DHAKA, Dec 30 - Khaleda Zia, who became Bangladesh's first female prime minister in 1991 and went on to develop a bitter rivalry with Sheikh Hasina as they spent decades trading power, died on Tuesday after a long illness. She was 80. Her opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said that she »»»

KOLKATA: An 82-year-old jumped on the railway tracks hours before his scheduled appearance at a hearing for the special intensive revision of electoral rolls at Para in Bengal's Purulia Monday. A septuagenarian from Howrah and another from Kalyani died after receiving SIR hearing notices. Family me»»»

NARAYANGANJ, Dec 29, 2025 (BSS) - A total of 57 candidates from various political parties and as independents have submitted their nomination papers for five parliamentary constituencies here in the district ahead of the 13th national parliamentary election scheduled for February 12 next year. The »»»

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s interim government says it has no plans to ban the political party of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina, putting it at odds with the student revolutionaries w ... »»»