Terming BNP as a “terrorist” party, Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said it is not a political party. She made the remarks while speaking virtually at the public meetings held at Kushtia, Jhenidah, Satkhira, Netrakona, Rangamati and Bamna and Patharghata upazilas in Barguna district on Saturday (December 23) afternoon. Sheikh Hasina took part in the public  ...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Saturday stated that polling will be suspended if there is an any attempt of vote rigging. “Follow the electoral code strictly and come out from the belief that irregularities must be done in the voting field. If there is an allegation of vote rigging in any polling booth, the Election Commission will ...

A youth was killed and another injured in road accident on the Beanibazar-Barlekha regional highway at Komalganj upazila in Moulvibazar district on Friday evening. The accident took place at around 6pm in Daserbazar area in the upazila. The deceased  was identified as Kamrul Islam, 24, son of Monojjir Ali, a resident of Nizbahadurpur union in the upazila while the injured ...

In a historic moment for Bangladesh cricket, the Tigers secured their first-ever ODI victory in New Zealand by defeating the hosts by a big margin of nine wickets in the third ODI of the series in Napier on Saturday. Chasing a modest target of 99, Bangladesh displayed remarkable efficiency, reaching the goal in just 15.1 overs and sealing their triumph ...

Millions of people across the country are making their Christmas getaway on one of the busiest days for travel of the year. There are long queues at the Port of Dover after a surge in demand for ferries caused by Thursday’s Eurotunnel strike action in France. Domestic train services in parts of the UK have also been disrupted. The RAC ...

The UK is at risk of recession after revised figures showed the economy shrank between July and September. Gross domestic product, which measures the health of the economy, contracted by 0.1% after previous estimates suggested growth has been flat. Meanwhile, there was zero growth between April and June, after it was first calculated to have risen by 0.2%. A recession ...

The Home Office has rowed back on plans to hike the salary needed to bring family members to the UK to £38,700 next spring. The increase – from the current level of £18,600 – was announced earlier this month as part of a plan to lower legal migration. But the new threshold will initially be set at £29,000, with further ...

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader started his election campaign in his constituency Noakhali-5 on Friday. The Awami League-nominated candidate started his election campaign after offering ziarat to the graves of his parents at Miah Bari family graveyard in Bara Rajapur village under Basurhat Municipality of Companiganj upazila. His younger brother Abdul Quader Mirza, mayor of Basurhat Municipality and ...

Moulvibazar Correspondent : At least five people were injured when Awami League supporters allegedly attacked and vandalized the Jatiya Party’s headquarters in Moulvibazar-3 (Sadar-Rajnagar) constituency on Thursday night. The injured are Moulvibazar Jatiya Party Joint General Secretary Jewel Ahmed, Khaled Chowdhury, Shahajan Mia, Md Hanif, and Kayes Chowdhury. Among them, Jewel Ahmed was seriously injured. Moulvibazar Jatiya Party General Secretary ...

The Dhaka Metro Rail will be fully operational by next month, January, after two stations that are currently under construction are opened. A total of 14 stations out of 16 between Uttara and Motijheel have already been opened, while the construction works of Shahbagh and Karwan Bazar stations are still ongoing. MAN Siddique, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company, ...