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Bangladesh Open University Vice Chancellor A.B.M. Obaidul Islam said teachers were forced at gunpoint to stamp ballots and stuff ballot boxes overnight during past elections, and that those days would not return.
Police recovered the body of an unidentified man, about 34, near the Ramchandrapur bridge on the Majhkandi-Boalmari-Bhatiapara regional highway in Faridpur's Boalmari upazila on Saturday afternoon.
Nawabganj upazila Jamaat-e-Islami's youth wing distributed winter clothing to 700 madrasa students in Dinajpur on Friday with support from Renaissance Design Ltd.
Jamaat-e-Islami chief Dr. Shafiqur Rahman said the next general election would write a new chapter in Bangladesh's history and warned that any attempt at vote engineering would be answered.
Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh felt a second earthquake on Saturday evening, a day after a stronger 5.7-magnitude quake killed at least 10 people across the country.
A total of 8,584 expatriate Bangladeshis registered to vote by postal ballot in the next general election within the first three days of the rollout of the Postal Vote BD mobile app.
The government has written to the Election Commission asking it to hold a referendum on the same day as the 13th parliamentary election, EC Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said Saturday.
Four people, all from the same family, were killed and four others injured when a minibus collided with an easy bike on the Dinajpur-Dashmile highway on Saturday afternoon.
Border Guard Bangladesh detained 10 people, including women and children, while they were attempting to cross from India into Bangladesh through the Indrapur village fields in Jashore's Chougachha upazila.
A low-pressure system is likely to form over the southern Andaman Sea and adjoining areas within the next 24 hours, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department said.
A 5.7-magnitude tremor that shook the country is a warning of a future major earthquake, geologists say — with city agencies having flagged some 2.1 million Dhaka buildings as risky and a RAJUK study…
Friday's magnitude-5.7 earthquake was a warning of a far larger tremor to come, experts said, with city authorities flagging some 2.1 million buildings in the capital as vulnerable.
India's Border Security Force handed over a Bangladeshi national to the Border Guard Bangladesh through a flag meeting at the Darshana border in Chuadanga on Friday afternoon.
Two brothers, Nuru Khan, 60, and Fazlu Khan, 55, were electrocuted in Hossainpur upazila of Kishoreganj on Saturday morning when the younger brother tried to save the elder from a fallen power line.
Dhaka University central student union vice-president Abu Sadiq Kayem said the country's young people have a new Bangladesh thanks to the July uprising, and the struggle will continue until justice is established.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami chief Dr. Shafiqur Rahman expressed deep sorrow over the casualties from Friday's powerful earthquake that struck Dhaka and other parts of the country.
Spinach is widely available this winter and offers immune-system, digestive and skin benefits when eaten regularly, health experts say.
Kidney-stone risk peaks in winter due to dehydration, doctors say, and recommend drinking plenty of water, limiting sodium and eating citrus fruits.
Indian coast-guard personnel detained a fishing trawler from Kutubdia in Cox's Bazar with 28 fishermen on board after the vessel drifted into Indian waters in heavy fog, the owner and families said.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami chief Dr. Shafiqur Rahman met Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on the sidelines of an Armed Forces Day event in Dhaka on Friday.
The U.S. Embassy in Dhaka expressed deep condolences Friday to those affected by the powerful earthquake that struck the capital and other parts of Bangladesh, killing at least seven people.
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus said Friday that Bangladesh must remain prepared at all times to defend the country against any aggressive attack by external enemies, speaking at an Armed Forces Day event at Senakunja.
At least four people were killed and more than 100 injured in Narsingdi district when a powerful earthquake struck Bangladesh on Friday, the district administration said.
Border Guard Bangladesh seized about 5.5 crore taka worth of Indian goods being smuggled in five sand- and stone-laden trucks in Habiganj, officials said Friday.
Hindu community members of the BNP held a human chain and protest rally in Agailjhara on Friday demanding the party change its nominee for the Barishal-1 parliamentary seat.
Bangladesh defeated India in the semifinal of the Rising Stars Asia Cup to advance to the final, with Akbar Ali's side winning a tense match that went to a super over.
About 100 garment workers fell ill from panic during Friday's earthquake at a factory in Magura's Sreepur upazila, with dozens hospitalized, officials said.
A pickup truck struck and killed a 65-year-old man in Jhenaidah Sadar on Friday morning as he was walking to a local mosque for dawn prayers, police said.
A Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology researcher said Friday that the recent smaller tremors could be advance warnings of a major earthquake, as Dhaka opened an emergency control room.
BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia attended a reception at Senakunja in the Dhaka Cantonment on Friday, where she exchanged pleasantries with Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus.
