Ruling Awami League lawmaker and former deputy speaker of the parliament Shawkat Ali said he is worried about fair polls in Naria municipality in Sharaiatpur district as there is one rebel candidate in the foray violating code of conduct.  “A rebel mayoral candidate of Awami League in Naria…

President Abdul Hamid yesterday urged both the public and private universities to take steps so that students could have adequate knowledge about the country’s culture, history and tradition, especially the undistorted Liberation War history, reports UNB. The president made the call when a five-member…

NARAYANGANJ: A devastating fire burnt down more than 100 shanties in Chanmari slum adjacent to the Dhaka-Narayanganj Link Road in the district town on Wednesday night, reports UNB. According to residents of the slum, the fire originated from a jute warehouse around 8:30am and it soon burnt down more…

Supporters of Awami League nominated mayoral candidate allegedly stabbed a supporter of Jatiya Party contestant at Paratungi in Muktagachha municipality on Wednesday night. The victim identified as Kala Chand, 14, of Paratungi area is a JSC examinee of RK High School in Muktagachha. Local sources said…

A transgender person, backed by ruling Awami League, is running for election to a councilor seat, reserved for women, in Kalaroa municipality in Satkhira. Dithi is general secretary of the Ward-9 unit of Juba League. The person will contest the election with the symbol “Bangle”. Dithi, who…

At least 8 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhattra Leaue (BCL), Islamic University (IU) unit, were hurt including 1 bullet injured in a clash between…

Elderly mother of a councilor candidate was killed allegedly in an attack by rivals in Gafargaon municipality early yesterday. Three others, including two brothers and wife of the candidate, were also injured in the attack, police said. The victim was Rabeya Begum, 65, mother of Azizul Islam, councilor…

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday urged the government not to take the issue of militancy ‘so lightly’ as it’s a national problem, reports UNB. He made the call while addressing a function at the auditorium of Photo Journalists Association in the city.…

Bangladesh and India have started demarcating the land in “adverse possessions” (AP) and raising pillars on the international border in Jalpaiguri district of north Bengal, reports The Hindu. The Survey of India officers have reached the disputed South Berubari gram panchayat in the district…

The 44th Victory Day was observed by all Bangladeshi missions abroad on Wednesday with due respect and festivity. The programmes chalked out by different missions included special prayers for the departed souls of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, four national leaders and…

The mild cold wave blowing across the northern plains has spread to the north-eastern tea valley of Srimangal, where the mercury slid to 8.4 degrees Celsius yesterday. Badalgachi in Naogaon has experienced the coldest night so far, with a minimum temperature of 7.5 degrees C on Wednesday. But the nights…

If Pakistan wants real good relations with Bangladesh, it will have to settle the unresolved issues, including the issuance of public apology for their crimes during the 1971 Liberation War, Bangladesh’s Deputy High Commissioner in Karachi Noor-E Helal Saifur Rahman has said. He also said that…

A lawyer yesterday served a legal notice on the chief election commissioner (CEC) demanding to know what punitive action has been taken against two ruling party ministers for the violation of electoral code of conduct. Supreme Court lawyer Advocate SM Julfikar Ali sent the legal notice to the CEC citing…

The consignments of the crustaceans products, including shrimp, imported into the European Union (EU) from  Bangladesh will no longer require ‘analytical tests’, according the  European Commission decisions taken based on an audit report, reports UNB. “Based on the results…

A Kushtia court here yesterday convicted a former schoolteacher and sentenced him to 10 years’ imprisonment in a case for raping female students and recording the rape-scenes through camera, reports UNB. The convict is Helal Uddin Panna alias Panna Master, a teacher of Barokhada Adarsha School…

The Textile and Jute Ministry yesterday issued an order making the use of jute bag mandatory for carrying and preserving any quantity of rice, paddy, wheat, maize, fertilizer and sugar aiming to implement the Jute Packaging Act, 2010, reports UNB. According to the order, the word ‘20 kgs and above’…