Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- The government has issued a policy to allow "politically important" individuals and election candidates to obtain firearms licences and hire retainers (gunmen). Following the shooti... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Police have arrested a former Jubo League leader of Sreepur Upazila in Magura after he collected a nomination form to contest the national elections. Former Upazila party president ... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Domestic observer groups have until Dec 21 to submit applications to monitor the parliamentary polls and referendum, scheduled for Feb 12, 2026. A letter was issued on Monday outlin... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- The US Embassy in Dhaka has warned US citizens that peaceful gatherings could "turn into violence" ahead of the parliamentary election. The embassy issued a security alert for the e... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- It was not Al-Badr and Al-Shams but people from "neighbouring country" who carried out the Dec 14 killings of intellectuals in 1971, a BNP leader in Narayanganj has claimed. On Mond... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- A Dhaka court has granted police five days to question Saheda Parvin Samia, wife of suspect Faisal Karim Masud, his brother-in-law Wahid Ahmed Shipu, and close friend Maria Akter Lim... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Household aide Ayesha Akhter's husband Rabbi has given a "confessional" statement to the court in connection with the murder of a mother and her teenage daughter in Dhaka's Mohammadp... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- The interim government has decided to import another 50,000 tonnes of rice from India in a bid to manage inflation, Finance Advisor Salehuddin Ahmed has said. He made the announceme... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- A Pure Food Court in Dhaka has ordered Nestle, the Switzerland-based food and beverage company, to withdraw a batch of KitKat chocolate from the Bangladesh market, declaring it "unsa... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) Vice-President Abu Shadik Kayem has demanded that Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin apologise for his remarks over the shoo... Read More