Amid the ongoing energy crisis in Bangladesh, the government’s announcement of a new programme to install rooftop solar capacity of 3,000 megawatts (MW) by December 2025 comes as a boost to the sector, a new briefing note by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) fi
On the final day for collecting nomination forms for the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) election, all major student organisations submitted full panels, but the BNP’s student wing, Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, kept its options open with leaders applying individually. On
The Election Commission (EC) will begin hearings on objections and suggestions regarding the re-demarcation of parliamentary constituencies for the upcoming 13th National Parliament elections from August 24. The hearings will continue until August 27 at the commission’s headquarters in the c
A Dhaka court has placed MyTV chairman Nasir Uddin Sathi on a five-day remand for questioning by the Central Investigation Department in a case over the murder of Asadul Haque Babu during the July Uprising at Jatrabari. CID investigator Inspector Khan Md Erfan had sought seven days’ custody,
The Appellate Division on Monday published the full text of the judgment on the reinstatement of 85 upazila election officers who were dismissed in 2007. The court also asked the authorities concerned to pay their due salaries and allowances from 2007 and consider their dismissal period as special
