Author: PV DESK

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is currently the top choice among young voters ahead of the upcoming national election, according to a new survey released on Sunday. The survey, titled “Youth in Transition”, was jointly conducted by the South Asian Network on Economic Modelling (SANEM) and ActionAid Bangladesh. It included interviews with 2,000 young people aged 15 to 35 from all eight divisions of the country, covering both rural and urban areas. According to the findings, 38.76% of the youth surveyed said they would vote for the BNP. Jamaat-e-Islami came in second with 21.45%, while the…

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has expressed hope that the interim government will arrange elections by February. He said that the country will move forward on the right path through elections and voting. Mirza Fakhrul made these remarks while speaking to journalists on Monday morning after visiting the shrine of Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) upon arriving in Sylhet. He and other central leaders arrived in Sylhet around 9:30 am, where they were warmly received by local BNP leaders at Osmani International Airport. From there, the BNP delegation visited the shrine of Hazrat Shahjalal (RA). During the…

Bangladesh’s population stands at 175.7 million in 2025, with two-thirds in the working-age group, offering a crucial opportunity to reap the demographic dividend, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The findings were revealed in UNFPA’s flagship annual publication, the State of World Population (SWOP) 2025, which was officially launched at a press event today at the UN Building in the capital’s Gulshan area. “As of 2025, the global population stands at 8.2 billion. Bangladesh’s population is estimated at 175.7 million, of which half are women, and two-thirds (115 million) are in the working-age group. It is…

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BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said those who want to delay the election are certainly not pro-democratic or supporters of the July-August revolution. “People want an immediate election. We have said this many times before, and we are saying it again. Those who want to delay the election are surely not pro-democratic forces and not pro-July-August revolution forces,” he said. Speaking at a press conference at the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office, Fakhrul also said his party believes the country will move towards holding the election based on the discussions held between Chief Adviser Prof…

Elon Musk, an ex-ally of US President Donald Trump, said Saturday he had launched a new political party in the United States to challenge what the tech billionaire described as the country’s “one-party system.” The world’s richest person — and Trump’s biggest political donor in the 2024 election — had a bitter falling out with the president after leading the Republican’s effort to slash spending and cut federal jobs as head of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Musk has clashed with Trump over the president’s massive domestic spending plan, saying it would explode the US debt,…

Home Affairs Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said that those who have been sent back from Malaysia are not militants at all. The Malaysian government repatriated them due to the expiration of their visas. He made this statement while speaking to journalists on Sunday (July 6) at 11:00 am after inspecting the Export Cargo Village at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. The Home Adviser said, “The three individuals who returned from Malaysia are not militants; their visas had simply expired. They have no connection with militancy in Bangladesh either. Currently, there is no militancy in the country. Over the…

The Tazia procession marking the holy Ashura began from the historic 400-year-old Hosni Dalan Imambara in the capital commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (RA), the beloved grandson of the Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), in the Battle of Karbala. The procession will end at Dhanmondi after parading Azimpur, Nilkhet, New Market and Science Laboratory. A large number of devotees joined the somber Tazia procession while many dressed in black as a symbol of grief. Participants are carrying symbolic knives, banners, black flags, besta and bailalam reflecting centuries-old mourning traditions. Law enforcement agencies takes tight security measures…

As the government was trying to ignore the students’ movement demanding reinstatement of the 2018 government circular that cancelled quota system in government jobs, saying it was a matter of court, the protesters announced new programme identifying as ‘Bangla Blockade’ on July 6 to realize their demand. “Our programmes until July 6 were protest processions only. The ‘Bangla Blockade’ was observed on July 7 as the court was prolonging process,” Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, one of the key coordinators of the anti-discrimination student platform, wrote in his book titled ‘July: Matribhumi Othoba Mrityu’. The hearing on the High…

Journalist Imran Amy has been appointed as a member of the swimming sub-committee of the Chattogram District Sports Association (CJKS). He currently serves as a member of the ad-hoc committee of the Anwara Upazila Sports Association. The appointment was recently approved by CJKS President and Chattogram Deputy Commissioner Farida Khanam. The newly formed committee is chaired by Sourav Priyo Pal, with former national swimmer Mahbubur Rahman Sagar serving as its secretary. In addition to his new role, Imran Amy is the general secretary of Anwara Upazila Cricket Academy and the technical advisor of Anwara Football Academy. He…