The government yesterday carried out a major reshuffle in the police administration, transferring or assigning new responsibilities to 21 senior officers of the Bangladesh Civil Service (Police) cadre.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed Anowar Hossain of Lakshmipur’s Raipur on a two-day remand in a case filed over the arson attack and vandalism on The Daily Star’s office in Dhaka.

Amid growing public concern over a persistent rise in violent crime, police have moved to strengthen their organisational capacity and internal coordination to improve law enforcement nationwide.

For nearly 25 years, more than 200 black-faced langurs have lived along the Maheshpur border in Jhenaidah. Divided into at least six groups, they roam villages including Bhabanagar, Swaruppur, Chapatala, Talsar, Shyamkur, and Kusumpur.

Health Minister Sardar Sakhawat Husain yesterday questioned the logic behind opposition Jamaat-e-Islami lawmakers’ protest against the government’s decision to cancel Ad-din Medical College Hospital’s licence.

BNP lawmaker AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon yesterday proposed temporarily demonetising the Tk 500 and Tk 1,000 banknotes to bring people’s cash savings back into the banking system.

More than 80,000 applications from retired teachers and employees of non-government educational institutions seeking retirement benefits are pending, Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon told parliament yesterday.

Opposition Leader and Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman has rejected the idea that any single individual was the “mastermind” behind the July uprising.

Four more patients died of suspected measles across the country in the last 24 hours until 8:00am yesterday, bringing Bangladesh’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 712.

The Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) yesterday called upon the government to take appropriate measures to relocate all illegal chemical warehouses and hazardous industrial establishments from Old Dhaka and other residential areas to safe locations within a fixed timeframe.

The Election Commission (EC) yesterday said it was gearing up preparations to conduct local government elections, targeting October as the possible timeline, starting with the union parishad polls.

Criticising Jamaat-e-Islami’s role in the Liberation War, two top BNP leaders in parliament yesterday said Jamaat has yet to apologise for its anti-independence stance and there is still time for it to reconsider its position.

Md Suman, 17, from Ranabhola under Turag Police Station, had been missing since he left home on June 22. Around 11:00pm on June 26, police recovered his body from the Turag River, about half a kilometre from the boat terminal near Ashulia Gorur Haat.

The Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) yesterday published the final results of the 47th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination, recommending 1,521 candidates for appointment.

Over the past few days, multiple accounts affiliated with the Awami League have circulated two videos on social media, presenting the footage as showing recovered bodies of Chhatra League leaders after they were murdered and dumped in the Turag river.

At least 20 people were injured yesterday after a dispute over seating at a World Cup screening escalated into a clash in Habiganj Sadar upazila.

The government may implement the Ninth Pay Scale in two phases, with the full increase in basic salaries likely to take effect from July and increased allowances to follow the next fiscal year, finance ministry officials have said.

Community leaders urge the government to retain long-standing exemptions, citing limited incomes and poor access to basic services

ONE Bank PLC has celebrated the academic achievements of students from various institutions across Sylhet under its long‑standing scholarship and recognition programme

Another 201 candidates have been recommended for non-cadre posts