew members of the MV Abhijan-10 are responsible for the fire on the vessel that killed 49, a probe committee has found.

The BNP has removed Taimur Alam Khandakar, who is contesting for mayor in January 16 Narayanganj city polls as an independent candidate, from the post of the party chairperson’s adviser.

A fire that ravaged part of South Africa’s parliament, engulfing the National Assembly and threatening national treasures, has been brought under control, firefighters said yesterday, as police charged a suspect with starting the blaze.

Ganotantry Party yesterday urged President Abdul Hamid to take necessary steps to frame a law with a provision for a constitutional council to form the Election Commission.

At least 853 people were killed and 236 others seriously injured in workplace accidents last year, according to a survey by Bangladesh Occupational Safety, Health and Environment Foundation.

Temperatures across the country, especially in the northern parts and the Mymensingh region, will drop for the next three days due to dense fog. 

Lionel Messi has tested positive for Covid-19 and has entered self-isolation, his club Paris Saint-Germain announced on Sunday.

The family of a man who died after being detained by Rab in Gazipur’s Tongi on Saturday has alleged that the law enforcement officials tortured him to death.

During a dialogue with President Abdul Hamid yesterday, Bikolpodhara Bangladesh proposed three names for the search committee to be constituted for the formation of a new election commission.

The Omicron variant is infecting women more than men, said health officials yesterday.

The daily coronavirus infections have increased by 60 percent this week compared to the last.

At least 418 people were killed and 497 injured in 383 road accidents throughout December, the Road Safety Foundation said yesterday.