Bangladesh

Motorcycles accounted for the most road fatalities in 2024. A total of 2,570 people were killed in 2,329 motorbike accidents that also led to 3,151 injuries during the period. Meanwhile, some 8,543 people lost their lives and 12,608 suffered injuries in 6,359 road accidents across the country last year. Mojammel Hossain Chowdhury, general secretary of Jatri Kalyan Samity, disclosed this ...

The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement (ADSM) and Jatiya Nagorik Committee jointly will distribute leaflets, hold rallies and mass contacts across the country from January 6 to January 11 to raise awareness about the July Proclamation. Hasnat Abdullah, convener of the ADSM, announced the programme at a press conference on Saturday. “We demanded to announce July Proclamation by January 15 at ‘March ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that $16 billion is smuggled abroad annually during the tenure of the previous government, amounting to an estimated $280 billion over 15 years. He made the remarks on Friday (January 3) while addressing the Golden Jubilee and Honorary Award Ceremony of the Economics Department at Dinajpur Government College. Mirza Fakhrul criticized ...

Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will visit Bangladesh next month as the South Asian country wants to deepen its relations with Dhaka amid changed political situation, reports UNB. Ishaq Dar’s upcoming trip to Dhaka will be the first visit by any Pakistani Foreign Minister since 2012. Meanwhile, Bangladesh repeatedly wanted Pakistan to “seek apology publicly with ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman on Friday said since Awami League doesn’t believe in election, it doesn’t deserve to take part in next polls. “We didn’t forget what rampage they (Awami League) had committed while in power illegally. They don’t believe in election. So, why do they bother about it,” he said while addressing the Natore District Jamaat’s workers conference ...

The government has issued new directives for followers of two factions of Tabloghi Jamaat –Maulana Muhammad Zubair and Maulana Saad– to maintain peaceful coexistence in their respective Tablighi Markaz at district and upazila levels. The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification in this regard on Thursday. It also said that the previous directives issued concerning Kakrail Mosque in Dhaka ...

The interim government has extended the term of the Election Reform Commission until January 15, 2025. A gazette notification from the Cabinet Division on Thursday confirmed the extension for the commission. The notice was later shared on the commission’s official Facebook page. The government has extended the term of the Election Reforms Commission, constituted by notification SRO No. 329-AIN/2024 issued ...

The interim government has issued a notification recognising Kazi Nazrul Islam as the National Poet of Bangladesh. The Ministry of Cultural Affairs issued the notification on December 24. However, the matter was disclosed on Thursday, January 2. Earlier on December 5, the Advisory Council of the interim government in a meeting approved the proposal of issuing a notification officially declaring ...

The Election Commission (EC) has released the draft voter list for 2025, revealing that the total number of registered voters in the country has risen to 12,36,83,512, marking a growth rate of 1.50%. Election Commissioner Brigadier General (Retd) Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah shared the details during a briefing at the Election Commission headquarters on Thursday (January 2). The data shows ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission, ACC, has decided to investigate allegations against journalist Munni Saha and her husband Kabir Hossain Taposh, owner of advertising agency MS Promotional, of amassing illegal assets, including suspicious transactions of Tk 134 crore in their accounts. M Akhter Hossain, director general (Prevention) of the ACC, disclosed the matter while briefing the journalists at its Segunbagicha Headquarters in ...