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CEC to announce polls schedule today
10:19 AM, 11 Dec 2025 ThursdayThe schedule for the upcoming 13th National Parliament elections and the July National Referendum will be announced on Thursday. The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) will declare the schedule after 6:00 pm.
After 18 hours, 2-year-old still stuck in abandoned tube well
09:58 AM, 11 Dec 2025 ThursdayThe entire village in Tanore, Rajshahi, is holding its breath as two-year-old Sajid remains trapped inside an abandoned deep tube well, even after 18 hours. Rescue efforts have so far been unsuccessful.
Two tremors hit Sylhet within five minutes
09:25 AM, 11 Dec 2025 ThursdaySylhet experienced two earthquakes within a span of five minutes in the early hours of Thursday (10 December). The first tremor was felt at 2:20 am, followed by a second at 2:25 am, according to the National Center for Seismology of India.
US seizes oil tanker off coast of Venezuela: Trump
08:33 AM, 11 Dec 2025 ThursdayThe United States has seized a large oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said Wednesday, which Caracas deemed a 'blatant theft' amid escalating tensions between the countries.
Rescuers dig through night to save toddler trapped 50ft down borehole
10:20 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayAs of 10:00pm Wednesday, fire service personnel supported by an excavator had dug approximately 35 feet parallel to the shaft, while continuously pumping oxygen into the pipe in the hope of keeping the toddler alive.
UN rights office facing $90m deficit, 300 jobs cut
10:07 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayThe UN human rights chief said Wednesday that his office is facing a $90 million funding shortfall this year and staff cuts would include about 300 posts, or about 15%, over the course of the year.
School admission lottery Thursday, 7,00,000 non-govt school seats set to stay empty
09:54 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayThe annual digital lottery for admission into classes I to IX in government and non-government secondary schools across Bangladesh will be held on Thursday, December 11, at 10:00am at the International Mother Language Institute in Segunbagicha, Dhaka.
Salehuddin leaves Secretariat after 6-hour confinement
09:47 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayFinance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed left the Bangladesh Secretariat around six hours after being confined by officials and employees at his office demanding ‘Secretariat allowance’.
Duty-evaded handsets get 3-month reprieve as NEIR launches Dec 16
09:34 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayThe government will go ahead with the long-awaited launch of the National Equipment Identity Register (NEIR) on December 16, but has granted mobile phone importers and traders a final three-month grace period – until the end of March 2026 – to sell handsets brought into Bangladesh through duty evasion.
Khaleda remains in ICU, overseas treatment still an option
09:22 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayBNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia continues to receive intensive care treatment at Evercare Hospital in the capital, her personal physician and party standing committee member Dr AZM Zahid Hossain confirmed on Wednesday night.
Govt issues new gazette to streamline private teacher registration process
08:36 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayThe government has published a revised gazette notification governing the private teacher registration and certification examination, introducing significant changes aimed at making the process more transparent and vacancy-driven.
Exports, not import duties, must drive Bangladesh’s economy: PRAN CEO
08:01 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayAhsan Khan Chowdhury, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PRAN-RFL Group – one of Bangladesh’s largest and most diversified conglomerates – has said that an economy that leans on import duties and imported goods is doomed to perpetual dependency.