The Election Commission (EC) will unveil the roadmap for the 13th National Parliamentary Election next week, Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed announced on Thursday afternoon. Speaking to journalists, Ahmed confirmed that the schedule and key milestones for the upcoming polls will be made public shortly. The announcement comes after the Council of Advisers met at the Cabinet Division in the Secretariat ...

The Council of Advisers held a meeting at the Chief Adviser’s Office (CAO) in Tejgaonon Thursday. The meeting, chaired by Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, addressed key administrative and policy issues as the interim government continues to steer the nation’s affairs in the lead-up to upcoming elections. Discussions focused on maintaining law and order, ensuring economic stability, and advancing critical ...

Southern Europe is grappling with dozens of wildfires as a relentless heatwave fuels dangerous conditions across the region, prompting mass evacuations and straining emergency services. Greece In Greece, firefighters supported by the army are battling at least a dozen major blazes, including one threatening Patras, the country’s third-largest city. “The situation remains difficult,” said fire service spokesman Vassilis Vathrakogiannis, citing ...

Paris Saint-Germain began the new season with silverware, claiming the UEFA Super Cup for the first time in club history after a dramatic 4-3 win on penalties against Tottenham Hotspur in Udine, Italy, on Wednesday. The match had finished 2-2 after regular time, with PSG mounting a late comeback to deny Spurs victory. Tottenham, under new head coach Thomas Frank, ...

In a late-night operation, joint forces recovered around 12,000 cubic feet of illegally extracted stones from the popular tourist spot ‘Shada Pathor’ (White Stone) in Sylhet. The stones were looted from the banks of the Dhalai River and transported elsewhere, but law enforcement agencies managed to retrieve and return them to the site. The operation began after midnight on Wednesday ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus returned to Dhaka on Wednesday night after a three-day official visit to Malaysia, during which the two countries agreed to deepen cooperation in areas such as technology, energy, migration and economic innovation. Prof Yunus and his delegation arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 9:10pm on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight, according to his Deputy ...

Bangladesh has recorded $1.054 billion in remittance inflows during the first 12 days of August, reflecting a strong 34% year-on-year growth and signaling renewed momentum in foreign exchange earnings. According to Arif Hossain Khan, Spokesperson and Executive Director at Bangladesh Bank, the figure marks a significant increase from $721 million received during the same period in August 2024—an additional $333 ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched an investigation into the large-scale looting of white stones in Bholaganj, under Sylhet’s Companiganj upazila. A nine-member ACC team visited the Sada Pathor area this afternoon to collect evidence and statements from locals and administration. Ashraf Uddin, assistant director at ACC’s Sylhet office, said, “We found evidence of illegal stone extraction during our spot ...

“It is not always necessary to rip out everything and start again,” says Ella Malt, who runs the gardening company Soil and Soul Norfolk. “It is much more sustainable to work with what you have. You can make such a difference with a bit of cutting back, clearing up leaves, cutting an edge on a lawn. People notice edges: you ...

The trial of Labour MP Tulip Siddiq over corruption allegations has formally begun in Bangladesh. The former minister did not attend the hearing, where investigators from the country’s corruption watchdog set out the case against her and 20 other individuals, including her aunt, her mother, her brother and her sister. She is accused of influencing her aunt Sheikh Hasina, who ...