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Residents of Chuadanga staged a human-chain protest demanding the cancellation of Goutam Kumar Biswas’s appointment as the district’s police superintendent, calling him an ally of the former Awami League government.
A funeral prayer was held for Jannatul Ferdous, assistant professor at Jahangirnagar University’s Faculty of Fine Arts, who died while participating in the vote count of the JUCSU election.
The general secretary candidate of the United Students’ Alliance warned of stronger action if Jahangirnagar University Central Students’ Union election results are not announced Friday.
Howard University Assistant Professor Mirza Galib said Chhatra Dal could have campaigned with a smile rather than boycotting the JUCSU election even if defeat was certain.
Voting in the Jahangirnagar University Central Students’ Union election has ended and counting is under way. Preliminary results may be announced within hours, the election commission said.
Chhatra Dal’s vice-president candidate and his supporters entered Jahangirnagar University’s Hall No. 15 polling center and caused disorder over false rigging allegations, witnesses said.
Joint forces arrested a Chhatra League leader and four others in connection with an attack on police and vandalism of a police vehicle in Rajbari’s Goalanda, the additional police superintendent said.
Associates of a drug suspect detained by police snatched him away after attacking officers in Jashore’s Rajarhat area, injuring a CID constable, police said.
The government is preparing to give the Non-Government Teachers' Registration and Certification Authority sole power to recommend headmasters and principals at private schools and colleges, after years of complaints about graft in panel-led appointments.
Amanullah Aman, central organizing secretary of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, alleged at a news conference that members of Jamaat-e-Islami's student wing Chhatra Shibir have taken positions in left-wing student groups at Rajshahi University.
The Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission has recommended allowing imports of eggs once a dozen tops 150 taka and onions once they cross 90 taka per kilogram, along with duty waivers to stabilize prices.
The Ministry of Public Administration has promoted 262 officials to the rank of deputy secretary, with the order taking effect immediately, according to a gazette notification issued Thursday, Aug. 28.
A landslide triggered by days of heavy rain destroyed the village of Tarasin in the remote Marrah Mountains of western Sudan, killing at least 1,000 people, the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army said.
Dr. Mosleh Uddin Farid, Jamaat-e-Islami's nominated candidate for Jashore-2, said the party has worked since its founding for a society free of hunger, poverty and inequality, addressing a workers' rally in Chougachha upazila.
The interim government has closed three land ports along the Bangladesh-India border and suspended operations at a fourth, citing a lack of activity and inadequate infrastructure, Chief Adviser's press secretary Shafiqul Alam said.
The Inter-Services Public Relations directorate said the government has issued no directive to deploy the army for upcoming central student council elections at universities and that there is no scope for such a role…
Investigators from the International Crimes Tribunal visited Chougachha in Jashore to probe the 2016 shooting that left two Islami Chhatra Shibir leaders, Israfil and Ruhul Amin, with leg wounds inflicted by police, officials said.
Additional commissioner Mohammad Shafiqul Islam has been named head of the Detective Branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, filling a post that had been vacant for four and a half months, according to an…
DHAKA — The Election Commission will formally announce the work plan for the 13th national parliamentary election on Thursday, Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said Wednesday.
DHAKA — Gold prices in Bangladesh have risen for the first time in a month, with the Bangladesh Jewellers' Association raising the price of 22-carat gold by 1,050 taka per bhori to 172,650 taka,…
DHAKA — The government will hand over the mobile financial services platform Nagad, currently run by the postal department, to the private sector, Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H. Mansur said Wednesday.
CHOUGACHHA, Jashore — Dr. Mosleh Uddin Farid, the Jamaat-e-Islami candidate for Jashore-2, presented a check for 200,000 taka Tuesday for the renovation and development of the Chougachha Upazila Press Club.
CHOUGACHHA, Jashore — Sports are essential to keeping body and mind healthy, Dr. Mosleh Uddin Farid, the Jamaat-e-Islami candidate for Jashore-2, said Saturday at a football tournament prize-giving in Chougachha.
CHATTOGRAM — The wait for ships to berth at Chattogram port, which had stretched to about a week, is now shortening, easing delays in cargo delivery for businesses.
DHAKA — Rehana Parvin, executive chairman of the National Skills Development Authority, was appointed Monday as secretary of the Education Ministry's Secondary and Higher Education Division, becoming the first woman to hold the post.
DHAKA — Shafiqul Islam Apu, the Awami League's Jhenaidah district president and a former member of Parliament, was arrested late Sunday at his Dhanmondi home in the capital, police said.
COX'S BAZAR — Teachers laid off from an education program in the Rohingya camps blocked the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf highway in Ukhiya's Kotbazar area Monday morning, demanding their jobs back.
DHAKA — Banks and garment factories across Bangladesh will close on Aug. 5 to mark the July Uprising Day, with Bangladesh Bank and the apparel-industry body BGMEA issuing separate notices.
