Latest

Those Linked to AL or Chhatra League Can’t Join NCP: Sarjis Alam

Those Linked to AL or Chhatra League Can’t Join NCP: Sarjis Alam

Sarjis Alam, chief organizer of the National Citizen Party (NCP) for the northern region, has said that anyone previously involved with the Awami League or Chhatra League before the mass uprising will...

  • 24 Oct 2025
24-hour police drive sees 1726 arrests across the country

24-hour police drive sees 1726 arrests across the country

A total of 1,726 people were arrested across the country, including the capital Dhaka, in an ongoing special operation by the police over the past 24 hours.The Police Headquarters confirmed the inform...

  • 24 Oct 2025
Govt suspends gazette declaring Cox’s Bazar Airport as international

Govt suspends gazette declaring Cox’s Bazar Airport as international

The government has decided to suspend the gazette that declared Cox’s Bazar Airport as an international airport, an official has confirmed.Group Captain Md Nur-e-Alam, president of the Cox’s Bazar Air...

  • 24 Oct 2025
Nutrition awareness campaign inspires farmers in Satkhira’s Kalaroa

Nutrition awareness campaign inspires farmers in Satkhira’s Kalaroa

A vibrant nutrition awareness campaign was held in Kalaroa upazila of Satkhira district on October 23, engaging women and young farmers from 12 unions under the theme “Food and Nutrition: Building a H...

  • 24 Oct 2025
Traffic diversion through Karnaphuli Tunnel for six nights from Saturday

Traffic diversion through Karnaphuli Tunnel for six nights from Saturday

Traffic movement through the Karnaphuli Tunnel will be partially diverted for six nights starting tomorrow to facilitate routine maintenance work, the Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) said in a press...

  • 24 Oct 2025
Fouzul urges ban on interim advisors taking future top posts

Fouzul urges ban on interim advisors taking future top posts

Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Advisor Fouzul Kabir Khan has proposed enacting an ordinance to bar advisors and other key appointees of the interim government from holding lucrative positions in...

  • 24 Oct 2025
Low-pressure forms over Bay; may intensify into cyclone: BMD

Low-pressure forms over Bay; may intensify into cyclone: BMD

A low-pressure area has formed over the southeast Bay of Bengal and may intensify into a depression before potentially developing into a cyclonic storm, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD)...

  • 24 Oct 2025
BNP to Finalize Candidates in 200 Seats This Month: Salahuddin Ahmed

BNP to Finalize Candidates in 200 Seats This Month: Salahuddin Ahmed

BNP will finalize single candidates in 200 constituencies within this month, allowing them to begin election preparations under the party’s banner, said BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed...

  • 24 Oct 2025
Bangladesh condemns Israeli move to impose ‘sovereignty’ over West Bank

Bangladesh condemns Israeli move to impose ‘sovereignty’ over West Bank

Bangladesh has strongly condemned the recent approval of a draft law by the Israeli Knesset aimed at imposing so-called “Israeli sovereignty” over the occupied West Bank.In a statement issued on Frida...

  • 24 Oct 2025
No local or foreign pressure to bring Awami League back to polls: Press Secretary

No local or foreign pressure to bring Awami League back to polls: Press Secretary

There is no local or foreign pressure to bring the Awami League back to the upcoming national election, the Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said on Friday.He said, “The Election Commissi...

  • 24 Oct 2025
At least 25 burnt alive as bus catches fire after crash in India

At least 25 burnt alive as bus catches fire after crash in India

At least 25 passengers were burnt to death after a private sleeper bus caught fire following a collision with a motorcycle in India’s Andhra Pradesh early Friday, according to local media reports.The...

  • 24 Oct 2025
Nasiruddin still with NCP, party dismisses midnight rumors

Nasiruddin still with NCP, party dismisses midnight rumors

Rumors spread on social media late Thursday night claiming that Nasiruddin Patwary, the chief coordinator of the National Citizen Party (NCP), had resigned from his position.Posts circulating on vario...

  • 24 Oct 2025
309 Bangladeshis return home voluntarily from Libya

309 Bangladeshis return home voluntarily from Libya

A special flight carrying 309 Bangladeshi nationals who voluntarily returned from Libya’s capital Tripoli landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Friday morning.The repatriation w...

  • 24 Oct 2025
Chief Adviser Yunus Cancels Saudi Visit

Chief Adviser Yunus Cancels Saudi Visit

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus’s planned visit to Saudi Arabia has been cancelled, multiple sources at the Chief Adviser’s Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have confirmed.Dr Yunus was sch...

  • 24 Oct 2025
Lula says he has the ‘energy of a 30-year-old’ at 80, vows to contest next election

Lula says he has the ‘energy of a 30-year-old’ at 80, vows to contest next election

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who turned 80 this October, has declared that he is ready to contest the next presidential election, claiming he still possesses the “energy of a 30-year-...

  • 24 Oct 2025
Graves Turn Shelters: Gaza’s Living Share Space with the Dead

Graves Turn Shelters: Gaza’s Living Share Space with the Dead

The guns have gone silent in Gaza, but the wounds of two years of war are far from healed, the scent of gunpowder still hangs in the air as residents returning home find their once vibrant neighborhoo...

  • 24 Oct 2025
Two Student Adviser Members Asked to Step Down, Decision Still Pending

Two Student Adviser Members Asked to Step Down, Decision Still Pending

Two student representatives in the interim government’s Advisory Council were advised by the top level of the administration to step down by mid-September, but both sought more time to decide, accordi...

  • 23 Oct 2025
Fugitives to be Barred from Contesting National Polls: Advisory Council

Fugitives to be Barred from Contesting National Polls: Advisory Council

The Advisory Council of the interim government has approved a draft amendment to the Representation of the People Order (RPO), introducing a provision that bars fugitive accused in criminal cases from...

  • 23 Oct 2025
Trump sanctions Russian oil as pressure on Putin to end Ukraine war

Trump sanctions Russian oil as pressure on Putin to end Ukraine war

The United States has imposed sweeping sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, intensifying Western efforts to force President Vladimir Putin to end his war in Ukraine.Announcing the measures...

  • 23 Oct 2025
A Particular Party Seeking Opportunity to Sign July Charter: Salahuddin

A Particular Party Seeking Opportunity to Sign July Charter: Salahuddin

A political party is looking for an opportunity to sign the July Charter, BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed has claimed.We have said that a referendum on the July Charter could be held on...

  • 23 Oct 2025