The gayebana namaz-e-janaza (funeral prayers in absentia) of BNP chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia was held in several districts across the country yesterday.

“I’ve never voted for her party, but I’m here today,” said Minhaz Uddin, a retired government employee who came with his grandson from Savar to pay his last respects to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia.

BNP chairperson and three-time former prime minister Khaleda Zia was yesterday laid to rest with state honours beside the grave of her husband, former President Ziaur Rahman, in Dhaka.

As Khaleda Zia embarked on her eternal journey amid an outpouring of public love, one cannot but reflect on the addresses that witnessed her life -- homes, hospitals, prison, and parliament. Each place stood witness to her transformation from an aristocratic young woman into one of Bangladesh’s most consequential political figures.

Foreign dignitaries, including top officials from India and Pakistan, paid their last respects to former three-time Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia at her funeral in Dhaka yesterday.

We step into the new year with hope and optimism as new beginnings are wont to be, the national election on the horizon is all the more reason to look ahead to 2026.

Aspirants from 51 of the country’s 59 registered political parties have filed nomination papers for the national election scheduled for February 12, according to Election Commission data.

The entire city stood in solemn tribute to Bangladesh’s first female prime minister yesterday.

People from all walks of life converged in overwhelming numbers at the Jatiya Sangsad complex and its surrounding areas yesterday to attend the namaz-e-janaza of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, turning the zone into a vast landscape of mourning, prayer, and remembrance.

Revelation comes as New Delhi seeks to engage parties that could form Bangladesh’s next government

Submits resignation letter to Nahid Islam

Expresses confidence that Khaleda Zia’s ideals will be carried forward under Tarique's able leadership

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday sought prayers for the eternal peace of his mother, three-time former prime minister and party chairperson Khaleda Zia.

In light of the prevailing situation in the country and in order to smoothly conduct the upcoming national election and referendum, the home ministry has ordered that the “Khurujer Jor” and “Bishwa Ijtema” scheduled at the Tongi Bishwa Ijtema Maidan not be organised in 2026.

With the sun becoming visible yesterday and bringing much-needed warmth, people across the country -- especially in northern districts -- finally got some respite after seven days of intense cold and dense fog that had disrupted lives and livelihoods.

Prof Sayedur Rahman, special assistant to the chief adviser for the health ministry, has resigned from his post.

With 68 new dengue cases reported in the last 24 hours till yesterday, the total number of cases this year reached 1,02,861, the second-highest tally recorded in Bangladesh over the past 25 years.

For years, garbage from Kumarkhali Municipality in Kushtia has been dumped on both sides of the Kushtia–Rajbari regional highway along a 500-metre stretch, due to the absence of a designated landfill site.

Jamaat-e-Islami is open to joining a unity government after February’s parliamentary vote, and has held talks with several parties, its chief told Reuters yesterday.

Foreign dignitaries, including top officials from India and Pakistan, paid their last respects to BNP chairperson and three-time prime minister Khaleda Zia at her funeral in Dhaka yesterday.