The newly appointed Minister of Local Government, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, has pledged to expedite arrangements for municipal, city corporation, and upazila elections across the country. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday morning, 18 February, shortly after assuming office at the Secretariat, the minister emphasised the urgency of revitalising local democratic processes. “I have taken on […]

Authorities from the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) successfully intercepted a major drug consignment on Tuesday night, arresting a 29-year-old man, Mosharaf Hossain, with 6,000 yaba tablets. The operation took place on the Saidpur-Dinajpur highway at Wapda More in Saidpur town, Nilphamari. According to Sub-Inspector Sakib Sarkar of the Nilphamari District DNC office, the action […]

In Habiganj, a group of leaders and activists of the district branch of the Awami League, whose activities are currently suspended, raised the national and party flags outside their office on Town Hall Road on Wednesday afternoon. However, the incident took a dramatic turn later in the day when a group of youths and young […]