Sylhet: President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir arrived in Sylhet on Tuesday for a daylong visit, marking a significant occasion for the city. The aircraft carrying the president landed at Osmani International Airport at 11:29 am, where he was warmly re…
Dhaka: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Tuesday began selling nomination forms for the by-election to the Thakurgaon-1 parliamentary constituency, with Mirza Faisal Amin, younger brother of President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, collecting one. M…
Kolkata: Bangladeshi feature film ‘Jaya Aar Sharmin’ and documentary ‘Mamun: In Praise of Shadows’ have won awards at the 5th World Film Festival Kolkata 2026, which concluded Sunday at Nandan in Kolkata, India. Directed by Piplu R Khan, ‘Jaya Aar Sha…
Bagerhat: Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman on Tuesday claimed that more than 4,500 BNP leaders and activists were killed in the name of ‘crossfire’ and around 700 others were subjected to enforced disappearances during th…
Rangamati: A Rangamati court on Tuesday sentenced a man and his cousin to death for the murder of the man’s father in 2017. Rangamati District and Sessions Judge Md Ahsan Tarek delivered the verdict, sentencing Sohel Chakma, 32, and his cousin Alomoy …
Dhaka: The National Citizen Party (NCP) has issued a strong condemnation of the Election Commission (EC), accusing it of lacking independence and acting in a subservient manner. The criticism came in response to conflicting statements between the EC a…
Dhaka: Six more children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00 am on Tuesday, raising the country’s combined number of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 1036 this year. The Directorate General of Health Services (D…
Dhaka: Speakers at a discussion on Tuesday emphasized the urgent need for legal and institutional reforms to prevent the concentration of executive power and to ensure the independence of state institutions responsible for accountability, asserting th…
Dhaka: An unidentified man died after being hit by a train near the Kuril Bishwa Road railway tracks in the capital on Tuesday evening. Railway Police Constable Md Sajbir reported that the man, approximately 40 years old, sustained critical injuries a…