The Election Commission (EC) has recommended increasing one parliamentary seat in Gazipur and reducing one in Bagerhat ahead of the upcoming national elections, based on updated voter statistics. Election Commissioner Md Anwarul Islam Sarkar made the announcement at a press conference

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has set a new cap on the number of mobile SIM cards a user can register with a single National Identity Card (NID), lowering the limit from 15 to 10. In a notice issued on Wednesday, BTRC said that subscribers who currently have

Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd.) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said there is no security concern centering August 5, on Wednesday (July 30). Speaking to reporters at the Ministry of Home Affairs at the Secretariat, he said, “If Allah wills, everything will be

A Sylhet court on Wednesday (July 30) sentenced eight people to death and seven others to life imprisonment in the 2021 murder of school student Sumel Ahmed in Bishwanath upazila. Additionally, 17 more were sentenced two years of rigorous imprisonment each.  Judge Syeda Amina

Launch services on ten internal routes in Bhola district have been suspended following the hoisting of cautionary signal number three at four sea ports and signal number one at the river port, officials said on Wednesday (July 30). The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority

Kushtia District and Sessions Judge Court is facing serious operational disruptions due to structural damage and poor drainage, according to court officials and staff. Water leaks through the roof during rainfall, damaging important documents, while chunks of ceiling plaster have

Five people have been arrested in a joint operation over their suspected involvement in an attack on a Hindu neighborhood in Rangpur’s Gangachara upazila. “Five persons have already been arrested in a joint operation in a case filed in this connection,” said a press

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted former Awami League leader Mobarak Hossain in a case related to crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War. The verdict was delivered by a five-member bench headed by Chief Justice Dr Syed Refaat Ahmed,

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecast light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind across the country in the next 24 hours, starting from 9am today (July 30). According to the met office bulletin issued this morning, most places in

A Dhaka court has granted a seven-day remand for former Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque in a case involving charges of corruption and document forgery. The remand order was passed today (30 July) by Dhaka’s Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sanaullah, following a

Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 13th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 88 at 09:15am on Wednesday (July 30) morning. At 9:15am, the city recorded an AQI score of 88, falling into the "moderate" category —

The non-resident Ambassador of Djibouti to Bangladesh, Mr Isse Abdillahi Assoweh, paid a courtesy call on Foreign Secretary Ambassador Asad Alam Siam at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dhaka on Tuesday afternoon. Welcoming the Ambassador, the Foreign Secretary expressed satisfaction

A Cumilla court has sentenced two men to life imprisonment and six others 10-year in jail for killing a shoe trader in 2009 in Chauddagram upazila. Judge Sabbir Mahmud Chowdhury of the Cumilla Additional District and Sessions Judge Court-4 delivered the verdict, with fine Tk50,000 each

Dr Morris Tidball-Binz, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions held meeting with Inspector General of Police (IGP) Baharul Alam, in Dhaka on Tuesday (July 29). The courtesy meeting was held at the Police Headquarters, where both sides

The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education has initiated a process to urgently fill over 34,000 vacant head teacher positions at government primary schools across the country. The move was announced in a press statement issued Tuesday (July 29) by Abdullah Shibli Sadik, Senior

Thirty-three people remain admitted to the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery following the Bangladesh Air Force jet crash at Milestone School and College in Dhaka’s Uttara, with three in critical condition in the ICU. Doctors say the condition of the burn victims has

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen said on Tuesday that China’s relations with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami had faced barriers over the past decade, but efforts are now underway to improve ties. “High-level delegations from both BNP and

Bangladesh’s Special Branch (SB) of police has warned that the banned political party Awami League may attempt to disrupt law and order across the country by launching online and offline propaganda campaigns. In a circular issued on Monday (July 28), the Special Branch expressed

Law Adviser to the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Asif Nazrul, has urged the public not to question the government’s sincerity in prosecuting those responsible for the July movement killings, despite various shortcomings. He, however, said: “We have

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has forecast light to moderate rain or thundershowers with temporary gusty winds across the country over the next 24 hours from 9 am today. According to the met office bulletin, most areas in Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram, and Sylhet divisions