Thirteen workers were killed and several injured after a truck collided head-on with a pickup van in Sylhet’s South Surma upazila early Wednesday. The accident happened at Nazirbazar area around 5:39am. Nine of the deceased were identified as Haris Miah, 50, Shaurav, 25, Shadhu Miah, 30, Shahed Nur, 45, Sagar, 20, Wahd Ali, 30, Rashid Miah, 40, Dulal Miah, 45; ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday called for boosting cooperation between the military forces of friendly countries of Bangladesh and India. “Cooperation and collaboration should be strengthened between the militaries of the two neighbouring countries,” she said as visiting Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pande paid a courtesy call on her at the latter’s Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban office in Dhaka ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Tuesday returned to Dhaka from Turkey wrapping up his six day tour. A VVIP aircraft (Flight No BG 208), carrying the President, his spouse Dr. Rebecca Sultana and other entourage members, landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport at 6:30 pm, UNB reports. Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque, dean of diplomatic corps, cabinet ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged the authorities concerned to expedite the formulation and implementation of various projects under the Government to Government (G2G) initiatives. The Prime Minister gave the directive while chairing a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) as its chairperson held at the NEC conference room in the city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar ...

BNP will not take part in any election without a non-party neutral government in power, the party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said. After meeting with US Ambassador to Dhaka Peter Haas on Tuesday (June 6, 2023), he made the party position clear about the next parliamentary elections saying that BNP would not take part in any election ...

Awami League is ready to hold face-to-face talks with BNP, said ruling Awami League’s elderly leader and 14-Party Alliance coordinator Amir Hossain Amu on Tuesday (June 6, 2023). “Doors are open for BNP to talk about the next general election. If necessary, talks can take place under the mediation of the United Nations,” he said while speaking at a protest ...

The results of the 45th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) preliminary examinations have been published. A total of 12,789 candidates qualified in the examinations, said a press release of Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) on Tuesday. The preliminary tests for the 45th BCS was held on May 19 this year. A total of 2,68,119 candidates appeared for the exams. Details of ...

The United States has reiterated its call for holding a free and fair election in Bangladesh. “We’ve been consistent on the need for Bangladesh to hold free and fair elections,” said National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby at a media briefing at the White House. Kirby made the remarks when his attention was drawn to the much-discussed ...

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A total of 87 women candidates are contesting in the Sylhet City Corporation elections, one in the general ward and one in the reserved ward (women councillor). Among these 87 women councilor candidates for 14 reserved wards who will be elected through EVMs in Sylhet City Corporation elections to be held on June 21. Advocate Roksana Begum Shahnaz is the ...