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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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