The nomination of BNP candidate Manzurul Ahsan Munshi for the Comilla-4 parliamentary constituency has been officially annulled by the Election Commission (EC). On Saturday, the Commission upheld an appeal against Munshi’s nomination, effectively ending his candidacy in the upcoming 13th Jatiya Sangsad elections. Initially, the Returning Officer had declared Munshi’s nomination valid. However, Hasnat Abdullah, […]

Mahmudur Rahman Manna, the President of Nagorik Oikya and a prominent figure in Bangladeshi politics, is currently in a critical condition after suffering a heart attack. The veteran politician was rushed to the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in the early hours of Sunday morning, 18 January 2026, after falling ill at his residence […]

The interim government of Bangladesh has officially appointed Omar Bin Hadi as the Second Secretary to the Assistant High Commission of Bangladesh in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The appointment, announced on Thursday, 16 January 2026, marks a significant move in the country’s diplomatic restructuring. Omar Bin Hadi is the brother of the late Sharif Osman Bin […]

In a significant escalation of the ongoing graft probe into the former leadership of the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) conducted a formal interrogation of Bushra Afrin on Thursday, 15 January 2026. Ms Afrin, the daughter of the incarcerated former Mayor Atiqul Islam, served as the city’s inaugural ‘Chief Heat Officer’ […]

A volatile situation erupted in the Zakiganj Upazila of Sylhet on Thursday as a local student leader, identifying himself as a “coordinator” of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, forcibly detained a Union Parishad Chairman. The incident, which saw Abdus Shahid, the Acting Chairman of Manikpur Union, labelled a “devil” and handed over to the police, triggered […]

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has launched a stinging critique of the current electoral environment, accusing a “specific political party” of weaponising religious sentiment to secure unfair advantages. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday afternoon at the party’s Gulshan electoral office, Mahdee Amin, Advisor to the BNP Chairman and spokesperson for the Election Management […]