National Citizen Party Convener Nahid Islam yesterday said that elections aimed solely at installing a particular party in power, without necessary reforms and justice for the victims of the July uprising, will be “unacceptable”.

A transport syndicate has extorted Tk 832.30 crore from over 1.5 crore Eid travellers as "tips", forcing them to pay exorbitant extra fares, according to a report by the Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity.

Bangladesh Railway (BR) yesterday introduced a pair of commuter trains on the Dhaka-Narsingdi-Bhairab Bazar route to improve connectivity between Dhaka and its neighbouring districts.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said he was disappointed that Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus had not presented a roadmap to the national election in his address to the nation on Tuesday.

The authorities have detected a bird flu case at a government poultry farm in Jashore -- the first in Bangladesh since 2018 -- raising concerns among farmers.

In the summer of 1971, as the people of Bangladesh waged a desperate fight for freedom, two foreign voices -- one British, one American -- rose in defiance against the brutal atrocities unfolding thousands of miles from their own homelands.

A youth was sued on the charge of raping a six-year-old girl in Gopalganj on Tuesday.

The reserve forest in Majher Char under Patuakhali’s Rangabali upazila is depleting rapidly due to illegal logging.

RMG workers and labour rights activists yesterday demanded immediate payment of three months’ overdue wages, Eid bonuses, and other pending dues for garment workers, urging swift action to resolve the crisis.

Over 70pc returnee migrants from the Sundarbans region faced harsh conditions abroad

The nation yesterday paid glowing tributes to Dr Sanjida Khatun, the president of Chhayanaut and a pioneer of cultural movement in Bangladesh.

Locals handed over two individuals, who identified themselves as "student coordinators," to the police on charges of extortion at a business establishment in the port city of Chattogram

A Krishak Dal leader was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila this evening

Police rescued a two-and-a-half-year-old boy from Kishoreganj town early today, 16 hours after he was kidnapped allegedly by his teenage cousin yesterday

A local BNP leader allegedly said that Sheikh Mujib had fled the country in 1971

He received it in recognition of his unique contribution to the protection of law, justice, and human rights

The first Eid jamaat will be held at 7:00am

Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain today said Bangladesh is now fully independent and its citizens will never feel enslaved on this land again

He was arrested in a special police operation in Keraniganj, Dhaka yesterday

Mobile court drives were conducted in several terminals of Dhaka