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'Widespread irregularities' in Bangladesh bar polls, says European bar association

Dhaka, May 2 -- The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) has alleged serious irregularities in several district bar elections in Bangladesh. They have written directly to Prime Minister... Read More


Haor flooding: Dams meant to offer protection worsen waterlogging

Dhaka, May 2 -- Every year, in districts with Haor wetlands, the dams and embankments are breached by upstream flow, submerging the only crop of the year - Boro paddy. This year, there haven't been wi... Read More


Interim government altered measles vaccine procurement defying UNICEF calls: report

Dhaka, May 2 -- Muhammad Yunus's interim government halted measles-rubella (MR) vaccine procurement through the UNICEF for an open tender, despite the UN children agency warning of potential disruptio... Read More


BNP panel win landslide in Dhaka Bar Association election

Dhaka, May 2 -- The BNP-backed Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Ainjibi Oikya Panel (Blue Panel) has run away with the 2026-27 Dhaka Bar Association executive committee elections, winning all 23 posts in a land... Read More


No beds, patchy oxygen: Rising measles cases stretch Cumilla unit beyond capacity

Dhaka, May 1 -- A dedicated measles isolation unit has been launched in a separate building at Cumilla Medical College Hospital (CMCH) to manage the influx of young patients. Meah Monjur Ahmed, head ... Read More


EC moves to verify 'abnormal' voter registrations at ex-councillor's houses in Narayanganj

Dhaka, May 1 -- The Election Commission has described as "abnormal" the registration of unusually high numbers of voters at several houses on a single road in Narayanganj, including two properties own... Read More


US belongs 'at bottom of Persian Gulf waters', says Iran supreme leader

Dhaka, May 1 -- Iran's supreme leader has declared that the only place for Americans in the Persian Gulf is "at the bottom of its waters", signalling a new era for the region's history, The Times of I... Read More


Oil's price boom foreshadows a post-war bust

Dhaka, May 1 -- Right now, oil investors' main obsession is excessively high prices. Fair enough: the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz since early March has sent Brent crude as high as $126 a... Read More


NCT posts record single-day container handling

Dhaka, May 1 -- The New Mooring Terminal (NCT) has handled a record number of containers, surpassing 5,700 TEUs in a single day, says the Chittagong Port Authority. A total of 5,709 TEUs (twenty-foot... Read More


Police say wife, eldest son of former expat confess to his murder, destruction of evidence

Dhaka, May 1 -- The wife and eldest son of a former expatriate in Chattogram's Rangunia have confessed to his murder and the subsequent scrubbing of their home to destroy evidence following their arre... Read More