The World Bank has approved $370 million in financing to improve sanitation and solid waste management services aimed at reducing water pollution and restoring rivers and canals in and around Dhaka.

With only a day left before the national election, Dhaka wore a deserted look yesterday as many city residents left the capital to cast their votes in their respective constituencies.

A long-standing, unwritten equation has shaped Bangladesh’s parliamentary elections -- the party that secures a majority in the capital usually finds its path to forming the government.

Reaction comes after Reuters report quoting the US envoy on China’s expanding footprint in South Asia

Police investigation underway

High speed blamed for the accident; victims still unidentified

Accident occurred around 9:00am in the Jamalpur Bridge area

Backstreets bustle with activity despite quiet main roads

Bangladesh Animal Welfare Association set up the clinic in Banani

Bangladesh votes in a general election on Thursday

At least 11 people were injured in an explosion at the Starship factory of Abul Khair Group in Oxygen area of Chattogram yesterday morning.

Ali Mahmud, city editor of the daily Dinkal, died of a heart attack on Monday. He was 69.

A rice trader was hacked to death by criminals at his own shop in Mymensingh’s Trishal upazila on Monday night.

At least four people were killed and more than 30 injured in a head‑on collision between two buses on the Dhaka-Pabna highway in Sholabaria area of Pabna’s Santhia upazila this morning.

At least four people were killed and more than 30 injured in a head‑on collision between two buses on the Dhaka-Pabna highway in Sholabaria area of Pabna’s Santhia upazila this morning.

A government consultation committee has recommended limiting SSC exams to five core subjects -- Bangla, English, mathematics, science, and social science -- while keeping PSC and JSC exams in classes 5 and 8 scrapped.

Bangladesh’s ranking in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) worsened, with the country placed 13th among the world’s most corrupt nations out of 182.

As the dust settles on election season with the last day of campaigning officially ending yesterday morning, the street rallies were complemented by a digital battle for the ballot, where political parties poured crores of taka into thousands of Facebook ads.

Election codes strictly prohibit exploitation of religious sentiments for gaining electoral advantage.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has urged voters to make the February 12 election day the “birthday of a new Bangladesh”.