CEC meets chief adviser

Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin called on Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus yesterday after the government announced a tentative election timeline earlier this month.
26 June 2025

Govt launches probe into last 3 national polls

Forms investigation committee led by ex-HC judge Justice Shamim Hasnain
26 June 2025

2024 polls were ‘dummy, farcical’

Former chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal yesterday told a Dhaka court that the 2024 national election was “dummy and farcical”.
26 June 2025

IAB to hold rally at Suhrawardy Udyan tomorrow

Islami Andolon Bangladesh (IAB) is set to hold a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan  tomorrow, demanding necessary reforms, trial of perpetrators of July killings and proportional representative system in the national election.
26 June 2025

Shafiur Rahman’s 14th death anniv today

Today is the 14th death anniversary of Shafiur Rahman, a noted classical music connoisseur.
26 June 2025

Shortage of doctors, staff disrupt services

The Rajnagar Upazila Health Complex in Moulvibazar has long been grappling with severe disruption to its services due to an acute shortage of doctors and technical staff.
26 June 2025

‘End immunity enjoyed by law enforcers’

Survivors of enforced disappearances yesterday called for an end to the blanket immunity enjoyed by law enforcement agencies in Bangladesh.
26 June 2025

Waterlogging, potholes plague Ashkona road

With her seven-year-old daughter, Mariam Begum, 32, was heading to school on a rickshaw along the road adjacent to the water pump at Ashkona in the capital’s Uttara.
26 June 2025

Govt employees to enjoy 3-day extended weekend due to Ashura

Government employees are set to enjoy a three-day holiday in the first week of July, combining the weekend with a public holiday
26 June 2025

BNP announces programmes marking anniversary of July-August uprising

The party will observe a month-long programme featuring at least 22 different events
26 June 2025

HSC exams: 19,759 candidates absent on first day

43 candidates were expelled for malpractice
26 June 2025

Disciplinary rules for judges: SC to deliver order on review petition Sunday

On January 3, 2018, the apex court accepted the disciplinary rules
26 June 2025

BNP to begin seat-sharing talks with allies after polls schedule: Khosru

"We'll discuss it with all like-minded parties once the schedule is announced"
26 June 2025

UVED condemns impunity shielding law enforcement

Survivors urge accountability for Bangladesh’s enforced disappearances
26 June 2025

25 pushed back through Moulvibazar

19 were pushed back in Sreemangal, 6 through Kamalganj
26 June 2025

Two die of dengue, 195 hospitalised in 24hrs

1,032 patients are currently undergoing treatment
26 June 2025

SI Sukanta arrested in Chuadanga amid protest

Sub-Inspector (SI) Sukanta Kumar Das has been arrested in Chuadanga, amid protest by locals following his release from police custody. .He was stationed at Alamdanga Police Station in Chuadanga..A joint team comprising personnel from the Police Headquarters, Khulna Metropolitan Poli
26 June 2025

Ex-CEC Habibul Awal on 3-day remand

Awal was arrested yesterday in the capital's Moghbazar area.
26 June 2025

Govt mulls separate prisons for drug addicts: home adviser

A Tk 1,400 crore project to construct drug rehabilitation centres has been approved, he said
26 June 2025

Funding cuts deepen education crisis for Rohingya children in Bangladesh: HRW

A sharp reduction in foreign aid has deepened the education crisis for nearly half a million Rohingya children living in refugee camps in Bangladesh, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released today
26 June 2025