Dhaka, Dec. 13 -- A fire at a multi-storey building complex in Keraniganj on the outskirts of Dhaka has yet to be tamed more than seven hours after it broke out. Fourteen firefighting units are battl... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 13 -- In the wake of recent attacks targeting candidates and election facilities, the Election Commission (EC) has instructed police to beef up security at election offices nationwide, inc... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 13 -- Sanskrit is being taught again in Pakistan's classrooms for the first time since Partition. The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) has introduced a four-credit course i... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 13 -- Ferry terminal No. 7 at Daulatdia in Rajbari has been temporarily closed due to a navigability crisis in the Padma River, according to the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporati... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 13 -- Senior BNP leader Mirza Abbas has described how he "maintained calm and silence" when confronted by an aggressive crowd while visiting Sharif Osman bin Hadi in hospital following an ... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 13 -- A mobile court has fined a BNP-backed candidate in Chattogram for violating the electoral code of conduct. Nazmul Mostafa Amin, who secured the BNP nomination to contest the general... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 13 -- Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has claimed that the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Ordinance is being "held hostage by a bureaucratic takeover". In a media sta... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 13 -- Firefighters have contained the blaze in a multi-storey building in Keraniganj after more than 11 and a half hours, though full extinguishment is expected to take at least another da... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 13 -- Tarique Rahman has warned that the conspirators have not stopped and that holding the parliamentary elections will "not be easy". The BNP acting chief made the remarks while attendi... Read More
Dhaka, Dec. 13 -- An attempt has been made to set the office of the Upazila election officer on fire in Pirojpur's Mathbaria. Mathbaria Police chief Sheikh Helal Uddin said the attempt was made on Sa... Read More