Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairman Tarique Rahman, widely regarded as the potential contender for the next premiership, has said that his government will face immense challenges if voted to power, and pledges to rebuild the country after its resources were plundered by former prime minister Sheikh Hasina on a massive scale. If victorious on Thursday (12 February), the leader of ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has claimed that the money seized from Thakurgaon district Ameer Belal Uddin is his personal business fund, dismissing reports surrounding his detention as “misleading propaganda.” Advocate Ehsanul Mahbub Zubair, the party’s central publicity and media secretary, made the statement to the media on Wednesday. Earlier, law enforcement agencies detained Belal Uddin at Syedpur Airport with a large amount ...

Long before concealer became that tiny tube we panic-search for every morning, it lived a very glamorous life. It belonged under the harsh lights of Hollywood. Back in the 1910s to 1930s, the American film industry was still growing and experimenting. Movie sets were filled with extremely strong lights. These lights showed everything. Dark circles. Acne scars, even the smallest ...

More than 94 million people suffer from cataracts, but half of them do not have access to the surgery needed to fix it, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. Cataracts — the clouding of the eye’s lens that causes blurred vision and can lead to blindness — are on the rise as populations get older, with age being the main ...

World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved $370 million in financing to improve sanitation and solid waste management services in Dhaka and nearby areas, aiming to cut water pollution and restore rivers and canals. The support will fund the Metro Dhaka Water Security and Resilience Program, which seeks to strengthen the capacity of local and national institutions to tackle ...

A high-level Japanese election observer delegation, led by Japan’s ambassador and mission chief Masato Watanabe, held a courtesy meeting with Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman at the Bashundhara office on Thursday morning. The meeting took place at 9am in a cordial and friendly atmosphere. During the discussions, both sides emphasised the mission’s goal of monitoring whether Bangladesh’s general elections are ...

A significant number of Bangladeshi expatriates have arrived in Sylhet to cast votes in the 13th national parliamentary election slated for February 12. Abdul Mukit, President of Bangladesh Welfare Council UK, said that expatriate voting rights had been a longstanding demand. “After years of advocacy, expatriates finally have the opportunity to vote. Many have voted through postal ballots, while others ...

A total of 481,185 expatriate ballots cast via the “Postal Vote BD” mobile app for the 13th National Parliamentary Election and the Referendum 2026 have so far arrived in Bangladesh. Meanwhile, 515,619 overseas voters have already completed their voting. Salim Ahmad Khan, Team Leader of the ‘OCV-SDI’ project on expatriate voter registration, confirmed on Wednesday (11 February) that, 766,862 ballots ...

Federal prosecutors failed to bring charges Tuesday against six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse illegal orders, outraging President Donald Trump, who had called for jail time, US media reported. Sources told the New York Times and the Washington Post that a federal grand jury — composed of local citizens in Washington — denied the Justice Department’s attempts ...

A delegation of Commonwealth observers paid a courtesy call on Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman. The meeting took place on Tuesday at the Army Headquarters, led by former President of Ghana, William Nana Akufo-Addo. The information was shared last night on the verified Facebook page of the Bangladesh Army. During the meeting, in addition to exchanging greetings, discussions were ...