Election Commissioner Brig. Gen. (Retd.) Abul Fazal Md. Sanaullah called for the cooperation of political parties, election observers and all stakeholders to ensure that the upcoming local government elections are free, fair and inclusive.
Jubo Dal President Abdul Monayem Munna accused sections of the media of running a "planned smear campaign" against the organisation, claiming recent reports linking the party to various incidents were false and published without proper verification.
The government has decided to appoint renowned human rights advocate Irene Khan as Bangladesh's next Permanent Representative to the United Nations, replacing incumbent envoy Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court concluded hearings on the appeal challenging the High Court's landmark ruling on the 15th Constitutional Amendment and the abolition of the caretaker government system, setting Thursday (July 9) for delivering its verdict.
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall across six divisions over the next 48 hours and issued a storm alert for Dhaka and 18 other districts.
A leader of the Mirpur Thana Swechhasebak Dal was critically injured in a shooting in the capital's Mirpur area on Tuesday night (July 7), while police arrested one of the suspected attackers along with a firearm.