Dhaka January 17, 2026, 9:51 am
The Election Commission (EC) on Friday allocated symbols among the mayoral candidates of the upcoming Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) elections scheduled to be held on January 30.
Amid a fresh political debate over the use of electronic voting machine (EVM) in the upcoming two city polls, election experts said fair polls are possible with the machine if a congenial atmosphere can be created.
Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) has gone one step further towards building a modern and smart digital city by doing away with the lumber of wires and overhead cables and introducing underground electricity transmission system.
The full text of the High Court verdict in the sensational Pilkhana BDR mutiny murder case was released on Wednesday.
Mentioning that the government always welcomes any peaceful democratic movement, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said it will not tolerate any destructive activity aimed at realising illogical demands.
A suspect was arrested on Tuesday night for his alleged involvement in the rape of a Dhaka University (DU) student.
'Double-taxation' comes to light
Prices of spice, especially onion, flour, meat, fish, egg, vegetable and other produce, house rent showed a hike in 2019 than that of its previous
Contractor, executing agency at odds
Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked second worst in Air Quality Index (AQI) on Tuesday morning.
The onion price remained unchanged at Tk 180-200 per kg at the retail market in the capital on Monday although it fell by Tk 30-40 at the wholesale market compared to Sunday’s one.
Six people, including four members of a family, were killed in a road accident in Kanaipur of Faridpur Sadar Upazila on Monday morning.
Talks on with dev partners for financing
Authorities buckle under pressure
A court here on Sunday issued a warrant for the arrest of former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 other people in a case filed for reportedly misappropriating Tk 4 crore.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked police personnel to make them the 'police of people’, saying it is very easy to eliminate any crime through gaining people's confidence and trust.
The government move to free Dhaka city from the horrible power cables is yet to see any success, thanks to the conflicts among the Nationwide Telecommunication Transmission Network (NTTN) and internet service providers (ISPs)
Civil Society criticized CoP 25 Outcome as it serves polluters Interest
Unabated illegal soil lifting from at least 20 points of Gumti River in Burichang upazila is putting the embankment and river banks at the risk of erosion.
State-owned jute mill workers in Khulna returned to factories on Saturday after five days of continuous protests halting protest that cost the government millions of taka.
