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Dhaka urges calm amid Indo-Pak tensions, calls for diplomacy
06:03 PM, 07 May 2025 WednesdayThe Government of Bangladesh expressed deep concern over the escalating conflict between India and Pakistan, urging both nations to remain calm, exercise restraint, and avoid actions that could worsen the situation, according to a Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement released Wednesday.
Indo-Pak tensions: Bangladesh puts police on alert in border districts
05:57 PM, 07 May 2025 WednesdayInspector General of Police (IGP) Baharul Alam announced that police superintendents in Bangladesh’s border districts have been placed on high alert to prevent militants or terrorists from entering the country amid escalating India-Pakistan conflict.
10 of Masood Azhar’s family killed in Indian strike
05:40 PM, 07 May 2025 WednesdayMaulana Masood Azhar, leader of the Pakistan-based extremist group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), claimed that 10 family members and four associates were killed in an Indian attack on the Subhan Allah Mosque in Bahawalpur...
EC to begin delimitation of 61 constituencies
05:40 PM, 07 May 2025 WednesdayThe Election Commission (EC) is set to begin the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies, initially focusing on 61 seats following the submission of over 400 applications requesting changes in demarcation.
Bangladesh to ratify ILO Convention 190 to combat workplace harassment
05:21 PM, 07 May 2025 WednesdayBangladesh has pledged to ratify ILO Convention No 190 (C190), a global treaty aimed at eliminating violence and harassment in workplaces, following a national dialogue in Dhaka on Wednesday.
Pakistan authorises military to retaliate against India
05:15 PM, 07 May 2025 WednesdayPakistan’s National Security Committee (NSC) on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, granted its armed forces authority to strike India “at the time, place, and manner of their choosing” in response to Indian airstrikes on May 6–7...
31 killed in Israeli attacks as Gaza blockade accelerates starvation
05:03 PM, 07 May 2025 WednesdayIsraeli attacks on Gaza have killed at least 31 people as its more than two-month blockade of the besieged and bombarded enclave has caused acute food shortages, accelerating the starvation of the Palestinian population...
BU students’ demo continues for 3rd day seeking VC’s removal
04:28 PM, 07 May 2025 WednesdayBarishal University students continued their movement for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, May 7, to press home their one-point demand that Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Suchitra Sharmin be removed...
ASP found dead at RAB office
04:06 PM, 07 May 2025 WednesdayThe bullet-hit body of a senior assistant police superintendent (ASP) has been recovered from a Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) office in Chattogram...
Dengue’s red-eyed return: Bangladesh braces for surge
03:27 PM, 07 May 2025 WednesdayIn the first five days of May 2025, nearly 200 people were infected, following over 700 cases in April. With the nation still scarred by 2024’s devastating toll –1,01,214 infections and 575 deaths – experts are sounding the alarm, urging vigilance and simple preventive steps to tame the mosquito’s menace.
SC hearing on Jamaat’s appeal over registration on May 13
02:32 PM, 07 May 2025 WednesdayThe Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed May 13 for resuming hearing on Jamaat-e-Islami's appeal against a High Court verdict that scrapped its registration with the Election Commission as a political party.
EC suspends NID verification for 2 banks over data leak
01:48 PM, 07 May 2025 WednesdayDirector General of the National Identity Registration Division of the Election Commission (EC), ASM Humayun Kabir, has said that the Commission learned on Tuesday that National ID (NID) information is being leaked from two organizations—Ansar VDP Unnayan Bank and BRAC Bank.