The supporters of Maulana Zubair Ahmed, a faction of Tablighi Jamaat, would hold a protest and an Ulama conference demanding punishment for those involved in the deadly attack that four people at the Bishwa Ijtema grounds on the banks of the Turag River on December 17. A protest procession will be held across the country on January 10 and an ...

Chief Advisor Professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday (January 4) assured British parliamentarian Rupa Huq that the next general election in Bangladesh would be completely free and fair. “People could not vote in the last three elections. There were a fake parliament, fake MPs, and a fake speaker,” he told Rupa Huq after she called on the Chief Advisor at the ...

The number of road accident casualties in Sylhet division rose in December compared to November, 2024, according to a report of Nirapad Sarak Chai (Nischa), Sylhet. As many as 38 people were killed and 77 injured in 31 road crashes in Sylhet Division in December, it said. Among the deceased 12 people were killed in accidents involving motorbikes, five were ...

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At least eight people were killed and 15 others were wounded after a fire broke out at a vegetable market in China’s northern province of Hebei, state television CCTV said on Saturday. Authorities were investigating the cause of the fire in the city of Zhangjiakou, which was doused just over an hour after it broke out at about 8:40AM, the ...

China is experiencing a rise in respiratory illnesses, particularly HMPV, as winter approaches. Hospitals are overwhelmed, with fears of a healthcare crisis. A seasonal rise in respiratory illnesses in China is drawing significant attention this year, especially on social media. The focus stems from unfounded comparisons to the Covid-19 pandemic, which began five years ago. The World Health Organization (WHO) ...

The detectives arrested a leader of banned organization Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Friday night in a case filed over an attack on students during the quota reform movement at Dhaka University (DU) last year. The arrestee was Sajibur Rahman, the organisational secretary of the BCL, also the president of the BCL unit at Bijoy Ekattor Hall of Dhaka University ...

Motorcycles accounted for the most road fatalities in 2024. A total of 2,570 people were killed in 2,329 motorbike accidents that also led to 3,151 injuries during the period. Meanwhile, some 8,543 people lost their lives and 12,608 suffered injuries in 6,359 road accidents across the country last year. Mojammel Hossain Chowdhury, general secretary of Jatri Kalyan Samity, disclosed this ...

The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement (ADSM) and Jatiya Nagorik Committee jointly will distribute leaflets, hold rallies and mass contacts across the country from January 6 to January 11 to raise awareness about the July Proclamation. Hasnat Abdullah, convener of the ADSM, announced the programme at a press conference on Saturday. “We demanded to announce July Proclamation by January 15 at ‘March ...

Bangladesh Poultry Association (BPA) will sell eggs, poultry, and other agricultural products at fair prices at 100 locations in Dhaka ahead of Ramadan. BPA President Suman Hawlader announced the initiative at a press conference held at the Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) on Saturday. He said as part of a smart market management system for Ramadan, they will start selling eggs, ...