Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Wednesday said Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has informed Japan that he has announced a ‘cut-off timeframe’ for polls in Bangladesh, reiterating that the country’s next national election will be held any time between December 2025 and June 2026. Prof Yunus told former Japanese Prime Minister and Japan-Bangladesh Parliamentary Friendship League President Taro ...

The Border Security Force of India pushed 82 more people into Bangladesh through the borders in Sylhet and Sunamganj on Wednesday. Of them, 66 were pushed in through four border points under Jaintapur upazila in Sylhet district and 16 through a border point under Chhatak upazila in Sunamganj, according to the Border Guard Bangladesh and police officials. With the latest ...

BNP’s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has alleged that procrastination has begun over the upcoming national election and said that the general election must be held by December. He also called upon the youth and the people of the country to start preparing to ensure this happen. Tarique Rahman made these remarks on Wednesday afternoon in a rally titled “Establishing the ...

A student died after being struck by lightning at Doarabazar upazila in Sunamganj district. The incident happened at Boktarpur village under Lakshmipur union in the upazila on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Amir Hossain, 16, a tenth-grade student at Liyakatganj School and College and son of Fazal Haque, a resident of the same area. According to locals, Amir ...

The High Court has overturned the prison sentences of BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman, acquitting them in an Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) case over illicit wealth. The verdict was delivered on Wednesday (May 28) by a single bench of the High Court, headed by Justice Md. Khasruzzaman. Earlier, on May 26, after completing the hearing, the ...

Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday commenced his tour here by holding a meeting with President of the Japan-Bangladesh Parliamentary Friendship League Taro Aso. Taro Aso paid the courtesy call on Chief Adviser Prof Yunus at Imperial Hotel in Tokyo at 5:00 PM (local time). Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam briefed reporters about the outcomes of the ...

Some Dhaka areas including Shahbagh, Nayapaltan, Kakrail, Motijheel, Moghbazar, Shantinagar, Malibagh, Bijoynagar, Fakirapool are experiencing severe traffic congestion centering BNP’s Nayapaltan rally and Jamaat’s Shahbagh rally. The traffic congestion began at 8AM on Wednesday, which later turned into severe as the day progresses. According to Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), the main streets of the capital came to a standstill following ...

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen has said that exporting mangoes to China will not only help expand the bilateral trade volume but reflects the “mutually beneficial and win-win essence of economic cooperation”. Meanwhile, China has also expressed imports of raw animal hides from Bangladesh. “I wish the mangoes a smooth journey to the tables of Chinese consumers and look ...

King Charles III received a standing ovation from Canadian lawmakers on Tuesday as he opened a new session of parliament in Ottawa, saying, “all Canadians give themselves far more than any foreign power or any continent can ever take away.” The 76-year-old king is the first leader of the British monarchy invited to deliver the speech from the throne to ...

The Sapmara Union Health and Family Welfare Center (UHFWC) has celebrated the milestone of performing the 600th safe delivery of mothers, mostly from backward ethnic communities, by last February. To mark this milestone, the Sapmara UHFWC Management Committee, with the support of Gaibandha District Department of Family Planning (DFP), organized the ‘600th Safe Childbirth Celebration’ event at their premises in ...