A World Bank delegation led by Country Director Jean Pesme met Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman at the party office on Tuesday to discuss economic reforms, taxation and social sector issues.
Jashore district fisheries officer Manirul Islam Mamun said the administration will apply for Geographical Indication recognition for the district's native koi fish, which is fast disappearing from the country.
A woman identified as Jahida Begum, 55, was killed when she was struck by the Khulna-bound Sundarban Express train near Barobazar railway station in Jhenaidah's Kaliganj upazila, police said.
A woman identified as Biuti Khatun, 45, died after falling from her husband's motorcycle in the Chitla Ruitanpur area of Chuadanga's Damurhuda upazila on Tuesday morning, police said.
Bank accounts of Moazzem Hossain, former personal aide to sports adviser Asif Mahmood, show unusual transactions, but the anti-graft probe has stalled, the Anti-Corruption Commission said.
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus said the court ruling against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her associates shows that no one, regardless of position, is above the law.
Dhaka University deputy registrar Muhammad Lablu Molla was handed to Shahbagh police late Monday after posting on Facebook about Sheikh Hasina's death sentence.
Diamond World managing director Dilip Kumar Agarwala has been charged by CID's Financial Crime Unit with smuggling gold and diamonds abroad and laundering 678 crore taka (about $55 million).
Fifty-three Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders and activists, including a recent ward general secretary, formally joined Jamaat-e-Islami at a Chuadanga school ground.
Thieves broke the shutters of three shops at a market in Chougachha, Jashore, on Thursday night, making off with 278,500 taka in cash and other goods, police said.
Kabir Ahmed, the Jamaat-e-Islami candidate for the Dhaka-9 parliamentary seat, called for honest, capable and new leadership to rebuild Bangladesh during a motorcycle procession in his support on Friday.
A young man broke into the rented home of a Rajshahi judge and stabbed to death the judge's 18-year-old son, also seriously wounding the judge's wife, before being detained by police on Thursday.
The International Monetary Fund said Bangladesh still faces three major financial challenges—weak revenue, a risky financial sector and high inflation—despite progress on macroeconomic stability and reforms.
The interim government has appointed new district administrators in 23 districts including Dhaka as part of a local administration reshuffle ahead of national elections, the public administration ministry said.
Bangladesh will open two new embassies in Dublin and Buenos Aires, the press wing of the chief adviser said Thursday, after the interim government's advisory council approved the proposal.
Dr. Mosleh Uddin Farid, the Jamaat-e-Islami candidate for Jashore-2, said the party would create employment for the country's unemployed youth if it forms the next government.
Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir held a reception and career guidance program for outstanding students at Government Nazir Akhtar College in Sonatola, with speakers urging the next generation to play a leading role in education…
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has called an emergency meeting of the party's top policymaking forum, the standing committee, for Thursday evening at the chairperson's office in Gulshan.
Bangladesh will hold a referendum on four issues to implement the July Charter, with voters choosing yes or no on constitutional reforms, the chief adviser announced Thursday. The referendum will take place on the…
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus said a referendum on the July Charter and the next national parliament election will be held on the same day, with the upper house of parliament formed through proportional representation.
BNP will not make major changes to the list of 237 candidates it announced on Nov. 3 for the 13th national parliament election, party sources said, even as some local supporters of those passed…
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 will announce Thursday when it will hand down its verdict against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and two others in a crimes-against-humanity case tied to the July uprising.
Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir will mobilize at 14 key points in Dhaka and other major cities on Thursday to prevent any sabotage by the banned Awami League, the group’s president, Jahidul Islam, said.
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus will address the nation Thursday afternoon, with Bangladesh Television, BTV News and BTV World broadcasting the speech live.
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Asif Nazrul said the government will make clear within three to four days how it intends to implement the July Charter.
With political parties unable to reach agreement, the interim government itself must move forward on implementing the July Charter, Law Adviser Asif Nazrul said.
