The macro economy is likely to face challenges of irregularities and miss management as the country goes for the national election later this year or early next year, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) said yesterday. “Public money is being plundered under the favour of the government,” alleged…

Ahead of the first meeting of the Bangladesh-Myanmar joint working group for repatriation of Rohingyas on January 15-16, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said that the majority of the people from Rakhine, who took shelter in Cox’s Bazar to escape atrocities in Myanmar…

The present spell of cold is likely to be prolonged compared to previous years and the country’s people would have to experience shivering cold throughout January, meteorologists said. Experts said not just Bangladesh, the whole world is witnessing the weather’s abnormal behaviour, which…

 A 59-year-old detainee died in police custody early on Saturday in Jamalpur district. The deceased was identified as Nazim Uddin Sikdar, a resident of Shalina village in Tangail Sadar upazila. While police suspect Sikdar died due to a heart attack, his family alleged that he succumbed to custodial…

The ruling Awami League has started selling its nomination forms for the upcoming Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) by-elections slated for February 26. The ruling party would sell its nomination forms for the by-polls till Monday. In the first day, seven mayoral aspirants including Atiqul Islam,…

Instead of finalising its candidate, BNP yesterday decided to sell nomination forms among people willing to contest the upcoming by-polls to the Dhaka North City Corporation with the party ticket, reports UNB. Party standing committee members took the decision at a meeting at the BNP chairperson's…