Bangladesh, Aug. 13 -- Bangladesh has not witnessed a contested presidential election in three and a half decades, but that changes this month, with both the ruling and Opposition parties fielding can... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 13 -- CNG-run autorickshaw drivers have blocked the Jamalpur-Tangail Highway for four hours, protesting a severe gas shortage in the district. The blockade ran from 7am to 11am on Th... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 13 -- Prime Minister and BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has sat down with the party's National Standing Committee and senior leaders to finalise its presidential candidate. The meeting ... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 13 -- Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President Oli Ahmad has entered the presidential race as the candidate of the Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party alliance. A delegation led by AHM Hami... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 13 -- Lawyer Yunus Ali Akhand has filed a writ petition with the High Court challenging the validity of Article 70 of the Constitution and seeking the suspension of the presidential e... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 13 -- The Election Commission (EC) has decentralised the process of settling certain applications for correcting dates of birth on national identity cards. In a directive issued on T... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 13 -- The ruling BNP has nominated Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir for the presidency, putting the veteran politician on course to become Bangladesh's 23rd president. BNP Chairman Tariqu... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 13 -- Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has stepped down as BNP secretary general and member of the BNP National Standing Committee after being nominated by the ruling party as its candidat... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 13 -- The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) has reached a fresh decision on Gulshan's Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Smriti Park after coming under fire for erasing its name. Under the n... Read More
Bangladesh, Aug. 13 -- A hospitalised patient in Sylhet has died after reportedly jumping from the fifth floor of MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital. The incident occurred in the hospital's new buil... Read More