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 ...

Mobile-phone technology is emerging as a powerful force in shaping safer and more informed digital lives in Bangladesh, according to a report of Telenor Asia. The newly-released “Digital Lives Decoded” report was revealed at a city hotel on Wednesday. The report of a survey conducted on 1,000 mobile internet users in the country reveals how widespread use of mobile phones ...

A recent study by researchers from Jahangirnagar University’s Department of Microbiology has uncovered a concerning prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in eight distinct water sources across Dhaka and Savar. The findings, part of a three-year-long research project, were recently published in the globally recognized journal npj Clean Water by Nature Publishing Group. The research team, led by Professor Dr. Shuvra Kanti ...

A 50-year-old Turkish-born man, Hamit Coskun, was found guilty on Monday of a religiously aggravated public order offence after burning a copy of the Koran outside the Turkish consulate in London earlier this year. During the February incident, Coskun shouted “Islam is religion of terrorism” and “Koran is burning” as he set fire to the Islamic holy book. District Judge ...