The Dhaka University (DU) administration has initiated a move to promote more than 200 assistant registrars and equivalent officials -- a step that has triggered concerns over possible violations of the university’s existing promotion rules.

The long-stalled Teesta Mega Plan has once again emerged as a central election issue for hundreds of thousands of voters across 10 Teesta river basin constituencies in five northern districts -- Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Rangpur, Gaibandha and Nilphamari.

Voters in remote areas of Rangamati face daunting journeys to cast their ballots, with many forced to walk for hours or even stay overnight near polling centres, in some cases a day before voting, due to long distances and a lack of transport.

A free, fair and peaceful election in Bangladesh today is a must for the future of the country’s democracy and national security, academics and civil society members said yesterday.

Meem Hazera, 45, the lone hijra/ third gender voter from Kumarbarila village under Dhaka’s Nawabganj upazila, is eagerly waiting to cast a vote in the national election today, like everyone else.

As the country heads into the 13th National Parliamentary Election today, one factor other than party symbols is likely to influence contests across constituencies: local popularity.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, advisers of the interim government, and key political figures are set to cast their franchise at their respective voting centres in Dhaka and elsewhere during the 13th National Parliamentary Election and the referendum today.

The World Bank has approved $370 million in financing to improve sanitation and solid waste management services aimed at reducing water pollution and restoring rivers and canals in and around Dhaka.

With only a day left before the national election, Dhaka wore a deserted look yesterday as many city residents left the capital to cast their votes in their respective constituencies.

A long-standing, unwritten equation has shaped Bangladesh’s parliamentary elections -- the party that secures a majority in the capital usually finds its path to forming the government.

Reaction comes after Reuters report quoting the US envoy on China’s expanding footprint in South Asia

Police investigation underway

High speed blamed for the accident; victims still unidentified

Accident occurred around 9:00am in the Jamalpur Bridge area

Backstreets bustle with activity despite quiet main roads

Bangladesh Animal Welfare Association set up the clinic in Banani

Bangladesh votes in a general election on Thursday

At least 11 people were injured in an explosion at the Starship factory of Abul Khair Group in Oxygen area of Chattogram yesterday morning.

Ali Mahmud, city editor of the daily Dinkal, died of a heart attack on Monday. He was 69.

A rice trader was hacked to death by criminals at his own shop in Mymensingh’s Trishal upazila on Monday night.