The government showed leniency towards those involved in mob violence, said former Jahangirnagar University teacher Prof Anu Muhammad, also a member of the Ganatantrik Odhikar Committee.

Without knowing history, we cannot understand our identity, comprehend the present, or find direction for the future, said eminent thinker and writer Professor Serajul Islam Choudhury yesterday.

National Citizen Party Convener Nahid Islam yesterday said the people would never allow another 1/11 to happen.

The BNP has raised concerns that implementing some recommendations from the National Consensus Commission could weaken future governments by granting undue power to unelected individuals.

Urging leaders of all political parties to remain united, BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday said they must not take any steps that would allow the return of autocracy or its followers to the country.

The National Citizen Party (NCP) will submit its initial reform proposals to the National Consensus Commission (NCC) today recommending that the minimum age for MP candidates be lowered to 23 and the voting age be lowered to 16.

Protest reach 100 days

The Media Reform Commission has proposed sweeping changes to ownership and supervision in the sector, along with measures to ensure journalists’ safety and proper wages.

During its talks with the National Consensus Commission, Khelafat Majlish proposed excluding pluralism from the fundamental principles of the constitution.

The key function for the interim government is now to build consensus among political parties and ensure everybody is carried along in the process and elections, said Comfort Ero, president of the International Crisis Group.

Party leaders argue these are "attempts to incite tensions between the military and the public, creating political unrest"

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) yesterday recovered four bodies after a boat reportedly carrying around 40 to 50 Rohingya refugees capsized in the Bay of Bengal early in the morning.

The arrestee is Shakil Hossain, 27, a resident of an area under the jurisdiction of Kashimpur Police Station of Gazipur

The victim was confined at a house for 18 days and allegedly raped by the accused and his accomplice

Two people died and five were injured in separate road accidents in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram yesterday

Patwary criticises Facebook post by Hasnat Abdullah

A Jamalpur court today sent a 22-year-old man to jail in a case filed over the rape of a nine-year-old girl in Jamalpur's Bokshigaj upazila

Information Adviser Mahfuj Alam has said the independence of press is meaningless without its accountability to people

As part of this integration, the commission suggested incorporating BSS as the news division of the new entity, which would consist of three main divisions -- Television, Radio, and News

Police arrested four people earlier in connection with the abduction and murder