Dhaka Metro Rail screeches to a halt as staff hit service with work stoppage

Dhaka, Dec. 12 -- Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) officers and staff have launched a full-scale work stoppage, bringing metro rail services to a halt. The protest began on Friday after aut... Read More

Osman Hadi, Dhaka-8 hopeful, received death threats from foreign numbers'

Dhaka, Dec. 12 -- Sharif Osman bin Hadi, the independent candidate for Dhaka-8 and convener of the Inqilab Mancha platform who has been shot, previously said he was receiving death threats. Hadi was ... Read More

Rajshahi University opens Hult Prize 2025-26, promises push for 'unlimited' social impact

Dhaka, Dec. 12 -- Rajshahi University has announced the launch of the Hult Prize 2025-26, opening registration for the ninth edition of what is widely known as the "Nobel Prize for Students". This ye... Read More

30 recently promoted DIGs posted, 9 police officers transferred

Dhaka, Dec. 12 -- Thirty police officers recently promoted to the rank of deputy inspector general (DIG) have been given official postings. In addition, four more additional DIGs and five superintend... Read More

Osman Hadi, Inquilab Mancha member and Dhaka-8 hopeful, shot in Bijoynagar

Dhaka, Dec. 12 -- Sharif Osman bin Hadi, an independent candidate in the Dhaka-8 constituency and convenor of the Inquilab Mancha platform, has been wounded in a shooting attack in the capital's Bijoy... Read More

Bangladesh narcotics agency seizes first "MDMB" synthetic drug haul

Dhaka, Dec. 12 -- The Department of Narcotics Control has seized a consignment of a synthetic drug known as "MDMB" for the first time in Bangladesh. The drug, a liquid substance, is usually consumed ... Read More

Autorickshaw driver killed in Cumilla, vehicle stolen

Dhaka, Dec. 12 -- Police have recovered of an autorickshaw driver with his throat slit from a cornfield in Cumilla's Homna Upazila. The body was found next to the Karakandi-Baherkhela road on Friday ... Read More

Hundreds bid tearful goodbye to 2-year-old Sajid, who died after falling into a Rajshahi deep tube well

Dhaka, Dec. 12 -- Koelhat Purbapara in Rajshahi's Pachander Union has been stunned by grief since Thursday night. The air hangs heavy with sharp sorrow ever since the local mosque announced that 2-yea... Read More

Clock starts on Bangladesh's high-stakes vote and on electoral commission's credibility

Dhaka, Dec. 12 -- The anticipation for Bangladesh's democratic transformation, reshaped by the July Uprising, is palpable across the country. A critical milestone in fulfilling that expectation has a... Read More

Bagerhat gets 4 seats, Gazipur reduced to 5 in revised Election Commission gazette

Dhaka, Dec. 12 -- The Election Commission (EC) has restored four constituencies in Bagerhat after a court ruling, issuing a revised gazette that also cuts one seat from Gazipur. The revised notificat... Read More

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