Bangladesh

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 ...

Election Commission (EC) asked the Home Ministry to transfer officers-in-charge (OCs) of all police stations ahead of the upcoming 12th national elections scheduled on January 7, 2024. Md Mizanur Rahman, deputy secretary of the commission, sent a letter to the secretary of the public security division on Thursday to transfer all OCs, an EC source confirmed the matter on Friday. ...

Election Commission has now asked the Ministry of Public Administration to transfer all upazila nirbahi officers (UNOs) in phases after it asked the Ministry of Home Affairs to transfer officers-in-charge (OCs) of all police stations on Friday. The EC sent a letter to the senior secretary to the ministry in this regard. The commission asked to transfer all UNOs in ...

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said the election train has started running, and it will continue to run until it reaches its destination. None will be able to stop this train whatever obstacles come. Election will happen. He made the remarks during a press briefing held at the Awami League President’s political office at Dhanmondi in the capital ...

The commercial train service on the Dhaka-Cox’s Bazar route started on Friday afternoon. The Cox’s Bazar Express with 1,010 passengers left the newly constructed station in Cox’s Bazar for Dhaka at 12:30pm and it will reach the capital via Chattogram at 9:10pm, said Chattogram Divisional Railway Manager Md Saiful Islam. Bangladesh Railway officials said another train will leave Dhaka at ...

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday urged the party candidates and activists to abide by the electoral code of conduct. He came up with the call while speaking at a press briefing held at Awami League’s (ALs) Dhanmondi party office, reports UNB. Quader, also the Road Transport and Bridges Minister, said the 12th general election will be a ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Movement (BNM) on Thursday announced the names of 82 candidates for the upcoming 12th national parliamentary election slated for January 7 next year. The list of candidates was published through a press release signed by BNM Secretary General Dr Md Shahjahan on Thursday. The release said the party selected 82 candidates out of the 478 from different constituencies ...

BNP vice-chairman Shahjahan Omar has received Awami League nomination to contest the coming 12th parliamentary election from Jhalakathi-1 constituency. A press release signed by Awami League president Sheikh Hasina stated it on Thursday (November 30). Later, Shahjahan Omar submitted his nomination form to the Election Commission to contest the election as an Awami League candidate on Thursday. Shahjahan Omar, a ...

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas is holding a meeting with Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen at State Guesthouse Padma. The meeting began around 11 am today. Issues being discussed at the meeting could not be known immediately, reports UNB. It is worth noting that the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC has said the political context of the US “Presidential ...