US Ambassador-in-Charge (Chargé d’Affaires) Tracy Ann Jacobson met with Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin on Mondy afternoon to discuss Bangladesh’s preparations for the upcoming 13th National Parliamentary Elections. The meeting began around 2:00 PM at the Election Commission headquarters at Agargaon in Dhaka. Ambassador Jacobson was accompanied by James Stewart, Political Officer at the US Embassy, and Firoz ...

Army Chief General Waker-uz-Zaman met with President Mohammad Sahabuddin and Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday. Waker-uz-Zaman first met with the Chief Adviser, followed by a meeting with the President, a senior military source confirmed. The Army Chief briefed them about his recent official visit to China. The talks also covered the current law and order situation in the ...

The Appellate Division’s chamber judge on Monday stayed a High Court order that had postponed the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) election for two months, effectively clearing the way for the polls to be held on September 9. Advocate Mohammad Shishir Manir, who represented Dhaka University, confirmed the development, saying the chamber judge’s decision removed the legal barrier to ...

A massive rescue operation was underway in Afghanistan Monday, after a strong earthquake and multiple aftershocks flattened homes in a remote, mountainous region, killing more than 800 people, the Taliban authorities said. The earthquake struck just before midnight, shaking buildings from Kabul to neighbouring Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad. More than 1.2 million people likely felt strong or very strong shaking, according ...

Stepping into the modestly sized Bull’s, the one thought that kept circling in my head was why on earth does Dhaka need another burger joint? Especially in Lalmatia, where within a single kilometre you can practically trip over a dozen burger spots. “Well, for starters, we don’t drown our burgers in sauces,” joked Khalid Rahman, the owner of Bull’s. Now, ...

Following assurances from Beijing, the government has submitted one formal proposal to China and is preparing another, seeking Tk3,425 crore in grant funding to build two major hospitals – one in Chattogram and the other in Rangpur Division. The total estimated cost of the projects is Tk4,107 crore, according to officials from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Planning ...

The 2025 Women’s Cricket World Cup will feature a record-breaking prize pool of $13.88 million, outstripping the men’s edition by more than a third, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Monday. This marks a massive jump from the $3.5 million awarded in 2022 and significantly eclipses the $10 million total prize pot from the last Men’s World Cup. Key ...

The world cricket governing body has unveiled a four-fold increase in the prize money for the upcoming Women’s Cricket World Cup. With less than a month until the start of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025, the International Cricket Council have announced a staggering increase in the prize money for the tournament set to be staged in India and ...

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Monday issued a stark warning about the potential global economic consequences if Donald Trump were to take control of U.S. monetary policy. “If he were to succeed, it is a very serious danger for the U.S. economy and for the world economy,” Lagarde said in an interview with Radio Classique. Her remarks come ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus will hold a meeting with leaders of seven more political parties on Tuesday (September 2). The meeting will be held at the State Guest House Jamuna at 5PM,Chief Adviser’s press wing confirmed. Earlier on Sunday, the Chief Adviser held separate meetings with leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Jamaat-e-Islami and National Citizen Party (NCP) at ...