A total of 70,660 expatriate Bangladeshis have so far registered for the country’s first-ever postal voting system, enabling them to cast their ballots in the upcoming 13th Jatiya Sangsad election and the referendum.
Updated figures on the Election Commission (EC) website show that 70,660 ex
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday provided emergency food assistance to families affected by the devastating fire that swept through the Karail slum on Tuesday.
The WFP, in collaboration with the Department of Disaster Management (DDM), Dhaka North City Corporation, and partn
A grandmother and her six-year-old granddaughter were killed when a speeding passenger bus crashed into them on the Chandpur–Cumilla regional road in Hajiganj upazila of Chandpur district on Thursday night.
The deceased were identified as Nazma Begum, and granddaughter Marzia Begum, resident
The United States has repatriated another group of Bangladeshi nationals, with 39 people arriving in Dhaka early Friday.
The returnees landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) around 5:30 am on a special US military flight.
Airport authorities facilitated their arrival, while BRAC
Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) authorities have suspended a student for stabbing a fellow student over a dispute regarding street painting and stall locations for the first-year admission test.
The accused, Kazi Sadiq Mahmud, is a student of the Civil Engineering Department
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration may slash income tax completely over the next couple of years because of government revenue generated from tariffs.
"Over the next couple of years, I think we'll substantially be cutting and maybe cutting out completely, but we'll be cu
A man has been killed during a 'late-night mugging' in Chattogram.
The incident occurred opposite the Chattogram District Council building in the port city’s Kotwali Thana on Thursday night.
The victim has been identified as 30-year-old Md Ismail. He hailed from Lakshmipur, but lived in the
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has welcomed China’s interest in Bangladesh’s manufacturing sectors, noting that investors from the world’s second-largest economy could help transform Bangladesh into a manufacturing hub producing goods for export to developed nations, including
Israeli security forces shot two Palestinian men on Thursday who appeared to be surrendering and unarmed during a raid in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestine TV news footage showed.
In the footage, the men are seen exiting a building surrounded by armed Israeli forces in the northern West Ba
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has strongly condemned a planned attack by armed Jamaat-e-Islami activists on its leaders, activists, and civilians during an election campaign in Pabna’s Ishwardi on Thursday afternoon.
In a statement signed by BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabi
Hong Kong police arrested the bosses of a construction company on suspicion of manslaughter on Thursday over the city's worst fire in nearly 80 years, which killed at least 83 people with scores more listed as missing.
By the early hours of Friday, firefighters had mostly contained the blaze ragin
A young man has been stabbed to death during a clash between rival youth gangs in Khulna.
The victim, identified as 21-year-old Ishan, was attacked on Thursday evening near the Khalishpur Fair Clinic intersection, according to Khalishpur Police Station chief Mir Atahar Ali.
He died on the way to