Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin emphasised the Election Commission’s commitment to conducting fair, transparent, and acceptable elections, stating, “Our goal is clear, and we have no doubts about achieving it.” He made these remarks during the inauguration of a day-long workshop titled “Challenges and Ways to Overcome the Voter Registration Process” held at the Bengal Convention Hall in ...

Saudi Arabia is currently grappling with torrential rains and unprecedented flooding that have submerged streets and neighborhoods across multiple cities in the kingdom, according to various media reports. This weather phenomenon, triggered by an atmospheric depression, is expected to persist in the coming days. On Tuesday, the National Meteorology Center issued alerts at various levels throughout the kingdom, including a ...

Meta said Wednesday that it will allow some Facebook users to view eBay listings on its Marketplace service, as it tries out a possible way to resolve European Union charges of anticompetitive behavior that the bloc leveled last year. The social media company said it’s launching a test that will let Facebook users in Germany, France and the U.S. browse ...

China is witnessing another outbreak of a pathogenic virus after COVID-19, as cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) are on the rise. Social media footage has shown overcrowded hospitals, suggesting a surge in multiple viral infections, including HMPV, influenza A, COVID-19, and Mycoplasma pneumoniae. What is HMPV? Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a common cause of respiratory infections, particularly affecting children and ...

Tracey Ann Jacobson, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, will join the US Embassy Dhaka as Charge d’affaires, ad interim, on January 11. Over the course of her distinguished career, she has served as U.S. Ambassador three times – to Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Kosovo, said the US Embassy in Dhaka on Thursday. With Ambassador Jacobson’s arrival as Charge ...

Bangladesh Restaurant Owners Association has urged to keep away from the decision to increase VAT rates in hotels and restaurants. They have also threatened to shut restaurants for an indefinite period if the decision is not withdrawn. The warning came from a press briefing held at a hotel in the capital on Thursday morning. Imran Hasan, secretary general of the ...

Students of Government Madrasa-e-Alia blocked the capital’s Bakshibazar area to remove makeshift court from the madrasa ground which was set up to hold the trail of BDR mutiny. After whole night of protest, the students have also found took position on the road since Thursday morning, suspending the traffic movement on that street. They warned that they will remain on ...

Four members of the same family were killed and seven others injured as an ambulance caught fire following a gas cylinder blast after being hit by two buses at Police Town in Savar early Thursday. The accident occurred around 2 am on the Dhaka-Aricha highway in front of Fulbaria Police Town in Savar. However, the identities of the dead could ...

British daily The Times in a damning editorial has called on Sheikh Hasina’s niece, the embattled Labour MP Tulip Siddiq to step down from her role as the UK’s Treasury minister, pending investigations into allegations of corruption involving Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project and a “free flat” in London. In the editorial, the newspaper owned by media tycoon Rupert Murdoch ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been admitted to The London Clinic on Wednesday for advanced medical treatment. She arrived at the clinic at around 5 PM (Bangladesh time) after completing all necessary procedures, accompanied by her personal medical team. Dr. Al Mamun, part of the team, confirmed that Khaleda’s health and medical reports would be reviewed by the clinic’s doctors ...