This year’s SSC and HSC examinations are likely to begin on June 19 and August 22 respectively, on more subjects than last year’s exams.

A High Court judge has commented that district deputy commissioners are like the governor of the East India Company of the British era.

The Election Commission is under no pressure from political circles or any parties, said the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Quazi Habibul Awal yesterday.

The process of handing over 52 acres of land allocated to Dhaka University in 2018 remains halted for four years due to legal complexities.

Russian and Ukrainian officials met on the Belarusian border to discuss a ceasefire yesterday while invading Russian forces met with determined resistance from Ukrainian troops and civilians on the fifth day of the conflict.

Politicians are the worst victims of the Digital Security Act, with at least 167 of them being prosecuted under the controversial law during 2020 and 2021.

The land surrounding the water tank behind the Tangail Circuit House was turned into a killing field by the Pakistani occupation forces during the Liberation War in 1971.

Sub-inspector Debashish Sutradhar was withdrawn yesterday over the alleged custodial torture of Wazir Mia, who died on February 21 in Sunamganj.  

Newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal yesterday said the commission will take on the challenges of holding free and fair elections.

Biman could lose its right to fly to Saudi Arabia for failing to operate with one general sales agent in the kingdom.

Palash Ahmed, a non-resident Bangladeshi in Ukraine, was in tears when the correspondent called him in the afternoon yesterday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his military command to put nuclear-armed forces on high alert yesterday as Ukrainian fighters defending the city of Kharkiv said they had repelled an attack by invading Russian troops.

Ukrainian forces yesterday repulsed an attack on Kyiv, officials said yesterday, as Russian forces kept pounding Ukrainian cities with artillery and cruise missiles for a third day running.

Leave it to luck or wisdom or anything open to interpretations, the Bangladesh Tariqat Federation has seen its nominated candidate picked to lead the Election Commission for the second time in a row.

Former senior secretary Kazi Habibul Awal is the chief election commissioner for the next five years. The Election Commission will hold the 12th parliamentary election and polls to all the other tiers of the government with him at its helm.

A village elder, locally known as Karbari, and his four sons were hacked to death at a remote Mro neighbourhood on a hill in Galengya area of Ruma, Bandarban, on Thursday night.

Inspired by batting brilliance from Liton Das and Mushfiqur Rahim, Bangladesh secured a thumping 88-run victory over Afghanistan in the second ODI in Chattogram yesterday to seal the three-match ODI series 2-0 with a game in hand.

A curfew was in force between 11:00pm Thursday and 6:00am yesterday (Ukraine local time) in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odessa as there were threats of attacks from the Russian forces. An eerie calm reigned over the city, with its residents staying indoors.

For weeks, Mehedi Hasan Mohon and Tania Khatun had been planning to make the first birthday of their only daughter a memorable one. The couple bought a pair of diamond stud earrings for her and were about to throw a party at their home in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Ukrainian forces yesterday fought off Russian troops in the capital Kyiv on the second day of an invasion that has claimed dozens of lives, as the EU approved sanctions targeting President Vladimir Putin.