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6 die as bus crushes rickshaw, plunges into ditch in Madaripur
07:55 PM, 18 Jan 2026 SundaySunday evening in Madaripur turned into a nightmare on the Dhaka-Barisal Highway. A passenger bus lost control and plunged into a roadside ditch, smashing a battery-run rickshaw in its path. The impact was immediate and brutal – six people died instantly, and several others were left injured, writhing in pain as smoke and dust filled the air.
EC declares Mintoo’s nomination valid
07:49 PM, 18 Jan 2026 SundayThe Election Commission (EC) on Sunday, January 18, declared valid the nomination of BNP Vice Chairman Abdul Awal Mintoo for the Feni-3 constituency.
Zaima urges sincerity and service in first policy speech
07:15 PM, 18 Jan 2026 SundayFor Zaima, the moment was deeply personal. “I stand here with a different feeling today,” she admitted. “This is my first policy-level speech in Bangladesh, and it is both humbling and inspiring.”
Dual citizenship: Cumilla-10 BNP candidate Gafur loses candidacy
07:08 PM, 18 Jan 2026 SundayBNP candidate for the Cumilla-10 constituency, Abdul Gafur Bhuiyan, has lost his candidacy following the hearing of an appeal petition against his nomination.
Fakhrul alleges Jamaat harvesting voters’ data, MFS numbers
06:49 PM, 18 Jan 2026 SundayBNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has hit out at Jamaat-e-Islami, alleging that party workers are going door to door across the country, collecting voters’ mobile financial service numbers and National ID information in a move he called a “serious threat to a free and fair election.”
NCP names 27 candidates, eyes expansion in Jamaat-led bloc
06:28 PM, 18 Jan 2026 SundayThe National Citizens Party (NCP), a key partner in the electoral alliance led by Jamaat-e-Islami, has announced its candidates for 27 of the 30 seats it has agreed to contest in the upcoming national elections.
Dhaka Central University ordinance finalised: Ministry
06:22 PM, 18 Jan 2026 SundayThe ordinance for the proposed Dhaka Central University, comprising seven government colleges in Dhaka, has been finalised.
Savar’s death chamber: Another pair of burnt bodies push residents into panic
05:58 PM, 18 Jan 2026 SundaySavar is sinking into fear as the town’s abandoned municipal community centre continues to turn up bodies like a house with a curse on it. On Sunday afternoon, police pulled out two more burnt victims from the second floor, pushing the building’s horrifying tally to five in just four months.
EC restores Aslam Chy's nomination for Ctg-4
05:38 PM, 18 Jan 2026 SundayThe Election Commission (EC) on Sunday, January 18, restored the candidacy of BNP candidate Mohammad Aslam Chowdhury for Chattogram-4 constituency, rejecting appeal petitions submitted by several banks to cancel his candidature on grounds of loan default.
BGB deployed outside Nirbachan Bhaban
05:37 PM, 18 Jan 2026 SundayMembers of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) were deployed outside the Nirbachan Bhaban in Agargaon, Dhaka, amid a protest by leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) on Sunday, January 18.
Humans who never lived now shape public opinion in Bangladesh’s politics
05:13 PM, 18 Jan 2026 SundayThey look human. They sound human. But they are not. They are AI-crafted voters. And they are multiplying, finds a study conducted by online verification and media research platform ‘dismislab’.
BNP plans separate dept for July martyrs' families, injured warriors: Tarique
05:04 PM, 18 Jan 2026 SundayBNP Chairman Tarique Rahman on Sunday, January 18, said his party plans to create a separate department under the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs to support the families of martyrs and injured warriors of the July 2024 mass uprising, if it comes to power.