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus met the chiefs of Bangladesh's three armed services on Friday morning at the Armed Forces Division at Dhaka cantonment, the deputy press secretary said.
A motorcyclist was killed Friday morning in a head-on collision with a pickup truck on a road in Brahmandi union of Araihazar, police said.
At least 10 Dhaka University students were injured Friday morning when panic spread through residence halls during an earthquake, with some leaping from buildings and others trampled in stampedes.
A fifth-year student at Sir Salimullah Medical College died Friday morning when a building's railing collapsed on him in Old Dhaka during an earthquake that shook the capital.
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman expressed deep sorrow Friday over the deaths and damage caused by an earthquake that struck Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh.
The National Citizen Party has formed 16 subcommittees under its Central Election Management Committee to streamline preparations for the upcoming 13th parliamentary election, the party said Friday.
Six people were killed and more than 200 injured in an earthquake that struck Bangladesh on Friday morning, with deaths reported in Dhaka, Narayanganj and Narsingdi, the Health Directorate said.
Friday's 5.7-magnitude earthquake released energy equivalent to the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs and was the largest to hit Bangladesh in 30 years, an Earthquake Research Center official said.
More than 200 workers were injured in a stampede at Fashion Pulse Limited garment factory in Tongi's BSCIC area when an earthquake struck Friday morning, prompting workers to rush from the nine-story building.
Applications for first-year undergraduate admissions to Rajshahi University for the 2025-26 academic year open Friday at noon and run through Dec. 7, university officials said.
The only male of a rare langur subspecies in Jashore's Keshabpur was killed Thursday after being electrocuted on a power line while searching for food near the upazila health complex.
Nearly 600,000 candidates have applied for about 12,500 assistant teacher positions in government primary schools in the first phase of recruitment covering six divisions, with the deadline ending Friday.
Bangladesh has returned to the path of democracy following the Supreme Court's historic ruling restoring the non-party caretaker government system, Attorney General Md. Asaduzzaman said Thursday.
The post-election government must be compelled to act on the demands of last year's July uprising, Amar Desh editor Mahmudur Rahman said at a Rajshahi University seminar Thursday.
The National Curriculum and Textbook Board says it is working to put quality textbooks into students' hands at the start of the new academic year, following directions from the Education Ministry.
The rickshaw puller who drew attention during last year's July uprising, Md. Sujan, collected a National Citizen Party nomination form Thursday to contest the Dhaka-8 parliamentary seat.
A special health and nutrition campaign organized by Good Neighbors Bangladesh was held Thursday at the Mujibnagar CDP project office in Meherpur.
Police recovered the body of a small trader found hanging from a mango tree in Yashore's Chougachha upazila on Thursday afternoon. Relatives suspect suicide after the man struggled with illness and family debt.
Newspaper hawker Swapan Kundu has spent 31 years cycling from house to house in Narail, delivering papers in heat, rain and cold. Readers say his dedication is rare in the internet age.
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is expected to attend the Senakunja reception marking Armed Forces Day on Friday if her health permits, her security adviser said.
The Anti-Corruption Commission has summoned cricketer and former lawmaker Shakib Al Hasan for questioning on Nov. 26 in a share market case.
Schoolteacher Sadhan Kumar Majumder, 55, was killed when a rice-laden truck struck the van he was riding home in on Wednesday afternoon in Chougachha. Police have seized the truck; the driver fled.
The High Court has released the full verdict upholding death sentences for former Teknaf police officials Pradeep Kumar Das and Liaqat Ali in the murder of retired Maj. Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan. Six others…
The Chougachha upazila law and order committee held its monthly meeting on Thursday, discussing rising thefts, traffic congestion, riverbank erosion and cross-border drug smuggling.
Schoolteacher Sadhan Kumar Majumder, 55, died after a rice-laden truck struck his van Wednesday afternoon on the Chougachha-Jhikargachha road. The truck driver fled and police have impounded the vehicle.
Thirteen people were injured in two separate clashes between BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami activists over the placement of billboards and electoral symbols in Chuadanga on Tuesday. Police said extra forces had been deployed.
The National Pay Commission will meet ministry secretaries at the Secretariat on Nov. 24 to discuss salaries and allowances for government employees, officials said.
President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will meet Friday in the Oval Office, ending months of public feuding between the two politicians.
The reinstatement of the caretaker government system will open a new horizon in the country's politics, BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury said Thursday.
The Jashore Education Board has suspended the academic accreditation of 50 colleges that failed to enroll the required minimum number of students for the 2024-25 academic year.