Domestic worker Ayesha allegedly killed her employer, Laila Afroz, and Laila’s 15-year-old daughter, Nafisa Nawal Binte Aziz, at their Mohammadpur home after a confrontation over the theft of Tk 2,000, police said yesterday.

As rescuers finally lifted two-year-old Sajid from the suffocating darkness of the narrow shaft, the entire nation held its breath.

During the 1971 Liberation War, a series of daring operations unfolded across the country, with civilians and trained freedom fighters jointly conducting raids to secure funds for the resistance.

Daily wage workers of Chattogram Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) staged a demonstration yesterday, wearing shrouds as they protested a new recruitment circular they claim undermines their long-standing demand for regularisation of their jobs.

A Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activist was stabbed to death during a clash between two BNP groups in Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram on Wednesday evening over what police described as a trivial issue.

Nearly 60 sawmills across the seven upazilas of Bandarban have been operating without any environmental clearance from the Department of Environment, according to the official record of DoE.

Around four lakh residents of Morrelganj and Sharankhola, on the far side of the Panguchi River in Bagerhat, have urged the authorities to provide telemedicine and river ambulance services until construction of a long-awaited bridge is completed.

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) and the University Teachers’ Network yesterday strongly condemned Rajshahi University physics teacher Khandaker Mahmudul Hasan for calling women’s rights pioneer Begum Rokeya a “murtad” (apostate) and “kafir” (non-believer) in a Facebook post.

Today marks the 145th birth anniversary of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani, the legendary political leader and visionary who inspired the struggle for an independent Bangladesh.

For the first time in history, three Election Commission officials have been appointed as returning officers (ROs) for four constituencies in the upcoming general election scheduled for February 12.

The High Court yesterday upheld the amended provision of the Representation of People Order (RPO) that requires political parties to contest national elections using their own symbols, even when they are part of an electoral alliance.

Two mild earthquakes were felt in Sylhet early yesterday, occurring just five minutes apart at 2:50am and 2:55am.

The Anti-Corruption Students’ Platform has demanded the disclosure of wealth statements of Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain and Mahfuj Alam, both of whom resigned from their posts as advisers to the interim government yesterday.

The wife of a Rab official was found murdered at their residence in Sarishabari upazila of Jamalpur early yesterday.

Three alleged attackers detained by police

Rajshahi child, rescued from shaft after over 30 hours, dies

Upcoming national election will be tough, he says

Claims voter turnout may drop below 20% if major parties are left out of the race

Adilur Rahman, Asif Nazrul, and Syeda Rizwana take over the ministries

'I am keen to leave,' he tells Reuters