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi accused the Yunus administration of sheltering collaborators of the ousted Awami League, saying Sheikh Hasina is sending audio recordings from India and sabotage is being prepared…
Pro-liberation students and citizens must mobilize against Sheikh Hasina and her associates, said Abu Sadik Kayem, central publications secretary of Islami Chhatra Shibir and vice president of the Dhaka University Central Students' Union.
Five workers were burned when a chemical overflowed while being poured at an automated rice mill in Magura's Alokdia area on Saturday, hospital officials said.
Jamaat-e-Islami is trying to derail the election by pushing demands such as proportional representation because it fears the vote, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said Tuesday.
If the BNP cites the constitution against a referendum, then under the current constitution the next election cannot be held before 2029, Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant Secretary General Hamidur Rahman Azad said Tuesday.
At least 12 people were killed and several others wounded in an explosion outside a court building in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, police said Tuesday.
Tensions are rising within the BNP over candidate nominations for the upcoming 13th national parliamentary election, with one Chhatra Dal worker killed in a clash and protests reported across more than two dozen seats.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami chief Dr. Shafiqur Rahman said women workers would get five-hour workdays at eight hours' pay if his party formed the next government.
The Election Commission has banned campaign posters and drones, capped billboards and banners at 20 per candidate and ruled out the use of artificial intelligence for malicious purposes in the upcoming 13th national parliamentary…
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Professor Golam Rasul pledged at a free medical camp in Jashore's Bagharpara to modernize the upazila's health services if elected to the next parliament.
The Health Ministry has reduced 355 MBBS seats and added 75 across government medical colleges for the 2025-26 academic year, setting total enrollment at 5,100.
Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir Secretary General Nurul Islam Saddam said the student group will confront the banned Awami League on the streets if it attempts to mobilize.
Students can apply to government and private secondary schools from Nov. 21 through Dec. 5, with the digital lottery scheduled for Dec. 14, education officials said Monday.
At least eight people were killed and 11 injured in a powerful explosion near the Red Fort metro station in India's capital, police said Monday, with authorities investigating the cause.
Five cattle belonging to farmer Kohinoor Mallick burned to death in a mysterious overnight fire at his cattle shed in Choughachha, Jashore, with five other animals in critical condition.
Early winter vegetables are reaching markets in Joypurhat's Kshetlal upazila, but prices remain elevated, with most produce selling for 60 to 80 taka per kilogram, traders said.
Hasnat Abdullah, the National Citizen Party's chief organizer for southern Bangladesh, said the BNP has abandoned the ideals of its founder Ziaur Rahman, particularly since Aug. 5.
National Citizen Party Convener Nahid Islam said the party is in its infancy but will flourish with the people's support, in a video message posted to the party's page Sunday night.
Tanzin Ahmed Abid, 30, a Chhatra Dal worker, was killed in clashes between two BNP factions over a nomination dispute in Mymensingh's Gauripur on Sunday evening.
Jamaat-e-Islami and seven allied parties will hold a joint rally at Paltan in Dhaka on Tuesday to demand implementation of the July National Charter and a referendum.
Onion prices fell by 20 to 30 taka per kg in Dhaka markets on Sunday after a syndicate-driven spike pushed prices up by as much as 70 taka in a week, with the commerce…
Four girls from one family, three of them sisters, drowned in a pond in Meherpur's Sadar upazila on Sunday afternoon while picking lotus flowers, officials said.
A government-set one-week deadline for political parties to reach agreement on implementing the July Charter and holding a referendum expires Sunday, with no compromise in sight and the interim administration now expected to decide.
The decision on a new pay commission for government employees will be taken by the next elected government, Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed said Sunday after meetings of the interim cabinet's purchase and economic committees.
An experience-sharing meeting on local anti-corruption social movements was held Saturday in Kushtia, organized by the Committee of Concerned Citizens and Transparency International Bangladesh.
The interim government has formed a national pay commission but will leave the decision on a new pay scale to the next elected government, Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed said Sunday.