Bangladesh plans to deploy between 90,000 and 100,000 members of the armed forces for the 13th parliamentary election, with the largest contingent drawn from the Ansar force, the Election Commission (EC) said on Monday (October 20). EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed briefed reporters

Election Commission (EC) has decided to prohibit the use of drones during the country’s 13th national parliamentary election, citing four risks. The risks include potential breaches of voter privacy, security threats from unauthorized devices that could carry hazardous items,

Bangladesh’s weather office said on Monday (October 20) that a low-pressure area is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal within the next 24 hours, with isolated thundershowers possible in Chattogram Division. Meteorologist Khandaker Hafizur Rahman said the season’s normal

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday (October 20) launched simultaneous enforcement drives at Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital, the Naogaon passport office and the Noakhali branch of Ansar-VDP Unnayan Bank over allegations of irregularities. ACC enforcement teams began the

The government has waived applicable charges for additional “special flights” being mounted in the wake of a fire at the import cargo complex of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, according to a government notification issued on Monday (Oct 20). In a letter

Election Commission (EC) on Monday (October 20) is holding a law-and-order meeting with the armed forces and all security agencies to set operational steps for the 13th parliamentary election.  The session began around 10:30am at Nirbachon Bhaban in Dhaka with Chief Election

At least 40 people were injured in a clash between activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami’s student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir, in Noakhali Sadar upazila on Sunday afternoon. The incident took place around 5 pm at Kashem Bazar in Noazpur Union,

The Election Commission (EC) will hold a meeting with law enforcement agencies tomorrow to discuss law and order at polling stations and constituencies, aiming to ensure a free, fair, and participatory national election. Senior Secretary of the EC Secretariat, Akhtar Ahmed, briefed

Kazi Reaz Rahman, a young entrepreneur who has dedicated his life to serving humanity, founded MASTUL Foundation in 2012 to support street children. Starting with providing food, education, and safe shelter for vulnerable children sleeping on the streets of Dhaka, the organization has now

Election Commissioner Md Anwarul Islam Sarker today stated that the Awami League (AL) will not be able to participate in the next national elections, citing the suspension of the party’s activities under the law. Speaking to reporters after inaugurating a training program for

The Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport’s (HSIA) own firefighting team reached the Cargo Village within 30 seconds of Saturday’s blaze, Civil Aviation and Tourism Adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin said today. Quoting the Civil Aviation Authority chairman, the Adviser told

The Dhaka metro rail has extended its operating hours by one hour from today, with trains now starting earlier in the morning and running later at night. According to the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), the first train will now depart at 6:30am instead of 7:10am, while the

Non-government teachers under Bangladesh’s Monthly Pay Order (MPO) scheme have rejected the government circular setting a house rent allowance at 5% of basic salary with a Tk 2,000 minimum, and vowed to continue their movement, according to a government notification issued on Sunday

The Bangladesh Navy has detained 14 Indian fishermen along with a trawler named FB Shubhojatra for allegedly entering Bangladesh’s maritime territory in the Bay of Bengal and fishing illegally.  The detainees were brought to the Navy’s Digraj facility at Mongla on

Bangladesh Meteorological Department has forecast thundershowers in parts of three divisions, with partly cloudy skies elsewhere, according to a bulletin issued on Sunday (October 19). Meteorologist AKM Nazmul Haque said the season’s normal low lies over the South Bay, with an

Two senior figures from Bangladesh’s National Citizen Party (NCP) visited teachers staging an indefinite hunger strike at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on October 19. The demonstrators pressed for a government notification on three specific benefits: a 20 percent increase in

Bangladesh’s National Book Centre, under the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, has mounted a showcase at the Frankfurt Book Fair, highlighting works on the thousand-year history and heritage of Bengal, the identity of Muslims in East Bengal and the Bengali nation, the 1971 Liberation

The Embassy of Bangladesh in Tripoli says more than 300 Bangladeshi nationals registered for voluntary return from Libya are scheduled to fly to Dhaka on a special charter on Thursday (October 23). In coordination with the Tripoli-based authorities, the mission said the flight would

The government has approved a minimum monthly house rent allowance of Tk 2,000 for teachers and staff at private educational institutions under the Monthly Pay Order (MPO) scheme, setting the benefit at 5% of basic pay with the floor applied where applicable. In a letter sent by the

The government has assured the nation that all recent fire incidents across the country are being investigated with the highest level of vigilance to protect lives and property. In a statement issued by the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing on Saturday evening, the Interim Government