50-member disaster response team formed
The fire service and civil defence formed a 50-member specialised team alongside imparting training to enhance their capacity to cope with all natural and man-made disasters especially earthquake...
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BNP seeks left parties鈥� support for movement
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has urged left-leaning political parties to join a proposed movement demanding general elections by December.
NCC report to decide EC鈥檚 fate: NCP
National Citizen Party chief coordinator Nasiruddin Patwari on Sunday said that the fate of the current Election Commission would be determined by the upcoming report of the National Consensus Commission on electoral reforms as the...
StanChart launches freelancer account
Standard Chartered Bank Bangladesh on Sunday introduced a dedicated banking service for freelancers, offering a fully digital and charge-free account named the 鈥楽tandard Chartered Freelancer Account鈥�...
ONE Bank joins Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials
ONE Bank PLC has joined Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials by signing a commitment letter on December 10, 2024 to measure and disclose the bank鈥檚 financed emissions, said a press release...
Juba Dal activist shot dead in Chattogram
An activist of Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal, the youth wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, was shot dead by miscreants at Garib Ullahpara under Raujan upazila in Chattogram district early Sunday...
BNP joins 2nd day talks with National Consensus Commission
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party joined the second day dialogue with the National Consensus Commission on Sunday morning...
Case filed over beating BNP leader with hammer
A case was filed against 40 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its student organisation Islami Chhatra Shibir for allegedly beating a leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party over dispute on Friday.
BNP begins talks with allies for timely elections
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday began discussions with like-minded political parties, which were its allies in the simultaneous movement waged against the immediate past Awami League regime, for building consensus and...
Havertz could return for Champions League final
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta said he would bet on Kai Havertz returning before the end of the season as his recovery from a hamstring injury is ahead of schedule.
Samsung tops the list of global smartphone shipments
Samsung has secured top spot among the smartphone manufacturers, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker...
Professor Yunus to be successful in bringing positive changes, hopes Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday expressed the hope that very good things await the nation as interim government head Muhammad Yunus will succeed in addressing political and other problems...
NCP wants basic reforms
The National Citizen Party leaders on Saturday iterated their position for fundamental reforms in state management instruments, particularly the constitution, the electoral system and the judiciary, to prevent the return of any autocratic and...
NCP to discuss reforms with NCC today
The newly formed, youth-led National Citizen Party, which has agreed to more than two-thirds of the 166 key recommendations proposed by five reform commissions, is set to have its dialogue with the National Consensus Commission today.
Polls delayed to stop us from forming govt: BNP聽
Bangladesh Nationalist Party vice-chair Shamsuzzaman Dudu on Friday accused the government of deliberately delaying the national election in a bid to prevent the BNP from gaining public support and forming a government through a fair electoral process.
Consensus commission to hold talks with NCP Saturday
The National Consensus Commission is set to hold talks with the National Citizen Party on Saturday morning as part of the series of dialogues with political parties to reach a national consensus over the state reform initiatives taken by the interim government.
BNP seeks int鈥檒 standard probe commission
Leaders and activists of different units of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Sylhet on Thursday demanded forming an international standard probe commission to trace out the party鈥檚 enforced disappeared leaders and activists, including M Ilias Ali, a former lawmaker and organising secretary of the party...
Myanmar towns hit by fighting despite quake truce
Two Myanmar towns on a lucrative trade route to Thailand have been besieged by fighting despite a truce declared after last month鈥檚 massive earthquake, residents said on Thursday...
Climate change and challenges ahead
WITH the passage of time, concern prevails over the degradation of the earth in the form of global warming before unlocking its full potential for human welfare. Global warming leading to climate change severely affects humanity and other biological and non-biological components of the ecosystems. The prime cause of global warming is exceptionally high...
Luna urges interim govt to reveal fate of her husband Ilias Ali
Tahsina Rushdir Luna, the wife of missing Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader M Ilias Ali, on Thursday urged the interim government to clearly inform her family about the fate of her husband after being subjected to enforced disappearance 13 years ago....
Arteta's Arsenal come of age with Madrid masterclass
Mikel Arteta's Arsenal side came of age as they dethroned Champions League kings Real Madrid with ease to reach the semi-finals for the first time since 2009.
BNP for neither secularism nor pluralism
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on Thursday reaffirmed his party鈥檚 opposition to 鈥榮ecularism鈥� 鈥� a fundamental principle in the existing constitution 鈥� and rejected the proposed inclusion of...
Trump eyes slashing State Department by 50pc: media
The US State Department is expected to propose an unprecedented dismantling of Washington鈥檚 diplomatic reach, multiple news outlets reported Tuesday, shuttering programs and embassies worldwide to slash the budget by almost 50 per cent...
Ananda Shovajatra motif creator鈥檚 house set on fire
Artists, students and teachers at a human chain on Wednesday protested at burning of artist Manabendra Ghosh鈥檚 house in Manikganj allegedly by unidentified miscreants...
Parties discuss polls, reforms with US team
Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and National Citizen Party leaders in separate meetings with a visiting United States delegation discussed next national elections and reform issues on Wednesday in Dhaka city...
Election by June 2026, Yunus assures BNP
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday assured the Bangladesh Nationalist Party that the next general election would be held by June 2026 as the party urged the government to clarify the actual issue behind the ongoing discussions about the interim government鈥檚 five-year term in office...
Worrying signs of arrogance of power
THE attack on a police constable inside the courtroom of the Pabna district and sessions judges court on April 15 by leaders and activists of local units of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party is yet another worrying sign of the arrogance of power. The police constable was beaten allegedly for stopping the BNP activists from recording a video and taking photographs inside the...
Downpours drench homeless survivors of Myanmar quake
Heavy rains have lashed the Myanmar region stricken by last month鈥檚 earthquake, aid officials said Wednesday, drenching homeless survivors and bogging down relief efforts...
BNP鈥檚 talks with Consensus Commission Thursday
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party will meet with the National Consensus Commission today to discuss key recommendations made by five reform commissions covering the constitution, electoral system, judiciary, public administration and the Anti-Corruption Commission...
TALKS WITH YUNUS:聽BNP dissatisfied with unclear election road map
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, after a meeting with chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday, expressed its dissatisfaction, saying that the government's road map for the next general election lacked clarity....