Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin has said the schedule for the next parliamentary election will be announced in the second week of December as the Election Commission has taken all out preparation. While talking to reporters after inspecting a mock voting exercise demonstrated at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Government Girls High School, the CEC said, “Hopefully, what we expect is that ...

Leaders of Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP) went to Evercare Hospital on Saturday to enquire about the health condition of BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. They went to the hospital at 10AMand spoke with the hospital doctors. The delegation included Tasnim Jara, senior joint member secretary of NCP; Nasiruddin Patwari, chief coordinator; and Hasnat Abdullah, chief coordinator (south). ...

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has said although he strongly wishes to return home and to be at his mother’s side, but he is unable to do so freely because of the current political realities. “On behalf of the Zia family, we express our sincere thanks and deep gratitude to everyone for their heartfelt prayers and love for the widely ...

A youth was killed in a clash between two groups in Badambagicha area of Sylhet district on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Shah Mahmud Hasan Tapu, 17, son of Shah Enamul Haque, a resident of Badambagicha area in Sylhet municipality. According to sources, a clash broke out between two factions of the area at around 11:30 PM when ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has expressed deep concern over the current health condition of former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. He is closely monitoring her medical progress and has instructed all relevant authorities to ensure she receives every necessary treatment and support. Wishing for her speedy recovery, the Chief Adviser appealed to the nation to keep ...

Dr. Shafiqur Rahman has taken the oath as Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami for 2026-2028 term. The oath-taking ceremony was held on Friday evening at Al-Falah Auditorium in Dhaka. The election process for the party leadership was conducted through secret ballots among members (rukons) nationwide from October 9 to October 25. After the voting concluded, the responsible team carried out the ...

Labour MPs have said they believe Keir Starmer’s leadership is safe until at least the May elections, after a budget that avoided any major damaging measures but which few MPs believe will revive the party’s fortunes. More than a dozen previously loyal MPs told they did not believe the budget would shift the fundamentals required for the party to beat ...

Keir Starmer is facing backbench anger after ministers abandoned plans to give workers day-one protection against unfair dismissal, a U-turn that breaches the Labour manifesto. MPs including a former minister who spearheaded the employment rights bill with the former deputy leader Angela Rayner have voiced concerns over the climbdown announced by the government. Ministers have axed the proposal to remove ...

UK energy bill payers will hand over £2bn a year in subsidies to EDF, the French company building two nuclear power stations, according to government figures. EDF, owned by the French government, will be entitled to £1bn in annual payments as soon as Hinkley Point C, in Somerset, comes on to the grid in 2030. The sum is due under ...

Fascia, the connective tissue that holds together the body’s internal structure, really hasn’t spent all that long in the limelight. Anatomists have known about its existence since before the Hippocratic oath was a thing, but until the 1980s it was routinely tossed in the bin during human dissections, regarded as little more than the wrapping that gets in the way ...