BNP-nominated candidate Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been elected Bangladesh’s 23rd president. Fakhrul bagged 255 votes, defeating his rival Col (retd) Oli Ahmad, the 11-party alliance-nominated candidate, who secured 88 votes. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin, who is also the election returning officer, announced the results after the balloting in the much-anticipated presidential election ended at 5pm on ...

Health Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain has inaugurated a preventive oral cholera vaccination campaign in Dhaka. He launched the programme at the auditorium of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) at around 9:45am on Thursday (20 August). DSCC Administrator Md Abdus Salam chaired the inauguration ceremony. Under the campaign, the first dose of the oral cholera vaccine will be administered in ...

A woman has filed a petition seeking to file a case against former interim government Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, former Law Adviser Asif Nazrul and 25 others over alleged vandalism at the Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi 32 in Dhaka. Tamanna Chowdhury Priyanka filed the plea before Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Jewel Rana on Thursday. After recording the ...

Acting President and Speaker Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and Leader of the Opposition Dr Shafiqur Rahman have cast their votes in the country’s 23rd Presidential election. BNP presidential candidate Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir also cast his vote which began at 2PM on Thursday in the session chamber of the Jatiya Sangsad. It will continue till ...

Habiganj Correspondent : At least 15 students were injured after two groups of students clashed over an internal dispute involving senior and junior students at Habiganj Medical College hostel. The clash broke out at the hostel in the Anantapur residential area around midnight on Wednesday, according to police. Habiganj Sadar Model Police Station OC Zahidul Haque confirmed the incident and ...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin has addressed the session and following that, voting to elect the 23rd President of Bangladesh has begun in the National Parliament. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin is serving as the election officer. Since Parliament is not currently in session, a special meeting of lawmakers has been convened to facilitate the voting ...

A Palestinian couple and their teenage daughter who died after getting into difficulty in the sea had travelled from their home in London for a visit to Shoreham, police have said. Hassan El-Khawas, 55, his partner Zeina Alayn, 37, and their 14-year-old daughter, Sara El-Khawas, are believed to have entered the water for a swim with another young female family ...

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved 10 projects involving a total cost of Tk 9,333.58 crore. These included six new and four revised projects. Of the total project cost, Tk 8,488.71 crore will come from the government’s own funds, while Tk 844.87 crore will be financed through project loans. The approval came at an ECNEC ...

Moulvibazar Correspondent : Police have recovered the bodies of six individuals from various upazilas of Moulvibazar district. Police recovered the body of a female tea worker named Dipti Bakti (45) from the ‘Pakka Line’ area of Samanbagh Tea Estate in Barlekha upazila on Monday afternoon. It is preliminarily suspected that she committed suicide by ingesting poison. Barlekha Police Station Officer-in-Charge ...

With the ongoing gas shortage, every extra minute the stove stays on feels like a luxury. The good news is that delicious meals do not always require long hours over a flame. These recipes are designed to keep cooking time to a minimum, while also keeping the kitchen cooler during the sweltering summer heat. Whether you are looking for a ...