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Nurul Islam Bulbul, Jamaat-e-Islami's Dhaka south city chief and a parliamentary candidate from Chapainawabganj-3, said past Awami League elections were rigged by the administration and that voters rejected the polls.
Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter said preserving Bangladesh's native cattle breeds is essential for sustainable livestock development, warning that an exclusive focus on crossbreeds could raise future risks.
The government has begun accepting applications for 10,219 assistant teacher posts in government primary schools across six divisions, with online submissions open through Nov. 21.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said Nov. 7 reminds the nation that democracy cannot survive without securing the people's rights, accusing unnamed forces of trying to derail the country's democratic transition.
The International Republican Institute has issued eight recommendations on Bangladesh's 2026 national election, including finalizing the July charter, after a four-day mission warned of fragile pre-election conditions and the risk of more violence.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and seven allied parties have demanded the government accept a five-point charter before their Nov. 11 rally in Dhaka, with Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar warning the city's mood would change otherwise.
In Mirpur upazila of Kushtia, an agricultural library and organization called Krishaker Batighar is encouraging farmers to adopt climate-smart and sustainable farming while training local students.
Bangladesh has signed a $1 billion soybean import deal with the United States, dealing a blow to Indian exporters who have already seen sales to Bangladesh fall sharply this fiscal year, The Hindu reported.
A Dhaka court has barred former Rapid Action Battalion Director-General Md. Harun-or-Rashid, his wife and two daughters from traveling abroad while the Anti-Corruption Commission investigates allegations of illegally acquiring and laundering 1,000 crore taka.
A man was arrested in Kushtia's Khoksa upazila after he killed a dolphin from the Padma River and posted videos of the act on Facebook and TikTok, police said.
A draft Bangladesh Telecommunications Amendment Ordinance 2025 would impose up to two years in prison and a Tk 1.5 crore (about $12.3 million) fine for sending obscene or offensive messages by phone.
A decision by BNP's student wing to put male members in charge of the women's residence hall at Jamalpur Science and Technology University has triggered sharp criticism on campus.
Turkey's Okan University Hospital plans to open an IVF and infertility treatment center in Bangladesh by late 2026, as growing numbers of Bangladeshi patients travel abroad for fertility care.
Eleven people were killed and at least 30 injured in a fire at a nursing home in northeastern Bosnia, police said, with an investigation under way into the cause of the blaze.
Five leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its affiliated groups were wounded in a shooting in Raozan upazila of Chattogram, with one in critical condition, police said.
Nine political parties are seeking to form a third alliance outside the electoral blocs led by BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, the spokesman for Ganadhikar Parishad said.
Jamaat-e-Islami is preparing for next February's national election with new outreach to young people, women and Hindus, including events such as breast cancer awareness camps and motor rallies.
Jamaat-e-Islami expressed deep concern and condemnation over a shooting attack on BNP candidate Ershad Ullah during a campaign event in Chattogram that killed one person and wounded several.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate Ershad Ullah was shot at point-blank range during a campaign event in Chattogram, with a video showing a gunman opening fire from two arm-lengths away.
Producers in Tarash and Ullapara upazilas have begun the season's dried fish output, targeting roughly 275.80 metric tonnes, though traders say a weak flood and rampant pond digging may cut yields sharply.
Rival supporters of nominated former lawmaker Amjad Hossain and district BNP president Javed Masud Milton attacked each other's offices in Gangni, injuring at least 10 people and damaging a dozen motorcycles.
The price of 22-carat gold in Bangladesh has been cut by 10,474 taka per bhori to 193,809 taka, with the new rate taking effect Wednesday.
Islam places special emphasis on balance and moderation in every sphere of human life, treating thrift as a path to peace and salvation in this world and the next.
The president has dismissed Supreme Court Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar on the recommendation of the Supreme Judicial Council, with the Law Ministry issuing a notification Wednesday.
The BNP has announced preliminary candidates for 237 seats ahead of the next parliamentary election, with 63 seats believed to have been held back for coalition partners and allies.
A husband and wife died Wednesday when their motorcycle collided head-on with a power tiller on the Jhikargachha-Monirampur road in Jashore's Monirampur upazila.
Wholesale beans sell at 40 taka a kilogram and retail at 60 taka, but Ishwardi farmers say weak yields will leave them with losses despite the high prices.
Zohran Mamdani, 34, a Democrat born in Uganda, has been elected New York City's first Muslim mayor and its youngest in a century, defeating former Gov. Andrew Cuomo on a left-leaning, affordability-driven platform.
Ten people died of Aedes-borne dengue fever in the past 24 hours and 1,069 patients were admitted to hospitals nationwide, the Bangladesh Directorate General of Health Services said.
