Six top officials dismissed this year; two ex-bosses under probe; 245 employees disciplined over 17 years

The royal family handed over 33 rifles and ammunition from their own collection to the freedom fighters

Several widely used antibiotics in the country have become even less effective than they were three years ago, putting life-saving treatments at risk, according to a Bangladesh Medical University (BMU) report.

Speakers tell roundtable

Fishermen from Hatia island in Noakhali are in constant fear of attacks by robbers while fishing in the river and the Bay of Bengal during the peak hilsa harvest season.

The 10 crewmen, including a Bangladeshi mariner, who remained stuck in the drone-hit Chinese oil tanker MT Kairos for seven days while being anchored near the Bulgarian coast, were rescued by a Bulgarian Coast Guard team yesterday morning.

The two-day Wangala festival of the Garo community came to an end on Sunday, concluding with prayers and harvest offerings at the Fulchhara Garo Line field in Sreemangal upazila.

Jabian Club Limited, dedicated to graduates of Jahangirnagar University, was officially launched following its inaugural executive committee meeting on December 5.

Anwara Begum, 61, mother of Manabzamin’s diplomatic correspondent Mizanur Rahman, breathed her last at a city hospital on Wednesday night after suffering a stroke.

The residence of Deshpriya Jatindra Mohan Sengupta, a historic British-era landmark in Chattogram’s Rahmatganj area, now lies in neglect.

At least two dengue patients died while 455 others were hospitalised in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

Undergraduate and postgraduate students from seven government colleges in Dhaka continued their sit-in for the second day in front of Shikkha Bhaban yesterday, demanding immediate formal proclamation of the Dhaka Central University Ordinance.

Twenty-two police officers, including the Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) commissioner, were transferred to new postings yesterday.

A mobile court of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection yesterday fined a sweetmeat shop in Chattogram city Tk 1 lakh after cockroaches were found in its sweets, said officials.

At least two dengue patients died while 455 others were hospitalised in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

Bangladesh Railway land worth around Tk 1,000 crore has been illegally grabbed across 11 stations along the Sylhet-Akhaura route in Moulvibazar.

The High Court yesterday rejected a writ petition seeking a stay on the process for holding the 13th national election scheduled for February 2026.

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered senior journalist and Janata Party Bangladesh Secretary General Shaukat Mahmood to be sent to jail in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday cleared BNP chairperson’s adviser and Supreme Court lawyer Fazlur Rahman of contempt charges over his recent remarks about the tribunal during a television talk show.

Decision taken 'in greater interest'