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Concerns over election fairness persist, says Debapriya

05:47 PM, 10 Dec 2025 Wednesday

Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), warned on Wednesday that although the momentum for holding elections in Bangladesh is strong, concerns over their fairness remain unresolved.

Race against time to save toddler trapped in 35-foot Tanore borehole

05:29 PM, 10 Dec 2025 Wednesday

A two-year-old boy has fallen into an abandoned deep tube-well borehole in Rajshahi’s Tanore upazila, prompting an intense rescue operation by the fire service.

Secretariat staff confine Salehuddin demanding allowance

05:17 PM, 10 Dec 2025 Wednesday

Officials and employees at the Bangladesh Secretariat confined Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed at his office on Wednesday afternoon, December 10, demanding Secretariat allowance.

Synthetic food chemicals driving $2.2 trillion global health crisis

05:02 PM, 10 Dec 2025 Wednesday

A major new report has warned that synthetic chemicals widely used across the global food system are driving soaring rates of cancer, infertility and neurodevelopmental disorders, and are imposing an annual health burden of up to $2.2 trillion.

19 dead as two buildings collapse in Morocco

05:00 PM, 10 Dec 2025 Wednesday

At least 19 people, among them several children, were killed and 16 others injured when two four-storey residential buildings suddenly collapsed on Wednesday afternoon in the Al-Mustaqbal neighborhood of Fez, Morocco’s historic former imperial capital, local authorities confirmed.

Announcement of JS polls schedule Thursday

04:47 PM, 10 Dec 2025 Wednesday

The Election Commission (EC) will announce the schedule for the 13th Jatiya Sangsad elections on Thursday, said the commission secretary Akhtar Ahmed.

Will resign and contest polls, CA’s Press Wing to announce details: Asif Mahmud

04:34 PM, 10 Dec 2025 Wednesday

Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan has said he is set to resign from the interim government before the upcoming election. He stated that the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing will formally announce his resignation.

Hamas leader rejects disarmament

04:32 PM, 10 Dec 2025 Wednesday

Hamas’s political leader outside Gaza, Khaled Meshaal, has offered assurances that the group would take measures to curb any future attacks on Israel from the besieged Palestinian enclave, but added that surrendering its weapons would be like “removing the soul” from the group.

Theft accusation sparked Mohammadpur twin murder: Investigators

04:31 PM, 10 Dec 2025 Wednesday

New details have emerged in the Mohammadpur double murder that left Laila Afroz, 48, and her daughter Nafisa Lawal Binte Aziz, 15, dead inside their apartment – revealing that a theft accusation triggered the brutal attack.

JS polls likely on February 8 or 12, EC to announce schedule anytime

04:11 PM, 10 Dec 2025 Wednesday

The Election Commission (EC) is set to announce the schedule for the 13th Jatiya Sangsad elections anytime, with polling likely to be held on February 8 or February 12, according to election officials.

Yunus calls next polls a historic chance to shape ‘new Bangladesh’

03:46 PM, 10 Dec 2025 Wednesday

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday, December 10, described the upcoming national elections as a historic opportunity to build a new Bangladesh, stressing that this post-uprising election must be made ‘memorable’.

Foreign lawyer sought for Salman, Anisul in crimes against humanity case

02:54 PM, 10 Dec 2025 Wednesday

An application seeking the appointment of a foreign lawyer has been filed before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) to represent former Prime Minister’s Adviser Salman F. Rahman and former Law Minister Anisul Huq.