The government yesterday launched e-rickshaws in Dhaka on an experimental basis, aiming to bring the city’s rickshaw sector under a disciplined and regulated framework.

BNP’s fight in the national election is shaping up on two fronts: against rival parties outside and against rebel contenders within, threatening to split its vote base.

Delegation also conveys condolences over Khaleda Zia’s death

Police say further legal action is under process

A man was killed in an attack by a wild elephant in Naikhyangchhari upazila of Bandarban yesterday morning.

BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed’s assets grew by nearly six and a half times since 2008 to Tk 18.2 crore, while that of his wife Hasina Ahmed by over three and a half times to Tk 12.2 crore.

At least four people were killed in separate road accidents in Natore and Barishal districts yesterday.

Islami Andolan Bangladesh Nayeb-e-Ameer Mufti Syed Foyjul Karim owns over 24 acres of agricultural land in Barishal’s Charmonai valued at Tk 1 crore, as per his tax return from the last fiscal year.

Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis Ameer Maulana Md Mamunul Haque earns Tk 13 lakh annually from teaching and business.

National Citizen Party leader Hasnat Abdullah has assets worth Tk 31.7 lakh, and earned Tk 12.5 lakh from his educational business Elysium Academy last year, according to his affidavit.

Although the temperature rose slightly yesterday compared to the past three days, dense fog and cold winds blowing continuously from the north disrupted daily life across northern districts, including Panchagarh and Thakurgaon.

Uncertainty has emerged over whether the electoral seat-sharing arrangement between Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Andolan Bangladesh will ultimately hold, despite both parties having worked for nearly three and a half months to consolidate Islamist votes under a single platform.

A BNP leader was shot dead by unidentified miscreants in Shankarpur of Jashore town yesterday evening.

The cases filed over the attacks on the offices of the country’s two leading newspapers -- The Daily Star and Prothom Alo -- were yesterday transferred to the Cyber and Special Crime Division of the Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.

Returning officers yesterday upheld the nomination papers of top leaders from three major political parties -- the BNP, Jamaat and the National Citizen Party (NCP) -- after scrutiny, while declaring about 220 nominations invalid.

A businessman who was hacked and set on fire in Shariatpur’s Damudya upazila on Wednesday night died yesterday morning while undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka.

Mahdi Hasan, member secretary of Students Against Discrimination’s Habiganj unit, was detained last night, a day after his controversial remarks during a confrontation with the officer-in-charge of Shayestaganj Police Station.

Mountaineers Prabal Barman and AKM Mujibur Rahman are gearing up for scaling the highest peaks on all seven continents under “Mission Seven Summit”.

Police are examining a video of Faisal Karim Masud, the prime accused in the murder of Inquilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi, which recently surfaced on social media, said Md Sazzat Ali, commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).

Anwar Kamal Pasha was re-elected as the chairman of the board of trustees of Prime University Trust for the next two years (2026, 2027) through election at