BNP Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas has alleged that Islami Chhatra Shibir secured victory in Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) election by striking a secret deal with Awami League and securing votes from Chhatra League supporters. Speaking at a memorial meeting in Chattogram on Wednesday, organized in remembrance of former BNP Vice Chairman Abdullah Al Noman, Abbas claimed that ...

National Training Council (NTC) has shortened the foundation training course for BCS cadre officers from six months to four months. The revised training will include three months at training institutions and one month of field-level orientation and village attachment. This decision was made during the 9th meeting of NTC, chaired by Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, according to a press ...

Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has called for greater cooperation from European Union (EU) in addressing illegal immigration and strengthening border security. “Bangladesh expects EU’s cooperation in ensuring border security and preventing illegal immigration,” the adviser said during a meeting with a European Commission delegation led by Michael Shotter, Director for Migration and Asylum. The ...

Election Commission (EC) has released a draft list of 42,618 polling stations for the upcoming 13th parliamentary election, increasing the number by 468 from 42,150 stations used in January 2024 election. EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed shared the update with reporters on Wednesday at Nirbachan Bhaban in Dhaka, stating that each polling station was planned for an average of 300 ...

Police have recovered the slit-throat body of a young man from a paddy field at Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar district. The body was found near a mosque at Paschim Nandagram area under Patanuashar union in the upazila on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Liton Mia, 27, son of Sattar Mia, a resident of the same area. According to ...

One of the UK’s top planning lawyers has said it would be “unlawful” for the government to grant planning permission for a Chinese “mega embassy” near the Tower of London. The opinion, from Lord Banner KC, was submitted to the government on Monday, just ahead of the final deadline for those opposed to the scheme to have their say. Opponents ...

Three London Underground lines are running – albeit with part suspensions – as the TfL walkout hits day three. It comes after the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) members strike. Union members voted overwhelmingly to take action after negotiations failed to resolve a long-running dispute over pay and conditions, following the union’s demand for a 32‑hour ...

Sutton Council wants to take over a long-empty site to kickstart the development of 34 brand-new affordable homes. Sutton hopes the move will help tackle the borough’s growing housing crisis. The plans would transform the disused industrial site at 71–75 Westmead Road, near Carshalton, into a modern development of one, two and three-bedroom homes. All 34 units will be for ...

Is washing ourselves very frequently necessary? Some experts believe that everyday showering is based more on a “social contract” than actual need. A few years ago, I stopped taking daily showers. Pandemic-induced work from home, moving in with a partner who showered less than me and pure, middle-age laziness pushed me to abandon an almost three-decades-long habit: So long as ...

US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday unveiled the Trump administration’s long-awaited roadmap to tackle chronic disease, calling for better nutrition, tighter scrutiny of medical advertising, and even a new push to boost fertility. Conspicuously absent, however, were concrete proposals to directly restrict ultra-processed foods or pesticides — long priorities of Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement. ...