Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said Bangladesh is fully prepared to hold “free, fair and peaceful” national elections scheduled for February 12 next year, highlighting major reforms undertaken by the interim government to ensure transparency and inclusiveness. Prof Yunus said the election issue featured prominently in his discussions with South Asian dignitaries who visited Dhaka on Wednesday and Thursday ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman met BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Thursday evening to offer condolences over the death of his mother and three-time former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. The Jamaat chief arrived at BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office around 7:00 PM, a day after Khaleda Zia’s burial. He first signed the condolence book opened following her passing, BNP ...

Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Wednesday evening signed the condolence book at Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) office in Gulshan to pay tribute to the late BNP Chairperson and three-time former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia. The condolence book was opened following Khaleda Zia’s death on December 30, 2025, providing an opportunity for political leaders, diplomats, ...

The BNP has reinstated Sahab Uddin, president of Companiganj Upazila BNP and former vice-president of its Sylhet district unit, restoring all his party positions, including primary membership, months after he was expelled over the Sada Pathor looting incident. The decision was confirmed in a letter signed by BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi today (1 January). According ...

A multistate outbreak of salmonella infections likely linked to raw oysters has sickened more than 60 people across 22 states, according to a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention health advisory. Health officials are working to identify the source of those contaminated raw oysters, the advisory issued December 23 said. What is salmonella, and how does it make people ...

Now the retail fuel prices has been cut in the domestic market as the government has announced new price for fuel oil, reducing by Tk 2 a litre from January 1. A notification issued by the Energy and Mineral Resources Division early Thursday stated that the prices of diesel, octane, petrol and kerosene have been reduced to Tk 102, Tk ...

Shamim Hossain’s sensational counterattacking innings lit up the contest, but it was not enough to carry Dhaka Capitals over the line as they suffered a narrow defeat to Sylhet Titans in a tense and dramatic finish on home soil at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Thursday. Despite Shamim’s valiant effort, Sylhet held their nerve in the closing moments to seal ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said the spirit of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) remains alive and must be revived at any cost, noting that the presence of high-level dignitaries from member states at former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s funeral demonstrated continued regional goodwill. Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam shared the remarks at a media briefing ...

Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Thursday said that the bodies of eight July martyrs, who were buried at Rayerbazar Graveyard in the city as unclaimed ones, have so far been identified. “The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs will inform the media in detail on this matter very soon,” he said at a briefing at the Foreign Service Academy ...

The two matches of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 matches scheduled for Tuesday and subsequently cancelled have been rescheduled to January 4 in Sylhet, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed on Tuesday. No BPL matches will be held today (Wednesday) in line with the general holiday declared by the Government of Bangladesh on the first of three days of ...