A total of 47 candidates have filed nomination papers for six parliamentary constituencies of Sylhet in the 13th national elections. The candidates submitted their nominations at the offices of the Sylhet Returning Officer and Assistant Returning Officer till 5 pm today. Earlier, 56 people had collected their nomination papers till Sunday. At 6 pm, District Returning Officer and Sylhet Deputy ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed deep sorrow at the death of former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda. In a message, he said, “I recall my warm meeting with her in Dhaka in 2015. We hope that her vision and legacy will continue to guide our partnership. May her soul rest in peace.” “With profound sorrow and ...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced seven days of mourning following the death of party chairperson and the country’s first female prime minister Khaleda Zia. The announcement was made by the party’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi at Evercare Hospital on Tuesday. Black flags would be flown for seven days at the BNP’s central office in Nayapaltan ...

BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia has passed away while undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka early Tuesday (December 30). She breather her last ataround 6:00am, confirmed BNP media cellin a Facebook post. Begum Khaleda Zia had been admitted to hospital on November 23 with breathing difficulties caused by a lung infection. Her condition later worsened ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has submitted his nomination paper to contest the 13th national parliamentary election from the Thakurgaon-1 constituency. He handed over the nomination paper to Returning Officer and Deputy Commissioner Ishrat Farzana on Monday morning. After submitting the nomination at the district administration office, Mirza Fakhrul said reporters, ”We achieved our voting rights after a ...

The DNCC Administrator Mohammad Ejaz inaugurated the health insurance coverage programme at the Nagar Bhaban today. DNCC Chief Waste Management Officer Commodore ABM Shamsul Alam presided over the programme. “I think there should be health insurance for cleaners in all government and private offices. Despite the growing population of Dhaka, the number of our employees remains limited. We are working ...

Shooting of the film “Pritilata”, based on revolutionary freedom fighter Pritilata Waddedar, is set to resume in the new year, director Rashid Polash has said. Two films on Pritilata began production in 2020. In Pradip Ghosh’s “Bir Konnya Pritilata”, the role was played by Nusrat Imrose Tisha, and the film was released in 2023. However, Rashid Polash’s “Pritilata”, starring Porimoni ...

Dhaka is a city of memory and nostalgia, especially in winter, when familiar visions from the past surface. Across its roads, lanes, and markets, the city quietly rewrites the biography of pre-loved clothing. A quiet intimacy is woven into these garments. A zipper remembers a winter in Beijing or Tokyo. A denim jacket holds the slope of another’s shoulder. A ...

The 43rd annual general meeting (AGM) of Sylhet Gas Fields Limited, a gas and petroleum products producing company under Petrobangla, was held on December 18. The meeting took place at Petrocentre, the company’s Dhaka liaison office, according to a press release. The meeting was presided over by the chairman of the board of directors, Abul Mansur Md Faizullah, and attended ...

Myanmar’s dominant pro-military party is “winning a majority” in the first phase of junta-run elections, a party source told AFP on Monday, after democracy watchdogs warned the poll would entrench military rule. The armed forces snatched power in a 2021 coup, but on Sunday opened voting in a phased month-long election they pledge will return power to the people. The ...