The northeastern district of Sylhet experienced an earthquake, causing panic among residents on Friday morning. The earthquake, measuring 5.0 magnitude on the Richter Scale, occurred at 10:40 am and its epiccentre was in neighbouring Myanmar, said Shah Md Sojib Hossain, assistant meteorologist at Sylhet Weather Department, as per a UNB report. However, no damages or casualties were reported. The tremor ...

  Students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) have voiced their dissatisfaction over a decision to leave the number of quota seats untouched for the 2024-25 academic year. In a notice Wednesday, authorities announced that the total number of quota seats for the 2024-25 academic year will remain unchanged at 105, as in previous years, reports UNB. According ...

The government has issued new directives for followers of two factions of Tabloghi Jamaat –Maulana Muhammad Zubair and Maulana Saad– to maintain peaceful coexistence in their respective Tablighi Markaz at district and upazila levels. The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification in this regard on Thursday. It also said that the previous directives issued concerning Kakrail Mosque in Dhaka ...

The interim government has extended the term of the Election Reform Commission until January 15, 2025. A gazette notification from the Cabinet Division on Thursday confirmed the extension for the commission. The notice was later shared on the commission’s official Facebook page. The government has extended the term of the Election Reforms Commission, constituted by notification SRO No. 329-AIN/2024 issued ...

The interim government has issued a notification recognising Kazi Nazrul Islam as the National Poet of Bangladesh. The Ministry of Cultural Affairs issued the notification on December 24. However, the matter was disclosed on Thursday, January 2. Earlier on December 5, the Advisory Council of the interim government in a meeting approved the proposal of issuing a notification officially declaring ...

The Election Commission (EC) has released the draft voter list for 2025, revealing that the total number of registered voters in the country has risen to 12,36,83,512, marking a growth rate of 1.50%. Election Commissioner Brigadier General (Retd) Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah shared the details during a briefing at the Election Commission headquarters on Thursday (January 2). The data shows ...

Temperatures have dropped as colder arctic air spreads across the UK, with amber cold weather health alerts in place ahead of a weekend of snow forecast for much of the country. Met Office yellow warnings for snow and ice have been issued for much of England and Wales and parts of Scotland over the course of three days, with cold ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission, ACC, has decided to investigate allegations against journalist Munni Saha and her husband Kabir Hossain Taposh, owner of advertising agency MS Promotional, of amassing illegal assets, including suspicious transactions of Tk 134 crore in their accounts. M Akhter Hossain, director general (Prevention) of the ACC, disclosed the matter while briefing the journalists at its Segunbagicha Headquarters in ...

Renowned actress and dancer Anjana Rahman was admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital and placed on life support on Wednesday following a deterioration in her health, confirmed her son Nishat Moni to Jarnalist. Earlier, on November 24, Anjana had been admitted to a private hospital in the capital after suddenly falling ill. She was in the hospital’s ...

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi raised questions about the political role of Jamaat-e-Islami during the 1971 Liberation War. Speaking in Sylhet, Rizvi criticised Jamaat-e-Islami Amir Dr Shafiqur Rahman’s recent statement, which claimed that Jamaat and the army are the only two “tested patriotic forces” in the country. Rizvi asked, “What was Jamaat’s political role in the 1971 ...