Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has directed the Election Commission to block National Identity Card of Former Director General (DG) of the National Identity Card (NID) registration division Sultanuzzaman Md. Sahel Uddin. The EC officials of the NID section have confirmed the matter

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus departed from Rome today after attending the funeral mass of Pope Francis at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City.  He left from Leonardo da Vinci Rome Fiumicino Airport around 8:00 am (12:00 noon Bangladesh Standard Time) on Sunday.

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today (April 27) predicted that mild to moderate heat wave is sweeping over different parts of the country. According to a BMD bulletin, the heat wave is affecting Rajshahi division and the districts of Tangail, Faridpur, Gopalgonj, Manikgonj,

Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus will visit Japan next month to attend the Nikkei Forum conference. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr Yunus will take part in the conference to be held in Tokyo from May 29 to 30. During the visit, he will hold a bilateral

Two Bangladeshi nationals were shot dead by India's Border Security Force (BSF) at the Maheshpur border in Jhenaidah early Sunday.  The deceased have been identified as Mohammad Mikail (22), son of Abul Kalam from Gopalpur village, and Md. Obaidul (23), son of Hanif Ali.

The students from different polytechnic institutes in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country will hold protest rallies on the campuses of all polytechnic institutes today (April 27). On April 26, under the banner of Karigari Chhatra Andolan, Bangladesh, they announced the resumption of

Dhaka ranked 15th among cities with the worst air quality, posting an AQI score of 96 at 9 am on Sunday.  Classified as "moderate," the air poses some threat, especially to sensitive individuals who are advised to limit prolonged outdoor activities.  Meanwhile,

Bangladesh is set to launch its first cargo flight from Sylhet’s Osmani International Airport today, marking a major step in strengthening its export logistics after India’s suspension of third-country transshipment. A chartered Airbus A330-300 freighter operated by

Tawhidul Islam Mintu, Executive Editor of banglanews24.com and Nasir Ahmad Rasel, former Executive Editor of Sheershanews.com have been elected as President and General Secretary of the Khulna Divisional Journalists Forum (KDJF) Dhaka respectively.  The biennial general meeting

Adviser to the interim government, Asif Mahmud Shajib Bhuiyan, has said he has not yet decided to resign from his current post but will step down at a convenient time to join politics. "I haven’t taken any decision to resign yet. I will actively join politics, leaving the

Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan today said that power cuts will remain at a tolerable level this summer, with no discrimination between rural and urban areas. Speaking at a seminar at Bidyut Bhaban in Dhaka, he acknowledged that it would not be

Authorities in India have detained 1,024 Bangladeshi migrants in a major crackdown across Gujarat, aimed at expelling those residing illegally, the state government announced on Saturday (April 26). The administration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi frequently refers to undocumented

The National Legal Aid Services Organization (NLASO) has provided legal support to 4,21,364 cases from 2009 to March 2025, resolving 2,15,241 cases, according to its official report. During this period, the Supreme Court Legal Aid Office handled 3,256 cases, district offices managed

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus attended the funeral mass of Pope Francis at St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City on Saturday. Pope Francis, a champion of the poor and the Catholic Church’s first Latin American leader, was a strong admirer of Yunus’s work and

Two motorcyclists were killed in separate accidents on the Dhaka-Mawa Expressway in Munshiganj today.  The deceased were identified as Faruk-uz-Zaman, 40, of Faridpur, and Alimul, 27, of Rangpur, police said. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Hasara Highway Police Station Abdul Quader

Bangladesh is set to launch its first cargo flight from Sylhet’s Osmani International Airport on Sunday, marking a major step in strengthening its export logistics after India’s suspension of third-country transshipment. A chartered Airbus A330-300 freighter operated by

A mild to moderate heatwave is currently sweeping across parts of Bangladesh and is expected to persist, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said today (April 26). In a weather bulletin issued at 9:00am, the BMD said the heatwave is affecting Rajshahi division along with

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus paid a visit to Bangladesh House in Rome on Friday and signed the visitors' book. He arrived in the Italian capital later in the day to attend the funeral of His Holiness Pope Francis, according to Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad

Five people were killed and another critically injured in a collision between a pickup van and a CNG-powered auto-rickshaw in Rangamati district this morning (April 26), police said, The deceased have been identified as Torap of Chowdhury Para in Raujan, Chattogram; Nur Nahar of

A woman and her young son died after a speeding bus hit their motorcycle at Kumira Kadamtala intersection in Satkhira’s Patkelghata upazila on Friday afternoon.  The deceased were identified as Rita Sadhu, 30, and her son Sourav Sadhu, 3, from Kapilmuni in Khulna district.