Bangladesh will receive 57 election observers from 16 countries ahead of the 13th parliamentary election and the July Charter referendum on 12 February. Also, hundreds of monitors from the EU, Commonwealth and other international organizations are joining as observers. Malaysia is sending the largest delegation of 14 observers, while Türkiye will send 12. Other countries sending observers include Indonesia, 5, ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has said the cooperation between Bangladesh and China must continue, although a new government will soon take office. “In a few weeks, I will be out of this office and a new government will be formed, but the work between our two countries must go on,” he said during a meeting with a delegation from ...

Bangladesh has been elected as the Vice-Chair of the UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) for the year 2026. The election of the five-member bureau of the PBC was held at the UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday. The members of the Commission during its first meeting of the 20th session elected Morrocco as Chair while Germany, Brazil and Croatia and ...

Thirteen leaders of Habiganj district unit of the National Citizen Party (NCP), including its senior joint member secretary Palash Mahmud, have resigned from the party, alleging rehabilitation of fascist forces, deprivation of July movement activists, and organisational failure. The resignations were announced at an emergency press conference held around midnight at a temporary office of a section of the party ...

A wedding is not just a ceremony; it is a celebration of dreams, emotions, and timeless elegance. For a bride who wishes to look nothing less than royalty, the lehenga paired with a long dupatta remains the ultimate style statement. Flowing, dramatic, and exquisitely graceful, a long dupatta transforms a bridal lehenga into a vision of regal beauty, one that ...

The Council of Advisers at its weekly meeting today gave approval to six ordinances, three proposals and a policy. Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus chaired the meeting at his office in the city’s Tejgaon area this morning. Later, Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam briefed the media at the Foreign Service Academy here this afternoon, saying the advisory council discussed ...

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has pledged waiving agricultural loans up to Tk 10,000 and interest if the party comes to power in coming election. “The measure aims to provide immediate financial relief to farmers and strengthen the rural economy,” he said while speaking in an election rally at Rajshahi Madrasa Ground here today. Tarique Rahman also announced other plans to ...

A day-long free medical camp was held at the District Council Auditorium of Bagerhat today to mark the birth anniversary of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman. Former President of Bagerhat Doctors Association of Bangladesh (DAB) Dr. SM Lutful Kabir presided over the program, organized by the Bagerhat unit of DAB. Dr. Md. Mehedi Hasan, Treasurer of the DAB Central Committee, attended ...

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman on Thursday said the party’s leaders did not leave the BNP-led coalition government of 2001-2006 to save at least three ministries from “corruption that plagued the rest of the administration.” Jamaat’s late leaders Matiur Rahman Nizami and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid led the three ministries. Both during their terms and afterwards none, including their strongest critics ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday urged voters to vote for “sheaf of paddy” in the upcoming national elections, saying that all should utilise the opportunity that has come before them. “In the 2001 elections, you – mothers and sisters – made garlands with the money you saved by selling eggs, chickens and vegetables. I have not ...