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Badhan warns next govt against dictatorship, calls for cinema revival
07:26 PM, 12 Feb 2026 ThursdayJust days after attending the Rotterdam International Film Festival in the Netherlands – where her film ‘Master’ won the prestigious Big Screen Award – Badhan cut short her European trip to return home and participate in the nation’s democratic moment.
21 dead as ferry sinks in Northern Sudan’s Nile State
06:55 PM, 12 Feb 2026 ThursdayAt least 21 people have drowned, while others remain missing, after a passenger ferry sank on the Nile in northern Sudan’s River Nile State, civil defence officials have said, in the war-ravaged nation.
BNP-backed Cumilla-4 candidate boycotts polls
06:46 PM, 12 Feb 2026 ThursdayGono Odhikar Parishad candidate Mohammad Josim Uddin, contesting with the ‘Truck’ symbol in Cumilla-4 constituency, announced his decision to boycott Thursday’s parliamentary election, alleging widespread irregularities.
The defining mandate of the next govt: Reform, restore, rebuild
06:27 PM, 12 Feb 2026 ThursdayThe key issue that the next government will face is not expansion, but consolidation. Political harmony, institutional credibility, job creation, and the rule of law would be consolidated to decide whether Bangladesh will become a mature middle-income democracy or continue predisposed to recurrent instability.
Yunus thanks nation for peaceful election, referendum
06:19 PM, 12 Feb 2026 ThursdayVote counting is underway across the country after the completion of polling in a largely peaceful atmosphere, with high hopes of restoring genuine democracy and securing a strong mandate for national reforms.
Jamaat eyes strong showing, hopes to form next govt
05:52 PM, 12 Feb 2026 ThursdayJamaat-e-Islami has expressed optimism about emerging as the largest party in Thursday’s parliamentary elections and forming the next government.
Crude bomb blast, ballot theft disrupt voting in Bhola
05:45 PM, 12 Feb 2026 ThursdayMiscreants snatched away ballot paper after exploding crude bombs at a polling centre under Bhola-1 (Sadar) constituency in Sadar upazila of Bhola district on Thursday, forcing authorities to suspend votes for nearly one and a half hours.
47.91% voter turnout by 2pm: EC Secretary
05:29 PM, 12 Feb 2026 ThursdaySenior Secretary of the Election Commission Akhtar Ahmed on Thursday said that 47.91 percent of registered voters had cast their ballots by 2pm at 36,031 out of 42,651 polling centres across the country.
Crude bombs explode near Munshiganj polling centre, 5 held
05:13 PM, 12 Feb 2026 ThursdayMiscreants blasted several crude bombs in phases near Makhati Gurucharan High School polling centre in Sadar upazila of Munshiganj on Thursday, triggering panic among voters.
Tarique eyes majority to form govt
05:05 PM, 12 Feb 2026 ThursdayBNP Chairman Tarique Rahman on Thursday expressed confidence that his party will secure the required number of seats to form the government in the 13th national parliamentary elections.
Naogaon presiding officer withdrawn for pre-signing result sheet
05:00 PM, 12 Feb 2026 ThursdayA presiding officer in Naogaon was withdrawn from duty on Thursday after allegedly signing and stamping a result sheet before vote counting and the official announcement of results.
Ballots cast, countdown to results begins
04:43 PM, 12 Feb 2026 ThursdayThe long election day has drawn to a close, leaving Bangladesh in a moment of pause between ballots cast and verdicts declared. Voting in the 13th national parliamentary elections and referendum ended at 4:30pm on Thursday after nine hours of largely peaceful polling, shifting the focus now to counting rooms across the country.