Bangladesh

An upazila engineer was killed and three others were injured when the car of Panchagarh’s Tentulia upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) lost control and fell into a ditch early Sunday. The accident took place at Chekarmari under Satmera union of Panchagarh Sadar Upazila. Deceased Abu Sayeed was an engineer of Pirganj Upazila in Thakurgaon district. The injured are – Tentulia upazila ...

The Election Commission (EC) in a directive on Saturday said that there is no scope of carry out election campaign for anyone to be candidate before December 18. “The campaigning period for the candidates has been fixed from December 18 this year to 8:00 am on January 5, 2024,” said an EC press release, reports BSS. Some of the dignitaries ...

The BNP and like-minded opposition parties’ next round of 48-hour blockade from Sunday morning. The blockade will encompass road-rail-waterways across the country. The blockade will begin at 6:00am on Sunday and end at 6:00am on Tuesday. It will be the 10th round of the blockade programme of the opposition parties since October 31. Speaking at a virtual press briefing on ...

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud on Saturday called on world leaders to introduce an integrated, universal and inclusive international financial mechanism to meet the rising cost of addressing climate change effects. The minister made the call while addressing a high level programme titled ‘Rising with the Tide: Tracking Reforms in International Financial Architecture for Accelerated Development-Positive Climate Action’ on ...

Awami League presidium member and former minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya’s elder son Sajedul Hossain Chowdhury Dipu has died of heart attack. He was 53. He died at a private hospital in the capital on Saturday (December 2). Dhaka City South Awami League’s office secretary Md Riazuddin Riaz has confirmed it. He said Dhaka City South Awami League’s member Sajedul ...

Nomination paper of opposition chief whip and Independent candidate in Rangpur-1 seat (Gangachara-Partial of Rangpur City Corporation) Mashiur Rahman Ranga has been declared legal. District Returning Officer Mohammad Mobashsher Hasan declared Ranga’s nomination paper valid at about 4:00pm on Saturday after he submitted the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)’s disposal of the documents of a graft case against him. Earlier at about ...

The nomination papers of former Jatiya Party (JaPa) leader Mashiur Rahman Ranga, an independent candidate for Rangpur-1 constituency in the 12th parliamentary election, has been cancelled. Mobaswer Hasan, the returning officer, announced the Election Commission’s decision in a press conference on Saturday, saying Mashiur Rahman has some case-related problem. He has been asked to submit the case-related papers by 4pm. ...

Bangladesh has won the 175-member International Maritime Organization (IMO) council election 2023 held in London at the IMO headquarters in category C, securing 128 votes. This is for the first time Bangladesh has won the election in the highly competitive category C of the IMO, reports UNB. Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK and Permanent Representative to the IMO, Saida ...

A moderate earthquake jolted the whole country on Saturday morning. The earthquake, measuring 5.6 magnitude on the Richter Scale, was felt at 9.36am which lasted for a few seconds, according to Bangladesh Meteorological Department. According to the USGS, the quake had a depth of 10 kilometres with the epicentre about 8 kilometres east-northeast of Ramganj in Cumilla. However, according to United States Geological ...

Asia Climate Mobility Champion Leader Award was conferred to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, acknowledging her voice of leadership in championing the climate actions and a lead global advocate for vulnerable communities. The Global Centre for Climate Mobility, supported by IOM and the UN system conferred the Award during a high-level panel on the sidelines of the COP28 in Dubai on ...