Three buses, one private car set on fire in separate incidents; no casualties reported

Victim was asleep inside the vehicle during the arson attack around 3:15am

Imposes strict penalties for code breaches ahead of 13th national polls

The world’s largest climate summit, the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30), is set to begin in Belém, a city in Brazil’s Amazon region.

Jamaat-e-Islami and seven like-minded parties will hold a rally in the capital today to press their five-point demand, which includes a legal basis for the July National Charter and the next election under a proportional representation (PR) system.

A new private medical college gets approval; admission process begins today

National Citizens Party (NCP) Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary yesterday said the party is ready for either a “ballot revolution” or a “bullet revolution”.

Dhaka court earlier issued arrest warrants against Qcoom chairman and MD

Five held, handed over to police

Company will pay for 5 hours, govt will bear the cost of the remaining 3, he says

Political analysts say the unrest has grown due to a lack of a fair and transparent nomination process

A wave of arson and crude bomb attacks at multiple locations across Dhaka yesterday, targeting public transport, institutions linked to the chief adviser and fisheries adviser, the National Citizen Party, and religious establishments, has sparked public anxiety.

It was like any other morning on the busy Johnson Road in Old Dhaka yesterday.

From 2002 to 2023, Bangladesh secured only $1.41 billion in adaptation funds, less than 1 percent of its projected needs.

Officials said the administration will wait a few more days, but is ready to act if the deadlock continues.

The government has announced the official list of public holidays for 2026, totalling 28 days off.

Poet and thinker Farhad Mazhar has questioned the authority of the interim government to hold a referendum on constitutional reforms, saying it has taken an oath to uphold the constitution.

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order that granted bail to former jute and textile minister Abdul Latif Siddique and journalist Md Monjurul Alam Panna in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

The High Court yesterday declared illegal the Election Commission’s gazette notification that reduced the number of parliamentary seats in Bagerhat from four to three and increased the number of seats of Gazipur from five to six.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule questioning the legality of the government decision to cancel the recruitment of music and physical education teachers in primary schools.