Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was elected Bangladesh’s 23rd president Thursday, winning 255 votes in the country’s first contested presidential election since 1991.
Police arrested the leaseholder of a central Kolkata hotel after a fire killed nine people, including five Bangladeshi nationals, authorities said.
A nationwide survey found 66.3% of respondents approve of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s performance after six months in office, while 54.5% rated the government’s overall performance positively.
A case has been filed against 27 people, including former interim government chief adviser Muhammad Yunus and lawmaker Hasnat Abdullah, over the alleged attack and demolition of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s historic Dhanmondi 32 residence.
Bangladesh Innovation Fair 2026 has opened registration for innovators, students, researchers, companies, government agencies, nonprofit groups, startups, and other participants, with applications due Aug. 30.
A Dhaka court on Thursday set Sept. 27 for the Criminal Investigation Department to submit a further investigation report in the murder case of Inqilab Mancha spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi.
New leaders of Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission took office Wednesday, ending a 170-day leadership vacuum at the state anti-graft agency and promising to demonstrate their effectiveness through their work.
Nine people, including seven Bangladesh nationals, were killed early Wednesday when a fire tore through a hotel in a five-story building on Mirza Ghalib Street near New Market in Kolkata, according to the provided report.
As many as 690 prisoners who escaped from jails across Bangladesh during the July uprising remain at large, inspector general of prisons Syed Muhammad Motahar Hussain said Tuesday.
Bangladesh is moving toward its first railway electrification project, with plans to modernize the 50-kilometer Narayanganj-Dhaka-Joydebpur commuter corridor and replace diesel-powered trains with electric rolling stock.
