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Jamaat welcomes polls schedule announcement
08:53 PM, 11 Dec 2025 ThursdayBangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Thursday, December 11, welcomed the announcement of the schedule for the national elections.
Feeling ‘humiliated’, want to quit after polls, Shahabuddin tells Reuters
08:46 PM, 11 Dec 2025 ThursdayPresident Mohammed Shahabuddin has said he intends to step down after the February parliamentary election, halfway through his term, claiming he has been repeatedly humiliated and marginalised by the interim government led by Professor Muhammad Yunus.
Yunus assures EC of required support in election
08:26 PM, 11 Dec 2025 ThursdayChief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday said that the interim government would extend all required support to ensure the polls and referendum are conducted in a festive, participatory and entirely fair environment.
11 Education Engineering officers promoted, reposted
08:17 PM, 11 Dec 2025 ThursdayEleven officers of the Education Engineering Department (EED) under the Ministry of Education have been promoted and reassigned.
EC seeks 2 executive magistrates in each upazila
07:17 PM, 11 Dec 2025 ThursdayThe Election Commission (EC) has asked the Ministry of Public Administration to take measures to recruit two Executive Magistrates in each upazila or thana from the day after the announcement of the election schedule until two days after the polling day, to ensure the election code of conduct.
Vacant portfolios reassigned among Adilur, Rizwana and Asif Nazrul
07:16 PM, 11 Dec 2025 ThursdayThe government has redistributed the responsibilities of three ministries left vacant following the resignation of two student-representative advisers.
Khaleda’s condition critical, put on ventilator
07:03 PM, 11 Dec 2025 ThursdayThe health condition of former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has deteriorated further, prompting doctors to place her on ventilator support.
Tarique warns of ‘harder-than-expected election’
06:47 PM, 11 Dec 2025 ThursdayBNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has issued one of his strongest warnings yet to party leaders, cautioning that the upcoming national election will be far more challenging than many had assumed, and urging them to take BNP’s national reform plans directly to the people in order to counter what he described as a “well-organised campaign of lies”.
Admission lottery: 7.50 lakh didn't get preferred schools
06:41 PM, 11 Dec 2025 ThursdayJust 3,05,499 students have been selected for admission to government and non-government secondary schools across the country, while 7,50,555 did not get preferred schools.
Bangladesh set for historic twin polls: JS elections, referendum on Feb 12
06:12 PM, 11 Dec 2025 ThursdayIn a momentous announcement that has electrified the nation, the Election Commission has fixed February 12, 2026 as the date for the 13th Jatiya Sangsad elections – to be held alongside the country’s first-ever simultaneous referendum on July National Charter that endorses sweeping constitutional reforms.
Yunus orders drafting of law to tackle AI-aided crimes
05:32 PM, 11 Dec 2025 ThursdayAs the rapid rise of artificial intelligence has fuelled a surge in fraudulent activities, severely damaging Bangladesh’s reputation abroad, Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has directed authorities to formulate a law to prevent such crimes.
RFL bags make room in US market
05:21 PM, 11 Dec 2025 ThursdayRFL, the country's leading business conglomerate, has started exporting various types of bags to the US.
Jamaat’s Krishna Nandi alleges death threats, orchestrated smear campaign
05:09 PM, 11 Dec 2025 ThursdayJamaat-e-Islami’s Khulna-1 parliamentary candidate, Krishna Nandi, has alleged that he is facing death threats, harassment, and a planned smear campaign after his nomination sparked nationwide attention.
3 more die from dengue in a day; 411 hospitalised
05:05 PM, 11 Dec 2025 ThursdayThree more deaths from dengue were reported in the last 24 hours, bringing the total fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease to 404 so far this year.
Danes set to follow Aussies with U-15 social media ban
04:55 PM, 11 Dec 2025 ThursdayDenmark is moving toward a ban on social media access for children under 15, following Australia’s recent decision to restrict platforms for users under 16, as part of a wider effort to shield young people from online harms.
Journalist Shaukat Mahmood on 5-day remand
04:39 PM, 11 Dec 2025 ThursdayA court in Dhaka has placed Jatiya Press Club’s former President Shaukat Mahmood on a five-day remand in a case filed with the Ramna police station under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
3,07,000 expatriates register for postal voting
04:33 PM, 11 Dec 2025 ThursdayIn a resounding surge of enthusiasm, more than 307,000 Bangladeshi expatriates have registered to participate in the country's groundbreaking postal voting system, just hours after the Election Commission announced the schedule for the 13th parliamentary elections and national referendum.
SC Secretariat opens, strengthening judicial autonomy
04:05 PM, 11 Dec 2025 ThursdayChief Justice Dr Syed Refaat Ahmed on Thursday inaugurated the long-awaited Supreme Court Secretariat, a historic step towards strengthening the independence of the judiciary.
Mohammadpur twin murder: Housemaid, her husband on remand
03:50 PM, 11 Dec 2025 ThursdayA court in Dhaka has placed housemaid Ayesha and her husband Rabbi Sikder on remand in connection with the brutal murder of a mother and daughter inside their Mohammadpur flat – a case that has shocked the capital and exposed alarming gaps in domestic worker verification.
Heartbreaking wait continues for Sajid as rescuers lower cameras into 200ft borewell
03:33 PM, 11 Dec 2025 ThursdayRescue efforts continued intensively on Thursday in Tanore of Rajshahi, as fire service teams once again lowered cameras into the narrow borewell in a bid to locate two-year-old Sajid, who fell into the abandoned shaft Wednesday afternoon.