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 Election Commission is going to hold the second round of dialogue with 40 eminent citizens on March 22.

The government has picked 10 individuals and one institution for this year’s Swadhinata Padak (Independence Award), for their outstanding contributions to the country.

An Indian court upheld a local ban on the hijab in classrooms yesterday, weeks after the edict stoked violent protests and renewed fears of discrimination against the country’s Muslim minority.

Sanctions on Rapid Action Battalion and its top officials do not mean that the US does not want to build on its relationship with Bangladesh, which is based on shared values of human rights, democracy, security and development, said an embassy official.

Two siblings, aged nine and six, were set on fire in the capital’s Adabar yesterday allegedly by their brother-in-law.

A 29-year-old woman yesterday accused nine men of gangraping her in Cox’s Bazar.

Unused mobile data and calls bought for 3-day, 7-day, 15-day, and 30-day periods will add up the next time a subscriber buys mobile data and call times.

Russia has drawn up lists of 40,000 fighters from Syrian army and allied militias to be put on standby for deployment in Ukraine, a war monitor said yesterday.

Police admitted for the first time yesterday that an insurgent group ordered last year’s murder of a respected Rohingya leader, saying they were threatened by his growing popularity.

Like the previous two elections, the ruling Awami League will contest the national election next year under the 14-party alliance.

The United Nations called on the government to ensure that human rights defenders and the families of victims of enforced disappearance do not face any harassment from law enforcement agencies.

The masterminds behind the 2015 Hussaini Dalan blasts had remained beyond the law due to the investigator’s utter negligence, said a Dhaka court.

The majority of the ready-to-consume snacks and beverages like fizzy drinks, chips and fried chicken contain substances harmful for health and are responsible for non-communicable diseases, found local researchers.

Human beings spend around a third of their lives sleeping. Many might wonder if we really need that amount of sleep or if it’s just a waste of time.

The Cabinet Division has approved the proposed Evidence (Amendment) Act 2022 in principle, keeping the provision that makes digital evidence admissible in court.

A man was hacked to death and his brother critically injured when the two were attacked on their way back home after testifying at the trial of a criminal case in Pabna Sadar upazila’s Sadullapur area yesterday.

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday filed a case against foreign ministry Administrative Officer Jakir Hossain over illegally amassing about Tk 15.39 crore.

The drug administration authorities did not find anything harmful in the Napa Syrup samples that could cause the deaths of the two siblings in Brahmanbaria.

Saudi Arabia has shown interest in investing more than $10 billion in 15 large- and small-scale projects in Bangladesh.