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Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has extended greetings to people in Bangladesh and abroad, as well as to people across the world, on the occasion of the English New Year 2026.
Candidates from 51 political parties have submitted their nomination papers to contest the upcoming 13th National Parliamentary election.
All government publicity activities related to the referendum have been suspended until Wednesday following the death of former prime minister and BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia.
The death of BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia marks the end of a long, influential and contentious chapter in Bangladesh’s political history. Her demise on the morning of December 30 has created a profound void—not only within the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) but across nearly five decades of the country’s political landscape.
General Ershad seized power on March 24, 1982, suspending the Constitution and imposing martial law. Ever since he seized power, protests began on the streets against him. At the forefront of that movement, the two main political parties of that time, the Awami League and the BNP, along with their political alliance, were simultaneously carrying out protests. In 1986, Ershad organized a farce of national elections. The Awami League led by Sheikh Hasina fell into the trap of that farce and 28 political parties, including Jamaat-e-Islami, participated in the elections. But BNP boycotted the elections and remained steadfast in the street protests. “No compromise with injustice, no elections under a dictator” was the declaration made by BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. Since then, she has been an ‘uncompromising national leader’ to the people of the country.
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BNP chairperson and former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia has passed away, leaving the nation in mourning. Alongside politics and the entertainment industry, the country’s cricket fraternity has also expressed deep sorrow over her death. Several former and current national team cricketers shared condolence messages on social media.
The namaz-e-janaza of Dhaka Capitals assistant coach Mahbub Ali Zaki was held at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, sending a wave of grief across the country’s cricket fraternity amid the ongoing BPL.
Dhaka Capitals assistant coach Mahbub Ali Zaki passed away on Saturday after suffering a heart attack during a pre-match practice session ahead of their BPL clash against Rajshahi Royals.
Dhaka Capitals assistant coach Mahbub Ali Zaki suffered a heart attack on Saturday (December 27) during the second day of the 12th edition of the BPL.
Although matches of the Bangladesh Premier League BPL have already begun, the tournament trophy is yet to be unveiled.
After multiple delays and setbacks, the 12th season of the Bangladesh Premier League, BPL, got underway on Friday at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, without the customary trophy unveiling.
Russian strikes that were carried out on Saturday cutpower to more than a million homes in and around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, energy company DTEK said.
train carrying 250 people derailed partially on Sunday in Mexico, killing 13 people and injuring 98, officials said.
China has opened the world’s longest expressway tunnel to traffic in the north-western Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. The 22.13-kilometre Tian Shan Shengli Tunnel was opened on Friday, December 22, allowing vehicles to pass beneath the central Tian Shan mountain range. The tunnel is part of the G0711 Urumqi–Yuli Expressway, which also became operational on the same day.
The BNP has expelled Barrister Rumeen Farhana, its national executive committee's co-international affairs secretary, for conducting organisational activities in defiance of party decisions.
An emergency meeting of the BNP standing committee began at the party chairperson’s political office in Gulshan following the death of party chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia.
Since news of the death of BNP chairperson and former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia spread, thousands of party leaders and activists have been gathering at the party’s central office in Naya Paltan in the capital. A pall of grief has descended over the entire area following the loss of the beloved leader.
Leaders of various parties have expressed their condolences over the death of BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.
The death of BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia marks the end of a long, influential and contentious chapter in Bangladesh’s political history. Her demise on the morning of December 30 has created a profound void—not only within the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) but across nearly five decades of the country’s political landscape.
Depicting a political leader, let alone any ordinary person, taking off his shoes and socks and walking barefoot on the ground, smelling the earth, when he returns to the beloved homeland after almost a decade and a half seems not to be unusual. In that sense, the sight of Tarique Rahman walking barefoot on the ground at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on December 25, after spending 17 years in exile in London, did not impress people. But what caught more attention was that he replaced the special chairs on the reception stage in the 300-foot highway area with ordinary chairs, made no negative comments about his political opponents, made no slanderous remarks, showed no egoism, and did not show people lofty dreams. Also, the political foresight and economy of words and phrases that Tarique Rahman displayed in his speech by saying 'I have a plan' in imitation of Martin Luther King, the famous civil rights leader, priest, and symbol of non-violent movement in the United States, may help understand the dynamics of his future politics.
It was July 2021. The world was in the throes of a severe chip crisis. At such a time, an analyst asked Mark Liu, chairman of TSMC, the center of the technology world, a strange question: "Aren't your customers worried when China threatens war with Taiwan?"
Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar met Pakistan's National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq in Dhaka to pay his last respects to former Bangladesh Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia. During the meeting, the two leaders shook hands and exchanged greetings.
Nepal’s Foreign Minister Bala Nanda Sharma arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday night (December 30) to pay her last respects to former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia.
