The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule questioning the legality of the cancellation of Faruque Ahmed’s nomination as a director of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and the appointment of former national team captain Aminul Islam Bulbul in his place. Following a writ petition filed by Faruque Ahmed on Sunday, the HC bench comprising Justice Razik Al Jalil and Justice ...

Kamalganj (Moulvibazar) Correspondent : Two siblings were killed allegedly by their paternal uncle over a land dispute at Dakkhin Kathalkandi village in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar district on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Masuma Begum, 25 and Sharmin Akter, 28—two daughters of Abu Mia of the village. Quoting witnesses, Abu Zafor Mahfuzul Kabir, officer-in-charge of Kamalganj Police Station, said, ...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has reaffirmed its stance that only the national parliamentary election should be held under a non-partisan caretaker government, limiting the caretaker’s tenure to no more than 90 days. Speaking to reporters during a break in the ongoing National Consensus Commission talks on Tuesday, BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed clarified the party’s position. “We are ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has proposed that both national and local government elections be held under the supervision of a non-partisan caretaker government, in a move aimed at ensuring electoral credibility. Speaking to reporters during a break in the ongoing dialogue with the National Consensus Commission on Tuesday, Dr Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher, Nayeb-e-Ameer of Jamaat, emphasized the party’s stance on election ...

Onrush of upstream water continues to swell Sylhet’s rivers, keeping several areas waterlogged and increasing the risk of further flooding. According to the Sylhet office of the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB), Surma and Kushiyara rivers were flowing above the danger mark at four points of as of 9AM Tuesday though heavy rainfall has subsided. Surma was flowing at 13.69 ...

Unfit vehicles, even if cosmetically refurbished, will be strictly barred from operating on roads during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha holiday, Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Choudhury announced on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters outside his Secretariat office, the adviser stressed that repainting or minor repairs cannot mask a vehicle’s mechanical flaws. “Some owners try to pass off unfit vehicles ...

A Dhaka court has imposed a travel ban on 20 individuals, including former Election Commission Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed and prominent journalist Munni Saha in connection with an ongoing investigation into alleged corruption and money laundering. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib issued the order on Tuesday, following a petition by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). The ACC submitted ...

Sadiq Khan has called for an urgent review of Transport for London’s decision to ban adverts on the London Underground campaigning for the decriminalisation of abortion. It comes after London’s transport body blocked adverts by BPAS — the UK’s leading abortion service — which encourage people to lobby their MPs in support of legislative change. TfL is understood to have ...

The prime minister believes growing the Scottish economy is more important than the constitution Keir Starmer has said he cannot imagine another Scottish independence referendum taking place during his time as prime minister. The Labour leader insisted it was more important to focus on the economy than the constitution, in remarks described as “a bit arrogant” by the SNP. Scotland’s ...

A day after delivering the budget speech for the 2025-26 fiscal year, Finance Advisor Salehuddin Ahmed is attending a press conference to take questions on his proposals. The event began at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium at 3:00 pm on Tuesday. Home Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, Planning Advisor Wahiduddin Mahmud, and Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources Advisor Fouzul Kabir Khan are ...