Bangladesh has sent emergency humanitarian assistance to Sri Lanka after devastating floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwa, acting on directives from the Chief Adviser. A Bangladesh Air Force special aircraft carrying relief supplies landed at Colombo’s Bandaranaike International Airport around 1:30pm Bangladesh time on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said in a press release. Bangladesh High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Andalib Elias ...

Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP) has officially received its Election Commission registration with ‘Shapla Koli’ symbol, while strongly criticizing attempts to overturn recent amendments to the Representation of the People Order (RPO). NCP on Wednesday received its registration certificate from Election Commission (EC), along with the allocation of ‘Shapla Koli’ symbol. NCP convener Nahid Islam collected the certificate after a meeting ...

EU lawmakers and European member states announced early Wednesday they had agreed a deal to ban all imports of Russian gas into the European Union by autumn 2027. The accord marks a compromise between the member states and the European Parliament, which wanted the ban to come in sooner. “Today, the Council presidency and the European Parliament’s representatives reached a ...

All commercial outlets here in the city, except hotels, restaurants and medicine shops, will remain closed after 9:30pm starting December 7. A decision was also made to keep the parking spaces of all markets open for public use. The directives were finalised at a view-exchange meeting with leaders of various market committees, held at the Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) Commissioner’s ...

Registration for expatriate voters through Postal Vote BD app; introduced to facilitate voting from abroad in the upcoming 13th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) elections, will remain open until December 25, the Election Commission (EC) said on Wednesday. A spokesperson for the EC stated that government employees who are unable to cast their votes at their designated centres can also register using ...

Almost four per cent of street-involved boys in Dhaka are victims of commercial sexual exploitation, according to new national research launched on Monday by The Freedom Fund in collaboration with government agencies, research institutions and child protection organisations. The findings, drawn from two major studies titled “Through Her Eyes and Beneath the Surface”, were presented at a national dissemination event ...

Barcelona recovered to secure a 3-1 win over Atletico Madrid as goals from Raphinha, Dani Olmo and Ferran Torres handed the visitors their first LaLiga defeat since August and extended the champions’ lead at the top after an intense clash on Tuesday. The result puts Barca on 37 points, four ahead of second-placed Real Madrid, who visit Athletic Bilbao on ...

Robin Smith, the batter who shone for England in a period when it was beaten regularly in test cricket, has died. He was 62. Smith’s family said in a statement from the England and Wales Cricket Boar d that he died unexpectedly at his home in Perth, Australia, on Monday. No cause was given. He played 62 tests for England ...

Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin has said that traders raised edible oil prices without notifying the government. ”They did not discuss the matter with the ministry.” Businessmen have raised the price of edible oil in the market without obtaining approval from the ministry, increasing the price of bottled soybean oil by Tk 9 per litre. Bashir Uddin said, “The government ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has said that make the 13th Parliamentary Elections a festive occasion, so that the nation will remember it with pride. He made the comment while addressing the graduation ceremony of the National Defence Course (NDC) and Armed Forces War Course (AFWC) 2025 at the National Defence College at Mirpur Cantonment. Appreciating the armed forces for ...