Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday received Tk 315 crore as the 5th and 7th installments of the loan taken for the construction of Padma Bridge. With these, the Bridges Division has paid a total of Tk 948, 01,19, 585 to the government in total six installments, reports UNB. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader handed over the cheque ...

US Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Afreen Akhter, has said the United States has been an important development partner in Bangladesh’s journey. Appreciating Bangladesh’s remarkable progress since its independence, she said, the progress that Bangladesh has made as a country has been truly remarkable, reports UNB. Speaking at a reception recently, the US ...

The parliamentary polls’ symbol allocation began across the country on Monday. Returning officers started the allocation at each constituency’s office at 10am. It will continue till 4pm. According to the schedule, the candidates can campaign till January 5 and the election will be held on January 7.  

Bangladesh is observing state mourning day on Monday following the death of Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah. The national flag is being kept at half-mast at all government, semi-government, and autonomous institutions, all government and non-government buildings, including educational institutions and Bangladesh missions abroad, in observance of the state mourning. Special prayers are being offered at all mosques.

Israeli forces launched deadly attacks up and down the Gaza Strip on Sunday, hitting a refugee camp in the north, a hospital in the south and killing a teenage girl who had lost her leg in an earlier strike, according to Palestinian officials, media and eyewitnesses. Israeli strikes on the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza killed 90 Palestinians on ...

A car crashed into a vehicle attached to Joe Biden’s motorcade on Sunday, with the security scare startling the US president as he left his campaign headquarters in Delaware. After a loud bang caused by a sedan slamming into an SUV positioned in a nearby intersection about 40 meters (130 feet) from Biden, security personnel rushed the president into a ...

As many as 347 contenders have withdrawn of their own accord from contention in the next general election, with the deadline for withdrawal passing on Sunday. It leaves the number of valid contestants at 1896 for the January 7 poll. “A total of 347 candidates withdrew candidacy… now the total number of valid candidates is 1896,” said Election Commission’s Secretary ...

The head of the World Health Organization on Sunday denounced “the effective destruction” of the Kamal Adwan hospital in the north of Gaza, adding that at least eight patients had died. Among the deceased patients was a 9-year-old child, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a post on X, formerly Twitter, AFP reports. His statement came as the Israeli army pulled ...

At least 12 people were killed and another dozen were wounded in an attack early Sunday on a pre-Christmas party in central Mexico, authorities in the state of Guanajuato said. The violence occurred in the town of Salvatierra, reportedly at a hacienda, or ranch, that can be rented out for festivities. “So far 12 people are reported dead,” the state’s ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said BNP and its allies would not be able to win the hearts of people through arson terrorism and killing people. “It is not possible to win the hearts of people through arson terrorism and killing. They should know this and they should act accordingly,” she said, reports UNB. The prime minister was speaking ...