Bangladesh’s efforts to curb corruption and ensure transparency will remain ineffective unless accountability reforms address the broader governance system, speakers said at a roundtable discussion yesterday.

The Police Commission Ordinance, 2025 fails to meet long-standing public demands for an independent police commission and risks entrenching bureaucratic control over law enforcement, said Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) in a statement yesterday.

The Cabinet Division has issued a strict directive instructing all government employees to carry out their duties in a neutral and lawful manner during the upcoming national parliamentary election and referendum.

With Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed set to retire on December 27, the absence of a specific constitutional provision has led to speculation about who will succeed him.

Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin yesterday dismissed concerns over a deterioration in law-and-order situation, saying there are no obstacles to holding a free and fair national election.

Around 4,000 litres of illegal homemade liquor were intercepted and destroyed by locals in Chattogram’s Satkania upazila on Sunday night.

Police recovered the body of an unidentified young man from near the rail tracks in Nathpara area under Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram yesterday morning.

A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) yesterday fined Tk 12 lakh to One Plus cable company in Sadarghat area of Chattogram city for manufacturing substandard electric cables without a BSTI license.

Cultural organisation Raktakarabi presented a musical feature titled “O Alor Pothojatri” on Sunday, as a tribute to the memory of the martyred intellectuals, artistes, and writers of the Liberation War, and to mark Victory Day.

Police reviewing CCTV footage to identify assailants

Prof Rehman Sobhan recounts the lesser-known diplomatic battle of 1971

Share-Net Bangladesh highlights sustainable SRHR through innovation and collaboration

Final candidate list to be published on Dec 25

Previously issued a letter in this regard on December 10

Necessary internal administrative procedures on Bangladesh's part completed, Chinese ambassador says

Force remains on high alert along the border

Tarique says shooting of Hadi part of a conspiracy

Licences will remain valid for 15 days from the day of election results announcement

Shibir, Chhatra Dal and left-leaning activists exchange slogans amid demand for pro-VC’s resignation

Mahfuj Alam says foreign assets manufactured consent for attacking Hadi