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From white gold to wasted stock: Salt farmers quit as 3.5 lakh tonnes rot in pits

06:58 PM, 07 Dec 2025 Sunday

Bangladesh’s salt sector – long a symbol of self-sufficiency – is teetering on the brink of collapse as farmers refuse to begin the 2025-26 production season, leaving an estimated 3,50,000 tonnes of last year’s harvest rotting in open pits and threatening the livelihoods of more than a million people.

EC extends polling hours by 60 minutes, starting from 7:30am

06:28 PM, 07 Dec 2025 Sunday

The Election Commission (EC) has decided to extend the time for casting votes by an hour for the upcoming 13th parliamentary election, with balloting starting from 7:00 am.

Man stabbed to death by sibling in Jhenaidah

06:13 PM, 07 Dec 2025 Sunday

A 30-year-old man was stabbed to death allegedly by his younger brother over family dispute at Betai Purbapara village of sadar upazila in Jhaniadah on Sunday afternoon.

NCP, AB Party, and Rashtra Sangskar Andolan forge new political alliance

05:59 PM, 07 Dec 2025 Sunday

The National Citizen Party (NCP), Amar Bangladesh Party (AB Party), and Rashtra Sanskar Andolan have launched a new political alliance, the Ganatantraik Sangskar Jote.

EC not considering private bankers for presiding officer roles

05:47 PM, 07 Dec 2025 Sunday

The Election Commission (EC) has clarified that officials from private banks will not be appointed as presiding or assistant presiding officers at this stage for the upcoming 13th parliamentary elections and the national referendum.

Journalist Shaukat Mahmood taken into DB custody

05:30 PM, 07 Dec 2025 Sunday

Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Detective Branch of police took journalist Shaukat Mahmood into custody on Sunday afternoon. A team of DB police brought him from his Malibagh residence to the agency's office, said DMP Media and Public Relations Division Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Talebur Rahman.

Govt mulling subsidy for potato growers: Jahangir

05:25 PM, 07 Dec 2025 Sunday

The government is considering providing subsidies or incentives to potato growers who suffered losses in the last season, said Agriculture Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury.

2 die of dengue; 561 hospitalised in 24 hours

05:11 PM, 07 Dec 2025 Sunday

Two dengue patients died, while 561 patients were hospitalised across the country in the past 24 hours as of Sunday morning, according to the Health Emergency Operations Center and Control Room of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Noakhali cemetery yields hidden cache of guns

04:19 PM, 07 Dec 2025 Sunday

Police recovered six newly made firearms from a cemetery of Chandraganj Purba Bazar area under Begumganj upazila in Noakhali on Sunday.

17 lives lost in migrant boat sinking near Crete

04:14 PM, 07 Dec 2025 Sunday

At least 17 migrants died after their overcrowded boat capsized off the southern coast of Crete, Greek authorities said on Saturday. Two survivors were rescued but remain in critical condition.

Polls schedule any day this week: EC Sanaullah

04:08 PM, 07 Dec 2025 Sunday

The schedule for the 13th parliamentary elections will be announced on any day of this week, said Election Commissioner Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah. “The schedule will be announced at any time this week, and ballot papers will be sent to the polling stations at night before the voting day,” he said.

A Tk 20,000 blower ends the era of onion crises

04:01 PM, 07 Dec 2025 Sunday

In 2025, something extraordinary has happened: Bangladesh has imported precisely zero tonnes of onions in the past year, domestic prices have held steady at Tk 110-120 per kg even in the lean winter months, and farmers are building new houses with their profits.The weapon behind this quiet revolution? A blower!