DHAKA — The central bank has cut its private-sector credit growth target to 7.20% through December from 9.8%, citing efforts to rein in inflation, Governor Ahsan H. Mansur said Thursday.
CHUADANGA — Border guards in Chuadanga seized 21 gold bars weighing 2.449 kg and valued at Tk 3.6 crore (about $300,000) and detained a smuggler near the Darshana frontier, officials said Thursday.
NARAIL — More than 400 students at a madrasa in Lohagara upazila took an anti-corruption pledge Thursday at an event organized by the local anti-corruption committee with support from the Anti-Corruption Commission.
NARAIL — BNP leaders and activists held a protest rally and news conference in Kalia after an Awami League-affiliated woman filed an extortion case against senior local BNP figures, which the party calls a…
DHAKA — Detectives arrested Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah, the former vice chancellor of Begum Rokeya University, in the capital’s Mohammadpur area on Thursday on the request of the Anti-Corruption Commission.
DHAKA — Students may get another chance to migrate between the 19 cluster universities for the 2024-25 academic year, with a final decision expected on Sunday, the admission committee’s convener said.
JASHORE — Renowned Bengali essayist Pramatha Chaudhuri, born in Jashore on this day in 1868, is being remembered with commemorative events organized by a memorial council.
DHAKA — Bangladesh’s madrasa board will hold a Class 5 merit scholarship exam in December, reviving a test that has been suspended for 16 years.
DHAKA — The Election Commission will rely on postal ballots for Bangladeshi voters abroad, with the postal service contacting 192 countries to handle the process under Universal Postal Union rules.
DHAKA — About 36 million children in Bangladesh suffer harmful lead poisoning, including 20 million under age 5 who have grown up with diminished cognition, a research forum at icddr,b heard.
Chemical pollution now poses a threat to humanity and nature on par with climate change, a new research report says, warning that public awareness and regulatory action remain inadequate.
The chief adviser's office has formally written to the Election Commission asking it to complete all preparations to hold the national election before Ramadan begins in February 2026.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party held a rally and victory procession in Chaugachha upazila of Jashore on Tuesday to mark the first anniversary of the July uprising.
In Phulbari upazila of Kurigram, the traditional method of fishing with bamboo-tied hooks known as nol borshi is nearly extinct as modern nets, traps and the loss of wetlands have reshaped rural life.
Md. Aminul Islam has joined as the new chairman of the Non-Government Teachers' Registration and Certification Authority, the agency said.
Interim government information adviser Mahfuj Alam said the footsteps of a one-eleven scenario can be heard, referring to the 2007 military-backed caretaker government.
Dates are a nutrient-rich fruit with medicinal value, and Islamic tradition cites their benefits repeatedly, particularly the Ajwa dates of Medina.
A Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami delegation met with Education Adviser Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar and demanded the nationalization of all private educational institutions and the inclusion of non-MPO teachers in the government pay scheme.
The question structure and mark distribution for the fifth-grade primary scholarship examination have been released, with five subjects carrying 400 total marks.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami held a public rally in Chaugachha upazila of Jashore on Monday to mark the first anniversary of the July revolution.
A Dhaka court has ordered the arrest of former information minister Hasanul Haq Inu, former minister Rashed Khan Menon and former ICT state minister Junaid Ahmed Palak in a case over the killing of…
At least 68 African migrants and refugees drowned and 74 remain missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, the United Nations migration agency said.
CHOUGACHHA, Jashore — Dr. Mridul Kanti of Chougachha Upazila Health Complex has been absent for 10 years but remains on the official roster, leaving the facility short-staffed.
In the 54 years since independence, Chougacha upazila in Jashore has never had a member of parliament from among its own people — every winner in the Jashore-2 seat has come from neighbouring Jhikargachha…
DHAKA — Conspiracies are underway to undo the spirit of the July uprising, and those benefiting from it must be identified and removed from power, Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Dr. Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher said Sunday.
DHAKA — On the first anniversary of the one-point demand that toppled Sheikh Hasina's government, National Citizen Party convener Nahid Islam announced a 24-point manifesto for what he called a Second Republic.
DHAKA — The 1972 constitution belongs to a single party and was brought in from another country, National Citizen Party northern coordinator Sarjis Alam said Sunday, demanding a new constitution.
DHAKA — BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman urged first-time voters Sunday to back the party's paddy-sheaf symbol in the next national election.
CHUADANGA — Two children drowned in the Bhairab River in Muktarpur village of Jibannagar upazila while bathing on Sunday afternoon, police said.
DHAKA — Final admissions for the 2024-25 academic year at 19 public universities in the cluster admission system begin Sunday and will run through Aug. 7.
DHAKA — The Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee released the rescheduled dates Wednesday for the postponed Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent exams.
DHAKA — Milestone School and College in Uttara will reopen Sunday, 12 days after a fighter jet crashed into one of its buildings, killing students and teachers.