Mirza Fakhrul urges Jamaat to practise transparent politics, warns against 'religious manipulation' ahead of polls

The upazilas will be added to the constituency in accordance with EC's gazette notification, EC lawyer says

The BNP chairman will visit the shrines of Hazrat Shahjalal and Hazrat Shahparan, formally launching the party’s campaign

More than 200 arrest warrants have been issued against Shamima and Rassel: DB

Shafiqur calls for democratic renewal, accountable governance and an economy focused on jobs and dignity

Blaze quickly spread through D-4 block, said fire service official

EC to allocate symbols from tomorrow; campaigning starts Jan 22

The tribunal says the verdict was deferred as the judgment is yet to be prepared

The commission will meet the party heads at 4:00pm

A 57-year-old retired army personnel working as a bodyguard died two days after being attacked during an abduction in Dhaka’s Uttara on January 16.

With the 13th national election and referendum approaching, the interim government has placed the most vulnerable polling centres under heightened security, tightened controls on firearms and ordered law enforcers to take swift legal action against anyone attempting to disrupt the vote.

A man has been arrested in connection with six murders committed over the past seven months in Savar, including five killings inside an abandoned community centre, police said.

Humam Quader Chowdhury, a victim of enforced disappearance, yesterday testified as the first prosecution witness in a crimes against humanity case involving enforced disappearances, recounting his seven-month ordeal in secret detention at the Joint Interrogation Cell (JIC), popularly known as “Aynaghar.”

A Chattogram court yesterday framed charges against 39 accused, including former Iskcon leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, in a case filed over the killing of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif outside the court premises in November 2024.

Students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology have postponed their protests against the High Court order that suspended the Sucsu and hall union polls slated for today.

The interim government yesterday said 645 incidents involving members of minority communities occurred between January and December last year, and that only 71 of those were communal in nature.

With rebel BNP candidates refusing to bow out in more than four dozen constituencies, the party finds itself in an increasingly tricky spot.

National Citizen Party Convener Nahid Islam has cautioned that any bid to stage a national election resembling the 2008 polls would fail, insisting that the upcoming election must be conducted in line with the 1991 model.

Two years ago, Mahbubur Rahman, a resident of Savar, worked in a garment factory on the outskirts of Dhaka.

Newly appointed US Ambassador to Dhaka Brent Christensen has said that the United States looks forward to working with all Bangladeshi political parties to advance shared peace and prosperity.