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Bangladesh misses series win as Pakistan levels U-19 Women’s T20
07:28 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayA string of missed catches and poor fielding cost the Bangladesh Under-19 women’s cricket team a chance to seal the series. Pakistan seized the opportunity, winning the fourth T20 match by six wickets at the Cox’s Bazar International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.
Tanore prays as toddler still lies trapped in borehole
07:21 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayRescue teams in Rajshahi’s Tanore upazila are working in the night in a desperate attempt to save two-year-old Md Sajid, who fell into a 50-foot abandoned tube-well borehole on Wednesday afternoon.
Egypt, Iran complain about planned World Cup 'Pride' match
06:58 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayEgypt and Iran, two Middle East nations which target gays and lesbians, have complained to FIFA over a World Cup soccer match in Seattle that is planned to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride.
Yunus accepts resignations of Asif and Mahfuj
06:56 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayChief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus has accepted the resignations of advisers Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan and Mahfuj Alam.
Natural disasters displace 5m Bangladeshis internally, finds IOM
06:48 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayBangladesh is grappling with an unprecedented displacement crisis, with more than 49.5 lakh people forced from their homes by natural disasters, according to the country’s first-ever nationwide assessment of disaster-induced displacement released by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Advisers Asif, Mahfuj step down
06:03 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayLocal Government Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan and Information Adviser Mahfuj Alam have stepped down from their respective positions. They submitted their resignation letters on Wednesday evening, December 10, a source in the Chief Adviser’s office confirmed.
No alternative to victory of the sheaf of paddy: Tarique
05:59 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayBNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has declared there is “no alternative” to securing victory – represented by the party’s iconic sheaf-of-paddy election symbol – and urged supporters to prepare for a decisive political battle to save Bangladesh.
Concerns over election fairness persist, says Debapriya
05:47 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayDr Debapriya Bhattacharya, fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), warned on Wednesday that although the momentum for holding elections in Bangladesh is strong, concerns over their fairness remain unresolved.
Race against time to save toddler trapped in 35-foot Tanore borehole
05:29 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayA two-year-old boy has fallen into an abandoned deep tube-well borehole in Rajshahi’s Tanore upazila, prompting an intense rescue operation by the fire service.
Secretariat staff confine Salehuddin demanding allowance
05:17 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayOfficials and employees at the Bangladesh Secretariat confined Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed at his office on Wednesday afternoon, December 10, demanding Secretariat allowance.
Synthetic food chemicals driving $2.2 trillion global health crisis
05:02 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayA major new report has warned that synthetic chemicals widely used across the global food system are driving soaring rates of cancer, infertility and neurodevelopmental disorders, and are imposing an annual health burden of up to $2.2 trillion.
19 dead as two buildings collapse in Morocco
05:00 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayAt least 19 people, among them several children, were killed and 16 others injured when two four-storey residential buildings suddenly collapsed on Wednesday afternoon in the Al-Mustaqbal neighborhood of Fez, Morocco’s historic former imperial capital, local authorities confirmed.
Announcement of JS polls schedule Thursday
04:47 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayThe Election Commission (EC) will announce the schedule for the 13th Jatiya Sangsad elections on Thursday, said the commission secretary Akhtar Ahmed.
Will resign and contest polls, CA’s Press Wing to announce details: Asif Mahmud
04:34 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayAdviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan has said he is set to resign from the interim government before the upcoming election. He stated that the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing will formally announce his resignation.
Hamas leader rejects disarmament
04:32 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayHamas’s political leader outside Gaza, Khaled Meshaal, has offered assurances that the group would take measures to curb any future attacks on Israel from the besieged Palestinian enclave, but added that surrendering its weapons would be like “removing the soul” from the group.
Theft accusation sparked Mohammadpur twin murder: Investigators
04:31 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayNew details have emerged in the Mohammadpur double murder that left Laila Afroz, 48, and her daughter Nafisa Lawal Binte Aziz, 15, dead inside their apartment – revealing that a theft accusation triggered the brutal attack.
JS polls likely on February 8 or 12, EC to announce schedule anytime
04:11 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayThe Election Commission (EC) is set to announce the schedule for the 13th Jatiya Sangsad elections anytime, with polling likely to be held on February 8 or February 12, according to election officials.
Yunus calls next polls a historic chance to shape ‘new Bangladesh’
03:46 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayChief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday, December 10, described the upcoming national elections as a historic opportunity to build a new Bangladesh, stressing that this post-uprising election must be made ‘memorable’.
Foreign lawyer sought for Salman, Anisul in crimes against humanity case
02:54 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayAn application seeking the appointment of a foreign lawyer has been filed before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) to represent former Prime Minister’s Adviser Salman F. Rahman and former Law Minister Anisul Huq.
CEC meets President ahead of polls schedule announcement
02:37 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayAhead of the announcement of the schedule for the 13th national parliamentary elections and the referendum, an Election Commission (EC) delegation led by Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin met with President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Wednesday (10 December).