Bangladesh national election and referendum on Feb 12
The 13th National Parliamentary Election and a concurrent national referendum will be held on February 12 next year. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin announced the schedule in a pre-recorded televised address on Thursday evening (December 11). According to the schedule, the deadline for submitting nomination papers is December 29 this year, and the scrutiny of the papers...
HC orders digital database for marriage, divorce
The High Court has directed the government to introduce compulsory digital registration of marriage and divorce in a landmark verdict aimed at preventing fraud and ensuring secure record-keeping. Delivering its judgment on a writ petition on Thursday (December 11), the High Court observed that the existing analogue system makes it effectively impossible to verify marriage and divorce records,...
CG appeals hearing adjourned until March 5
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today adjourned until March 5, 2026, the hearing on a set of appeals challenging a High Court verdict that declared parts of the 15th amendment to the constitution “unconstitutional and void,” including provisions related to the caretaker government system. “Adjourned to March 5, 2026,” said the six-member Appellate Division bench, which is...
Expat postal voter sign-ups reach 307,779
Registration of expatriate voters for postal ballots in the 13th National Parliamentary Election has reached 307,779 through the “Postal Vote BD” app. The figure was available on Thursday morning (December 11) from the Election Commission’s website (https://portal.ocv.gov.bd/report/by-country). Registration for Bangladeshis living abroad began on 19 November and will continue until 25...
Security tightened at EC ahead of poll schedule
Security has been tightened at the Election Commission building in Dhaka ahead of the announcement of the schedule for the 13th national parliamentary election and a nationwide referendum. Measures were introduced on Thursday (December 11), after an initial increase in police deployment the previous day, according to officials. Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin is scheduled to...
Tunnel dug to rescue Sajid
Seventeen hours after a two-year-old boy fell into a narrow borehole in Rajshahi’s Tanore upazila, rescuers are still working to reach him by digging a tunnel alongside the abandoned deep tube-well shaft. Sajid, the son of local resident Rakibul Islam, slipped into the 8-inch-wide hole around 12:30 pm on Wednesday (December 10) in Tanore upazila of Rajshahi district. The borehole had been...
Cold wave grips Panchagarh at 8.9°C
Panchagarh is experiencing a mild cold wave as temperatures in the northern border district continue to fall faster than elsewhere in the country. On Thursday (December 11), the mercury dropped to 8.9°C, the lowest so far this season, according to the Meteorological Department. The Tentulia Meteorological Observatory recorded the minimum temperature at 9:00 am, with air humidity at 78...
Two quakes shake Sylhet at midnight
Sylhet experienced two mild earthquakes just five minutes apart shortly after midnight, with both tremors originating from Beanibazar in Sylhet. The first quake struck at 2:20:31 am on Thursday (December 11), followed by a second tremor at 2:25:14 am. According to data from India’s National Center for Seismology, the first earthquake measured magnitude 3.5 at a depth of 20 km, while the...
CEC to announce election schedule today
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A.M.M. Nasir Uddin will announce the schedule for the 13th national election in an address to the nation on Thursday (December 11) at 6 pm. Election Commissioner Brigadier General (Retd.) Md Abu Fazal Mohammad Sanaullah confirmed the matter on Wednesday (December 10) afternoon. He said the CEC will formally declare the election schedule in his televised...
Indian High Commission hails UNESCO Deepavali listing
The High Commission of India in Dhaka has marked a major cultural milestone with a special programme titled “Deepavali Goes Global” at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC), celebrating the inscription of Deepavali on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Deepavali received this recognition on Wednesday (December 10) during a meeting of...
CA accepts resignations of advisers Asif, Mahfuj
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has accepted the resignations of Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan and Mahfuj Alam from their posts in the interim government’s advisory council. The two advisers submitted their resignation letters during a meeting with the chief adviser on Wednesday evening (December 10). Asif Mahmud had been responsible for the ministries of Youth and Sports, and Local...
Two interim advisers set to resign imminently
Two advisers in the interim government, Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan and Md Mahfuz Alam, are expected to resign from the advisory council within the next one to two days due to concerns over the timing of the national election schedule. They may step down today or tomorrow, according to political sources, as the schedule for the next national parliamentary election is likely to be announced on...
Will contest polls, party undecided: Asif Mahmud
Local Government Adviser Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan has announced his intention to contest the upcoming national election, although he has not yet decided from which party he will run. He also said that any decision regarding the resignation of student representatives from the interim government’s advisory council, including from the local government adviser post he currently holds, would...
EC reviews polls, to record schedule speech today
The Election Commission (EC) is holding a meeting to finalise arrangements for the 13th national parliamentary election and the planned referendum, with the Chief Election Commissioner’s address on the polls schedule set to be recorded at 4 pm. Election Commission Secretariat Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed briefed reporters at the Nirbachan Bhaban in Dhaka on Wednesday (December 10),...
President pledges support for “meaningful” election
President Mohammed Shahabuddin has assured the Election Commission (EC) that he will provide all possible support to ensure a good, fair and meaningful national election. EC Secretary Akhtar Ahmed briefed reporters at the Election Commission building on Sunday (December 10) after the Chief Election Commissioner and other commissioners met with the President to report on the progress of poll...
Upcoming election must be historic, memorable: CA
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has called for the upcoming national election to be a historic and memorable event, describing it as a rare opportunity to build a “new Bangladesh” in the aftermath of the recent mass uprising. He made the remarks on Wednesday (December 10) while giving instructions on election preparations to Upazila Nirbahi Officers (UNOs) across the country via...
Verify domestic workers’ identities: DMP chief
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has expressed concern over the recent double murder allegedly committed by a domestic worker in the capital’s Mohammadpur area, and has urged city residents to be more cautious when hiring household staff. Police said incidents of domestic workers fleeing with valuables from employers’ homes are also not new, and officials believe many such crimes can be...
Domestic worker held over Mohammadpur double murder
Police have arrested the domestic worker suspected of murdering a mother and daughter in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area, days after the bodies were discovered in their apartment. Officers detained the woman, identified as Aysha, in Jhalakathi on Wednesday (December 10). Md Ibne Mizan, Deputy Commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Tejgaon Division, confirmed the arrest. Police...
