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Jatiya Party to field candidates for 300 constituencies despite fears of 'engineered elections'

Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- The Jatiya Party, led by GM Quader, has announced it will field candidates in all 300 constituencies for the parliamentary polls, despite concerns over "voting fairness", Secretary G... Read More


Amir Khosru, Gias Quader, Mir Helal collect nomination papers in Chattogram

Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- Senior BNP leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has collected his nomination paper for the Chattogram-10 constituency, as multiple contenders from the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami move to ... Read More


ULAB celebrates Victory Day 2025 paying homage to freedom fighters

Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- The University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh has marked Victory Day 2025 with an event paying tribute to the heroes of the Liberation War. The observance on Tuesday began with the unve... Read More


Bangladesh sees India's reciprocal envoy call as 'routine', rejects unsolicited election advice

Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- Following the summons of the Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka, the subsequent call for Bangladesh's envoy in New Delhi is being regarded as "routine" by Foreign Advisor Touhid Hossa... Read More


'These do not qualify as buildings,' Fire Service officer fumes after Islambagh blaze

Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- Inside narrow lanes, one-storey brick houses have been topped with three to four additional floors made of bamboo, tin and wood, which are rented out. In Old Dhaka's Islambagh, thes... Read More


Ekushey Book Fair postponed due to elections, opens Feb 20

Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- The Amar Ekushey Book Fair has been postponed to Feb 20 due to the national elections and will continue through to Mar 15. The decision came at an emergency meeting at the Bangla Ac... Read More


'Hadi attack suspect had long hair, now it's cropped short', car rental owner tells court

Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- A rent-a-car businessman at the centre of the probe into the attempted killing of Inqilab Moncho Convenor Sharif Osman bin Hadi has told a Dhaka court that the prime suspect looked m... Read More


Shamsul named chief security officer for Khaleda Zia, Tarique Rahman

Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has appointed retired brigadier general AKM Shamsul Islam as the chief security officer to the party chairperson and acting chairman. The deve... Read More


Household aide Ayesha 'confesses' to Mohammadpur double murder

Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- Domestic aide Ayesha Akhter has given a confessional statement to the court in connection with the murder of a mother and her teenage daughter in Dhaka's Mohammadpur, after her husba... Read More


EU to deploy nearly 200 observers for national election, says EC secretary

Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- The European Union (EU) will send between 175 and 200 observers to Bangladesh for the parliamentary elections, according to the Election Commission Secretary Akhtar Ahmed. He disclo... Read More