Sramik-Karmachari Oikya Parishad (SKOP) observed token blockade at the approach roads towards the Chattogram port yesterday, protesting leasing out of different port terminals including New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT), Laldia Container Terminal and Pangaon ICT to foreign operators.

Army, police deployed as tension soars

In recent months, several groups allegedly linked to S Alam Group tried to withdraw funds from the account using fake vouchers and cheques.

India yesterday acknowledged receiving a request from Bangladesh for the extradition of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and said that the request was being examined.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has condemned the recent attacks on baul singers, terming them “heinous acts”.

The trials were completed quickly as 22 out of 23 accused did not appear before the court, says prosecution

The slum, one of the largest in the city and home to nearly 1.5 lakh people, is connected to the main road by a narrow approach that remains clogged most of the time by long lines of stalled rickshaws.

A new political alliance is likely to be launched today, involving the National Citizen Party, Amar Bangladesh (AB Party), United Peoples (UP) Bangladesh, and Rashtro Songskar Andolon.

The upcoming referendum, slated for the same day as the national election, appears to be low on the BNP’s priority list, with the party planning neither to campaign for a “yes” nor a “no” vote.

Defaulted loans in the banking sector rose further to Tk 6.44 lakh crore, or nearly 36 percent of total disbursed loans, at the end of September, indicating the continued fragile state of the country’s financial sector.

The government yesterday made a major reshuffle in the judiciary by promoting, posting and transferring 826 lower court judges in a single day ahead of the national election, according to five gazette notifications of the law ministry.

The government yesterday appointed or transferred superintendents of police to all 64 districts through a manual lottery, a first in the force’s history, in a major reshuffle aimed at ensuring stability during the upcoming national election.

Yesterday, around midnight, a 50-year-old day labourer stood near the fire-ravaged Korail slum, a single suitcase balanced on his head.

Despite the government’s decision to allow overnight stays on Saint Martin’s Island from December, cruise ship operators and resort owners say bookings have been far below expectations for the first half of the month.

A new United Nations report shows that Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, has become the world’s most populous city with 41.9 million people, while Bangladesh’s Dhaka ranks second with a population of 36.6 million (3.66 crore).

Ahead of the upcoming national election, experts, political leaders, and civil society representatives yesterday voiced concern over online misinformation, misuse of social media, and the need for stronger accountability from both platforms and political parties.

Bangladesh must confront and overturn the harmful social norms and entrenched power structures that normalise violence against women and girls, said speakers at a national dialogue yesterday.

Students of Chittagong University have urged the university authorities to reduce the fee for admission forms from Tk 1,000 for each unit. 

An 80-year-old man died after he was allegedly kicked by his nephew over a land dispute in Saker Mohammad Char area of Chakaria upazila in Cox’s Bazar yesterday.

A decades-old wooden bridge over a branch of the Lauhajang river at Gharia in Kalihati has become a daily ordeal for residents of four villages who depend on it as their only link to other areas.