Police’s Rajshahi Range has directed officers to show arrested leaders and activists of banned “fascist” organisations in other cases after they secure bail, if they are considered capable of reorganising, strengthening, or mobilising the group.

Criminals shot a Jubo Dal leader dead in Chattogram’s Raozan upazila yesterday evening.

Barishal District Bar Association President Sadiqur Rahman Linkon was arrested and sent to jail yesterday on charges of vandalising a courtroom and making derogatory remarks about a judge, who granted bail to Awami League leader and former MP Talukder Mohammad Yunus in a criminal case.

In a stunning development that roiled the financial sector, the government yesterday removed Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur, replacing him with a corporate accountant who owns a garment company.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday said the 2009 Pilkhana carnage, in which 57 army officers were killed, was a sinister attempt to undermine Bangladesh’s sovereignty, reported the UNB.

The Editors’ Council yesterday urged the newly elected government to urgently withdraw false and harassing cases filed against journalists across the country, saying such actions seriously undermine media freedom.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce, the German philosopher Karl Marx said.

The government will adopt a cautious “wait-and-see” approach to the US-Bangladesh trade deal, Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir said yesterday, calling the matter “sensitive and evolving” amid fresh uncertainty in Washington.

Amid the ongoing reshuffle of government officials, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Md Sazzat Ali submitted his resignation yesterday.

One in critical condition

A 13-year-old child worker of a jute mill died today after another child worker allegedly forced high-pressure air into his rectum at a jute mill in Faridpur’s Boalmari upazila.

Victim was an eighth grader at Rayerbazar High School

The incident took place in Badurtali Badhghat village under Tiakhali union of the upazila

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday said the government would not form a new investigation commission over the 2009 Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutiny in Dhaka’s Pilkhana.

The Amar Ekushey Book Fair begins today, marking the shortest edition in its history. Organisers, however, say it is not the length but the breadth of ideas that will define this year’s fair, themed “Multidimensional Bangladesh”.

Pakistani and Afghan forces exchanged fire along their border on Tuesday night, with each side accusing the other of initiating the clash, days after Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan strained already tenuous ties.

Members of the Harijan community in Kurigram yesterday demonstrated, demanding at least 80 percent quota for the community in the recruitment of cleaner posts.

The convoy of Noakhali‑6 MP Abdul Hannan Masud has allegedly been under attack after a clash broke out during his visit to areas affected by post‑election violence in Hatia upazila in Noakhali.

Shefali Akhter (pseudonym), a homemaker and resident of the Jamal Khan area in Chattogram, looked anxious as she clutched her phone, waiting for a call while standing in a long queue on Momin Road on Monday.

Mango orchards across the Rajshahi region are witnessing exceptional blooms amid favourable weather conditions, raising hopes for a bumper harvest this year.