City detective police arrested an expelled Jatiyatabadi Swecchasebak Dal leader Monday in connection with a shooting targeting journalists in Khulna district, police said.
Bangladesh’s High Court will rule Tuesday on a petition challenging Article 70 of the constitution and seeking to halt the Aug. 20 presidential election schedule.
A study using operational data from Dhaka Electric Supply Company Limited says the utility could improve the reliability and efficiency of its electricity distribution network by modernizing it feeder by feeder instead of pursuing costly systemwide replacement.
Business leaders are urging authorities to regulate Dhaka’s rapidly growing number of battery-run rickshaws as drivers of the three-wheeled vehicles press the government for protections, training, and improved working conditions.
A crude bomb attack targeted a Bangladesh Nationalist Party office in Satkhira’s Kaliganj upazila late Friday, leaving one person injured, party officials said that the Business Standard.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy dismissed calls to amend Article 70 of the Constitution before the presidential election, saying any change should come through Parliament.
Bangladesh marked the 51st anniversary of the assassination of founding leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on Saturday amid heightened security, arrests and clashes over attempts to hold commemorative events.
Nearly six months into Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s government, the opposition says the administration has failed to deliver key political and institutional reforms, while the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party argues that 180 days is too little time to judge a government confronting decades of accumulated problems.
Bangladesh spent a record $10.63 billion on crude oil and petroleum products in fiscal 2025-26, more than double the $5.14 billion spent a year earlier, according to Bangladesh Bank data.
A court in Chandpur has sentenced one man to death and another to life in prison for the 2022 killing of a gold trader in Matlab South upazila.
