Bangladesh would have 'fallen to India' without Khaleda, claims Jamaat's Taher

Dhaka, Dec. 1 -- Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdullah Mohammad Taher has claimed Bangladesh might have fallen "under India's control much earlier" had BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia not been resolute in her p... Read More

Jamaat explains women's reduced working hours plan, BNP challenges gender assumptions

Dhaka, Dec. 1 -- The Jamaat-e-Islami's Dhaka Metropolitan South Secretary Shafiqul Islam Masud has said the proposal to reduce women's daily working hours to five is intended to "respect them". He sa... Read More

EC extends postal voting registration deadline for general election

Dhaka, Dec. 1 -- The Election Commission has extended the deadline for postal voting registration by a week. On Sunday, EC Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said Bangladeshi expatriates would have until Dec 25 ... Read More

Tight lanes, congested buildings make firefighting difficult in Chawkbazar

Dhaka, Dec. 1 -- Firefighters have worked in difficult conditions to contain a fire that spread across two neighbouring buildings in Chawkbazar's Rahmatganj Dalpatti, as congested lanes and cramped su... Read More

Oxford University Press chooses 'rage bait' as word of the year

Dhaka, Dec. 1 -- The Oxford University Press has chosen rage bait as its 2025 word of the year, reflecting the explosive role of online content engineered to spark outrage. Use of the term has triple... Read More

Fires break out at five locations in Gazipur within five hours

Dhaka, Dec. 1 -- Fires have broken out at five locations in Gazipur within five hours, causing extensive damage to property, according to the Fire Service. Officials said the incidents occurred betwe... Read More

Advisor Wahiduddin says administrative hurdles, contractor reluctance undermining development projects

Dhaka, Dec. 1 -- Officials are shunning the role of development project director, once considered a "desirable post", while contractors too are showing declining enthusiasm, threatening the momentum o... Read More

ACC to open probe into former chief Iqbal Mahmood

Dhaka, Dec. 1 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to launch an investigation against its former chairman Iqbal Mahmood. The investigation will cover allegations of bribery, abuse of p... Read More

Tulip calls Bangladesh plot corruption verdict 'predictable', 'farcical'

Dhaka, Dec. 1 -- British MP Tulip Siddiq has rejected her sentence in Bangladesh on corruption charges, branding the verdict "flawed and farcical" and "as predictable as it is unjustified." Speaking ... Read More

Baul artiste's husband found dead in Narayanganj

Dhaka, Dec. 1 -- The husband of a Baul singer has been killed in Narayanganj's Fatullah. Local police chief Anwar Hossain said the blood-stained body of the 35-year-old man, Sumon Khalifa, was found ... Read More

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