The BNP is moving to fill vacant committee posts at different levels as the ruling party prepares to reorganise its structure ahead of its long-awaited national council, planned for later this year.

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and Leader of the Opposition Shafiqur Rahman yesterday said he had offered the government a team of technical experts from home and abroad to help address the crisis in the energy and power sectors, but the government did not respond.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday sought people’s cooperation in keeping their homes and surroundings clean to prevent dengue, saying collective efforts over the next three months could significantly reduce the disease.

Party nomination for Thakurgaon-1 by-election on September 18, he says

Jamaat ameer says opposition party will cooperate with govt in national interest but will not support it blindly

DU unit also gets new leadership

Says media is the 'most powerful of the four pillars of the state'

Jamaat secretary general claims people in govt and Delhi-linked groups are involved

The BNP is likely to decide this week on the schedule for its long-awaited national council as the party seeks to reorganise its structure and strengthen its grassroots network.

Khelafat Majlis chief says excessive concentration of power in the prime minister’s office makes constitutional reform necessary

Mia Golam Porwar urges government to scrap the new recruitment rules for 11th–20th grade posts, saying they could undermine merit-based assessment

Faizul Karim says women journalists may attend IAB programmes if they observe purdah

Party to discuss political situation, organisational activities and upcoming programmes

Nomination deadline September 27; over 515,000 voters to cast ballots at 989 polling centres

Putul began as WHO Southeast Asia head in 2024 for five-year term; WHO sent her on unpaid administrative leave in late 2025

Says commission and law enforcers are committed to ensuring free, fair local polls

Questioned how he could have taken Tk 2cr to arrange promotion when he was no longer in charge of government

Says targeting woman who took part in July movement is ‘disgraceful’

The National Citizen Party (NCP) is changing its strategy for the upcoming elections to the two Dhaka city corporations after failing to reach an electoral understanding with the 11-party alliance.

The government wants to bring Sheikh Hasina back to Bangladesh rather than wait for her to return voluntarily, said Zahed Ur Rahman, information adviser to the prime minister, yesterday.