Take strict action to stop border killings, push-ins

The 11-party alliance led by Jamaat-e-Islami has demanded “visible and strict” action from the government to stop illegal push-ins, border killings, and torture along the Bangladesh-India border.
16 June 2026

Rampura killing verdict on June 28

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday set June 28 for delivering its verdict against five former police officers in a crimes against humanity case over the killing of two people and the shooting of two others in Rampura during the July 2024 uprising.
16 June 2026

‘Found my son dead on hospital floor’

A father yesterday told International Crimes Tribunal-1 how he found his teenage son’s body among several gunshot victims at a hospital during the July uprising in 2024.
16 June 2026

Drafting policy to regulate three-wheelers: Rabiul

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam yesterday told parliament that despite a High Court ban, battery-run three-wheelers continue to ply highways.
16 June 2026

Search committee for ACC soon

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday said the search committee for appointing the chairman and commissioners of the Anti-Corruption Commission will be formed soon, as the chief justice has nominated his representative.
16 June 2026

Relocate 4 bus terminals: PM

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday directed the authorities concerned to swiftly relocate the four inter-district bus terminals from Dhaka to areas outside the capital to ease chronic traffic congestion and modernise the city’s traffic management system.
16 June 2026

Dhaka summons Indian envoy over Zahed’s Delhi airport ordeal

The foreign ministry yesterday summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pawan Badhe and expressed its displeasure after Prime Minister’s Adviser on Policy and Strategy Affairs Dr Zahed Ur Rahman was stopped by Indian immigration authorities at Delhi airport on Sunday.
16 June 2026

Momtaz gets bail from HC in 3 cases

The High Court yesterday granted ad-interim bail to former MP and singer Momtaz Begum in three cases filed over the killings of two persons and an attempted murder during the July 2024 uprising.
16 June 2026

Unions not named after my sons, it’s coincidental

State Minister for LGRD Mir Shahe Alam in parliament yesterday insisted that two unions were not named after his sons and that the names matching was purely a coincidence.
16 June 2026

Fragile bridge puts hundreds at risk

Hundreds of people from several villages have been using a risky wooden bridge in Mymensingh’s Bhaluka upazila for years.
16 June 2026

Islami Bank’s new head reassures depositors

Islami Bank’s interim Chairman Mohammad Zahir Hossain yesterday urged depositors to put to bed two weeks of turmoil at the beleaguered Shariah-based lender and continue their banking activities without hesitation.
16 June 2026

From ‘Mini Cox’s Bazar’ to vanishing shoreline

Arafat Hossen once owned Hotel Fultoli, a small establishment at Parki Beach on the Anwara upazila coastline.
16 June 2026

Soil from river dredging threatens Ashrayan homes

For Urmi Dhar, life was already a daily struggle.
16 June 2026
15 June 2026

PM orders swift relocation of Dhaka’s 4 intercity bus terminals

Fulbaria, Gabtoli, Mohakhali and Sayedabad terminals will be relocated under a major urban mobility plan
15 June 2026

Highway ban failed to stop auto-rickshaws and battery-run vehicles: Rabiul

Transport minister says new regulations are being drafted to bring three-wheelers under tighter control
15 June 2026

Indian deputy high commissioner summoned over Zahed’s return from Delhi airport

Foreign ministry summoned Pawan Badhe on Monday afternoon to discuss the issue
15 June 2026

Foreign minister terms Zahed's Delhi incident 'regrettable'

Khalilur says foreign ministry taking appropriate measures
15 June 2026

From 'Mini Cox’s Bazar' to vanishing shoreline: Parki Beach under threat

As erosion advances along Chattogram’s Anwara coast, traders and workers say their livelihoods are disappearing with the sea
15 June 2026