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BNP for holding polls within 2025
07:50 PM, 12 Jan 2025 SundayThe Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) emphasised the urgency of holding national elections within 2025 during a meeting with European Union Ambassador to Bangladesh, Michael Miller, on Sunday.
Commodity prices to remain stable in Ramadan: Tariff commission
07:25 PM, 12 Jan 2025 SundayThe Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) has projected that the country's commodity market will remain stable during the upcoming Ramadan, thanks to a combination of declining international prices and government initiatives to curb inflation.
Housing crisis: DU female students now want space in the VC’s House
07:12 PM, 12 Jan 2025 SundayFrustrated by the inaction of authorities to resolve the severe accommodation crisis, female students of Dhaka University have announced a unique demonstration titled "Want Space in the VC’s House.” The students plan to stage the protest on Tuesday, January 14, demanding urgent measures to address the long-standing housing issue.
Army’s magistracy powers extended for 60 more days
06:40 PM, 12 Jan 2025 SundayThe interim government has extended the executive magistracy powers granted to army officers – captain and above – for two more months, in a bid to maintain law and order in the country...
Jamaat for withdrawing increased VAT, SD
06:28 PM, 12 Jan 2025 SundayBangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has called on the government to withdraw the recently increased VAT and supplementary duty on over a hundred products, citing the adverse effects on the cost of living for ordinary citizens.
Hasina, Rehana, Joy, Putul sued over RAJUK plot forgery
06:09 PM, 12 Jan 2025 SundayThe Anti-Corruption Commission, ACC, has filed a case against 16 individuals, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and daughter Saima Wazed Putul, over a Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) plot forgery...
Metrorail woes: From promise to pain
05:37 PM, 12 Jan 2025 SundayLess than a year since its launch, mounting complaints about broken vending machines, lack of ticketing options, pickpocketing, and staff behaviour threaten to overshadow the initial excitement surrounding the country's first Metrorail.
Devajit new chief of Indian cricket board
05:18 PM, 12 Jan 2025 SundayIndia's powerful and hugely wealthy cricket board on Sunday elected its new chief, former player and advocate Devajit Saikia, the only person nominated to the top post...
‘No legal protection, wage standards for 85% workers’
05:12 PM, 12 Jan 2025 SundayLabour Reform Commission Chief Syed Sultan Uddin Ahmed revealed that 85 per cent of the country’s workforce—approximately six crore workers—lack legal protection and wage standards.
EC Sanaullah unaware of EVMs future, opposes transferring NID database
04:59 PM, 12 Jan 2025 SundayElection Commissioner Brigadier General (Retd) Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah has expressed uncertainty about the future of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in Bangladesh.
MoFA summons Indian envoy over border tension
04:33 PM, 12 Jan 2025 SundayIn a bid to address escalating tensions along the India-Bangladesh border, Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) summoned Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma on Sunday to discuss recent border-related disputes.
PRAN-RFL provides food assistance to helpless, unemployed
04:21 PM, 12 Jan 2025 SundayPRAN-RFL Group, the country’s leading business conglomerate, is providing food assistance to the helpless, unemployed and low-income people in several districts of the country...
Planning to make next election best ever, historic: Yunus
04:13 PM, 12 Jan 2025 SundayChief Adviser Professor Muhammad Younus on Sunday said that his government was planning to make the next general election in Bangladesh “the best ever and historic.”
Move to activate Bogura airport: Air chief
04:06 PM, 12 Jan 2025 SundayChief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan on Sunday, January 12, said an initiative has been taken to activate the country’s ninth airport in Bogura...
BNP infighting over council session leaves unit president dead
03:55 PM, 12 Jan 2025 SundayAbul Hasan Ratan, the newly elected president of the Rauti Union BNP, was killed, and three others were injured during a violent clash between two factions of the party over the union’s council session at Banail Bazar in Tarail, Kishoreganj, on Sunday morning.
First case of HMPV detected in Bangladesh
03:04 PM, 12 Jan 2025 SundayThe first case of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) has been detected in Bangladesh. A woman, a resident of the Bhairab area in Kishoreganj, was infected with the virus. She had no history of foreign travel and is currently undergoing treatment at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Mohakhali, Dhaka.
810 snatchers arrested in Dhaka in 3 months
02:42 PM, 12 Jan 2025 SundayThe Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 810 snatchers from various areas of the capital over the past three months-October, November, and December.
BCB announce 15-member squad for Champions Trophy
02:09 PM, 12 Jan 2025 SundayThe Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Sunday announced its 15-member squad for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy, scheduled for next month in Pakistan and Dubai.
India halts fence construction due to BGB’s stance: Jahangir
01:24 PM, 12 Jan 2025 SundayThe Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and local residents' firm stance have forced India to halt the construction of barbed wire fences along the border, said Home Affairs Adviser, Lieutenant General (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday.
Man missing since Aug 5 identified by wife at DMCH morgue
12:33 PM, 12 Jan 2025 SundayKabil Hossain (57), who was killed during the anti-discrimination student movement, remained unidentified for more than five months while lying in the morgue of Dhaka Medical College (DMCH).