The Election Commission must understand the language of the people and cancel JaPa’s nominations immediately.”Police later barricaded the procession at the Islamic Foundation intersection. Additional security measures were put in place in and around the Election Commission, with extra law enforcement personnel deployed during the program. What the memorandum saysAccording to the memorandum, the Awami League-led 14-party alliance carried out genocide during the mass uprising of 2024. Demanding immediate cancellation of what it described as “genocide-linked” nominations, the memorandum also alleged that remnants of authoritarian rule remain entrenched within the administration. Warning of consequences, the memorandum said failure by the Election Commission to act could undermine the peaceful election environment.

BNP wants to build a parliament where there will be no more dance and songs, rather the voices of the people will be heard there and it will not be a place for any kind of terrorists, said BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on Tuesday. In parliament, discussions will be held on people’s development and on the democratic rights of the country,” he added. Through such a parliament, we want to set up an example on the world stage.”He said: "The upcoming election will determine the direction of Bangladesh’s progress. Not only that, the upcoming election will be one to implement what we are preparing for, standing on the blood of martyrs." "Therefore, we believe the upcoming election will be the most important election in the nation’s history.

PSG lost their first home game in the competition since 2022 and suffered their first last-32 defeat since 2014. "I'm really happy with my goal, just a joy, and I hope it's not my last goal," he added. Since then, PSG have lifted the French Champions Trophy edging rivals Marseille on penalties in Kuwait last Thursday. Newly-promoted Paris (PFC), backed by luxury goods brand LVMH and Red Bull, are 15th in Ligue 1, two points above Nantes in the relegation play-off berth. On Saturday, former Wolves coach Gary O'Neil started his tenure as Strasbourg boss with a 6-0 win over fourth-tier Avranches.

Health officials on Tuesday said they recorded 36 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts in the past 24 hours. "We recorded 36 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts in 24 hours ending at 8am today," a spokesman of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said. Since the start of the dengue onslaughts Bangladesh this year claimed one live and inflicted 646 people. The dengue last year claimed 413 lives and inflicted 1,02,861 people in the country. Besides, the dengue claimed 575 lives and inflicted 1,01,214 people in 2024.

US President Donald Trump. Collected photoPARIS, France, Jan 13, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - President Donald Trump will joindozens of leaders at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland next week, alongwith "the largest US delegation ever", the forum's chief executive saidTuesday. "We're pleased to welcome back President Trump," Borge Brende told an onlinepress conference ahead of the Davos summit, six years after his latestappearance during his first term.

Photo : CollectedDHAKA, Jan 13, 2026 (BSS) – Bangladesh’s economy grew by 4.50 percent in the first quarter (July-September) of the current fiscal year (FY26) driven by moderate performances by the agriculture, industry and services sectors. Industrial output reached 6.97 percent during the July-September period of FY26, up from 3.59 percent during the same period of the previous year FY25. The agriculture sector, however, saw a slow growth as it stood at 2.30 percent during this July-September period of FY26, up from the previous year's figure for the same quarter. According to revised estimates, GDP growth in the first, second, 3rd and 4th quarters of the last fiscal year (FY25) was 2.58%, 4.44%, 5.33% and 2.47% respectively. The country’s GDP growth rate at constant prices in FY25 was 3.72 percent.

Former Member of Parliament (MP) Momtaz Begum. File photoDHAKA, Jan 13, 2026 (BSS) – A Dhaka court today ordered the attachment of the house and lands owned by former Member of Parliament (MP) Momtaz Begum and her associates. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Faiz passed the order, allowing a plea of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). The ACC plea said that an investigation team has been formed to probe allegations of money laundering against Momtaz Begum and other individuals and institutions linked to her interests. As the investigation against Momtaz Begum is ongoing, the application said it is imperative to freeze bank accounts and movable assets and to attach the immovable properties.

Eight members of the syndicate, including five Chinese nationals, have been arrested in coordinated raids conducted in Bashundhara and Uttara Paschim Thana areas of the capital. Zakaria, 26, Niaz Masum, 20, and Kamrul Hasan alias Hasan Joy, 38. They seized 14 VoIP gateway devices, 51,067 SIM cards of different operators, four mobile phones, two CPUs and one laptop from their possession. In continuation of the operation, DB arrested six more individuals, including five foreign nationals, from Sector 09 under Uttara Paschim Police Station on Monday (January 12). During this raid, seven illegal VoIP gateways, 47 mobile phones of various brands, 184 SIM cards and five laptops were seized.

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Jan. 12, 2026, 5:59 p.m. PTStudy after study has examined air quality in the eastern Coachella Valley, but rarely how the air shapes daily life. A new zine created by youth with Coachella Unincorporated is driven by that perspective. Participants conducted 51 interviews and collected 185 surveys, yielding insight into how residents experience and understand air quality in the eastern valley. The zine makes room for more than one way of bearing witness to life in the eastern Coachella Valley. Because for the young people with Coachella Unincorporated, this was not about producing another report.

The central bank’s Sustainable Finance Department (SFD) today released a circular, aimed at preventing ‘Greenwashing’ and ensuring that data disclosure remains accurate and reliable. A significant portion of the new directive involves shifting certain initiatives from ‘Green Finance’ to other categories to reflect their actual impact more accurately. According to the circular, health services provided in climate-vulnerable and disaster-prone areas, previously labeled as Green Finance (Green SRF), must now be reported as other sustainable linked finance. Maritime transport with low-rated ESDD and broadband/IT solutions using eco-friendly supply chains have been moved from Green Finance to other sustainable linked finance. Certain products previously under green SRF are now categorized as ‘Socially Responsible Finance’ under the broader Sustainable Linked Finance framework.

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The appeal comes after a French court last year barred her from running foroffice for five years over a European Parliament fake jobs scam involving herand other officials from her National Rally party. The three-time presidential candidate was also handed a four-year prisonsentence, with two years suspended, and fined 100,000 euros ($116,000). Earlier on Tuesday, Le Pen said she was hopeful the court would listen to herside of the story. - Risk of reoffending -The initial verdict dealt a heavy blow to Le Pen and the RN, which has surgedin French politics in recent years. After coming third in the 2012 presidential polls, Marine Le Pen made therun-off in 2017 and 2022 but was beaten by Emmanuel Macron on both occasions.

WASHINGTON, United States, Jan 13, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Greenhouse gas emissionsin the United States rose last year, snapping a two-year streak of declinesas cold winter temperatures drove demand for heating fuel and the AI boom ledto a surge in power generation, a think tank said Tuesday. Building emissions rose 6.8 percent, followed by the power sector whereemissions increased by 3.8 percent, the report found. - Solar energy up -The United States is the world's second-largest emitter after China, but hasthe highest cumulative emissions since the start of the industrial era in themid-19th century. "Solar, wind, batteries, these are some of the cheapest things to bring ontothe grid right now and some of the most available things," said King. But since the Trump administration is no longer expected to collect relevantdata, future forecasts are set to become more difficult.