Sammilito Khatme Nabuwat Parishad yesterday launched a year-long programme at an international conference in Dhaka, demanding that the government declare Ahmadiyyas a non-Muslim minority.

Though many senior BNP leaders remain unhappy with the July charter implementation order, the party is shifting its focus and speeding up election-related work, as several major tasks remain incomplete.

The National Citizen Party is continuing full-fledged preparations to contest the upcoming national election, focusing on organising its grassroots and selecting candidates for all 300 seats.

The centrepiece of the reform package is the abolition of a category that designates state-owned lenders as "specialised banks"

Gangs could be used as hired muscle during upcoming polls, warns police intelligence report

Rab-7 yesterday arrested three youths in connection with the killing of a mobile repairman who was stabbed to death in Chattogram’s Enayet Bazar area early Friday.

Two suspects arrested over the murder of Rangpur trader Ashraful Haque, whose dismembered body was recovered from two plastic drums near the High Court on Thursday, have given conflicting statements, law enforcement officials have said.

A local BNP leader was hacked by criminals and later shot dead over establishing supremacy in Lakshmipur last night, said police.

The Association of Travel Agents of Bangladesh (ATAB) yesterday warned that around 30 lakh people involved in the sector will lose their jobs if the government turns the Bangladesh Travel Agency (Registration and Control) (Amendment) Ordinance into a law.

Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter has called for scaling up inclusive, ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) across all sectors to protect Bangladesh's key ecosystems

Over 20 buses vandalised

A bus was set on fire in Beribadh, Hazaribagh

Rab briefs on Ctg mobile mechanic murder; three arrested

The first consignment of 56,959 tonnes arrived on October 25

Activists call for end to encroachment, pollution and stronger enforcement of laws

Divisional workers’ convention will be held on November 22

Says association of travel agents, terms it 'black law'

Speakers at Citizen’s Platform warn of mob violence, artist harassment, Hijra neglect, and minority evictions

A new iron-coloured uniform for Bangladesh Police has come into force, with members of all metropolitan police units and some specialised units, including the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), set to start wearing it from today. .However, district police have not yet received the new outfit

Issues like deprivation of water and killings along the border must be addressed with importance, he says