Zohran Mamdani's historic win in the New York City mayoral race is being framed as a generational rebuke of Democratic deference to Israel and a vote against silence on Gaza.
Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday dissolved the boards of five private banks slated for merger into a single Islamic lender and named administrators to take charge.
BNP candidate Ershad Ullah was shot and seriously wounded while campaigning in Chattogram's Bayezid area on Wednesday afternoon, party sources said.
Betel leaf farmers in Kushtia's Bhairamara are abandoning their groves as falling prices fail to cover even harvest and transport costs, leaving many ruined and debt-laden.
The BNP on Monday announced its candidates for five of the six parliamentary seats in Jashore, leaving one for an ally and tapping former student wing chief Kazi Rownakul Islam Srabon as a new…
A day after announcing its candidates for the next parliamentary election, the BNP on Tuesday suspended the nomination of Kamal Jaman Mollah in Madaripur-1, the party said.
BNP Chuadanga-1 nominee Sharifuzzaman Sharif urged supporters to forgo celebration and instead unite to secure victory for the party's 'sheaf of paddy' symbol.
A 17-year-old motorcyclist named Sagor died after his bike struck a jackfruit tree on the Chaugachha-Jashore road on Thursday, October 23, police said.
Hundreds of thousands of devotees and Baul mystics have gathered at Lalon Sain's shrine in Cheuria, Kushtia, for the saint's 135th death anniversary, observed this year as a national festival.
Authorities in Chitalmari upazila launched a free seed and fertilizer distribution program for small and marginal farmers on Thursday to boost rabi-season crop production across seven unions.
Mongla EPZ began a joint training program with the FBCCI Safety Council on Monday to help factories maintain output and limit damage during disasters.
Shobuj Shikder, 34, returned home after 17 years away and built a small mushroom-growing business on his veranda with 10,000 taka in capital.
Md. Kalam Khan, 48, was beaten to death in Morrelganj upazila of Bagerhat after being accused of theft by his cousins in a long-running land dispute, police said.
Masud Parvez, a Jamaat-e-Islami candidate for the Chuadanga-1 seat, said his party would build a self-reliant, corruption-free welfare state if voted to power.
Unknown attackers cut down about 300 high-yield guava trees belonging to farmer Jalal Uddin in Chuadanga's Jibannagar in what police are investigating as the result of a feud.
The Rampal coal-fired plant in Bagerhat generated 771.70 million units of electricity in August, accounting for 7.15 percent of national output, the plant's operator said.
Schools, colleges and residents at Mollar Hat in Bagerhat have urged the government to build a bridge across the Dhaleshwari River, which thousands cross daily by shallow boat.
Mostafa Hasan harvested 221 maunds of rice from four bighas in Bagerhat's Fakirhat upazila using 21 kilograms of seed of the new BRRI-108 variety, agriculture officials said.
Eighty women in Bagerhat work at Roji Ahmed's organic-goods factory, hand-crafting bird nests, cat toys and shoes from coconut husk and wood for export to Germany, Japan and Belgium.
Forest department rangers arrested seven men setting traps to hunt deer in the Sundarbans late Saturday and seized two trawlers and 100 snares, officials said.
Authorities fined three businesses 9,000 taka in Damurhuda upazila for failing to keep purchase vouchers, display price lists and for selling expired goods.
National Citizen Party (NCP) southern chief organizer Hasnat Abdullah said the Election Commission has not explained why it is withholding the water lily symbol, raising doubts about the body.
Attackers fired bullets and threw bombs at a BNP office near Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, killing a 55-year-old teacher and wounding three others.
Mangal Mia of Chuadanga's Alamdanga upazila lost his sight 35 years ago but still repairs bicycles, water pumps and power tillers, refusing to depend on others.
Magura Sadar upazila agriculture officer Mohammad Tojammel Haque has been disciplinarily transferred following multiple allegations of irregularities and corruption.
A 14-year-old ninth-grade student, Dima Islam, has gone missing after leaving her home in Kalia upazila of Narail to attend school.
A cocktail bomb exploded at the home of businessman Asadul Khondoker in Narail Sadar upazila one day after he filed a complaint over an extortion demand.
At least seven people were injured in a clash between two groups over local dominance in Narail's Lohagara upazila.
Nine young men in Meherpur secured constable positions in the police force on merit, paying just 240 taka each in a recruitment process officials described as fully transparent.
Fields across Meherpur are filling with early winter vegetables as farmers harvest cauliflower, cabbage, gourd and beans for sale in markets at home and beyond.
GANGNI, Meherpur — Gangni upazila observed the 54th National Cooperative Day on Saturday with a procession from the upazila parishad complex and a discussion meeting on the theme "Cooperatives will build the nation through…