BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday said his party, despite facing the most repression over the last 16 years, does not want revenge and is instead committed to ensuring accountability, reconciliation and democratic rights.

House help Ayesha planned to steal valuables from the house in Mohammadpur and after working for three days, she carried a sharp knife with her, intending to use it if anyone noticed.

Chattogram woke before dawn to the roar of fire and shuddering steel -- an electric transformer here, a petrol pump there -- until, within an hour, it became a city of explosions.

LGRD Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain and Information Adviser Mahfuj Alam submitted their resignations from the advisory council yesterday.

National Citizen Party yesterday announced nominees in 125 constituencies, pitting its top leaders against rivals from BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami in key Dhaka seats in the upcoming national election.

The Election Commission will unveil the schedule this evening for the country’s first-ever twin polls -- the national election and the July charter referendum -- to be held on the same day in mid-February.

For in-depth reporting on judicial indepen-dence, ten journalists -- including The Daily Star’s Senior Reporter Baharam Khan -- have been honoured at the “Media Award on Judicial Independence 2025,” organised by the National Institute of Mass Communication (NIMC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Bangladesh still lacks a space where human rights can truly flourish, said rights activist Sultana Kamal yesterday. She expressed hesitation in speaking on the topic, stating that the country has lost the moral ground needed to uphold these values.

Bangladesh Navy has detained 22 alleged smugglers and seized two engine-run boats carrying 1,500 sacks of cement near Saint Martin’s Island, said a BN press release yesterday.

The University of Oxford has launched the world’s first Phase II clinical trial of a Nipah virus vaccine.

Unidentified assailants shot two activists of Jubo Dal, the youth wing of BNP, in the Uttaran Residential Area of Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday night.

An 11-month-old girl died after falling into a water-filled bucket at her home in Kalmakanda upazila of Netrakona yesterday morning.

Police recovered the bullet-hit body of a man in Lohagara upazila of Chattogram yesterday morning.

Police recovered the bullet-hit body of a man in Lohagara upazila of Chattogram yesterday morning.

Speakers discuss edcuation system at IID roundtable

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus yesterday described the upcoming national election as a historic opportunity to build a new Bangladesh following the mass uprising and stressed that it must be conducted in a fair and credible manner.

Following the recent earthquakes, at least 147 of the total 1,285 government primary schools in Jashore have been declared risky.

Workers and employees under the banner of Sramik-Karmachari Oikya Parishad (SKOP) staged a red-flag procession in Chattogram yesterday, protesting the government’s move to lease out terminals at Chattogram Port to foreign companies.

Opting for divisive politics, rather than choosing a path that brings everyone together, has wasted the opportunity to strengthen the human rights situation in the country in the post-uprising period, said HRSS Adviser and rights activist Nur Khan Liton yesterday.

Chattogram Customs House has seized 4.2 tonnes of Sodium Cyclamate, a banned artificial sweetener, at Chattogram Port.