A wave of arson and crude bomb attacks at multiple locations across Dhaka yesterday, targeting public transport, institutions linked to the chief adviser and fisheries adviser, the National Citizen Party, and religious establishments, has sparked public anxiety.

It was like any other morning on the busy Johnson Road in Old Dhaka yesterday.

From 2002 to 2023, Bangladesh secured only $1.41 billion in adaptation funds, less than 1 percent of its projected needs.

Officials said the administration will wait a few more days, but is ready to act if the deadlock continues.

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order that granted bail to former jute and textile minister Abdul Latif Siddique and journalist Md Monjurul Alam Panna in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

The High Court yesterday declared illegal the Election Commission’s gazette notification that reduced the number of parliamentary seats in Bagerhat from four to three and increased the number of seats of Gazipur from five to six.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule questioning the legality of the government decision to cancel the recruitment of music and physical education teachers in primary schools.

Bangladeshi migrant workers deported from Malaysia formed a human chain yesterday, demanding urgent support for 431 workers who were allegedly exploited by two Malaysian companies -- Mediceram and Kawaguchi Manufacturing.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that a vested group was conspiring to erase the spirit of Bangladesh’s Liberation War.

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday reiterated that, if elected to power, his party would ensure the safety of women in workplaces.

Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman yesterday expressed hope that the Corps of Signals would continue contributing to nation-building through development activities carried out with honesty, sincerity, and a strong sense of duty.

The International Crimes Tribunal-2 yesterday recorded the testimony of the 12th prosecution witness in the case over the killing of Begum Rokeya University Rangpur (BRUR) student Abu Sayed during the July uprising, with prosecutors expecting the trial proceedings to conclude by January next year.

In the remote Sonahat village under Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat, a chorus of young voices singing “Manush Bhajle Sonar Manush Hobi” (If you preach humanity, you’ll become a person with a heart of gold) could be heard from afar.

The Alaikumari river in Rangpur is now on the verge of oblivion, choked by years of encroachment, heavy siltation, and unchecked cultivation.

The Ministry of Housing and Public Works yesterday issued a seven-point directive to simplify its services, including scrapping the requirement for lessor approval regarding purchase, donation, gift (hiba), mutation, transfer, power of attorney, or loan permission for residential plots and flats.

At least two dengue patients died, and 1,179 others were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

Nearly three-fourths of all factories in the Chattogram Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) are operating without the mandatory fire safety effectiveness certificate, found a recent investigation by the Fire Service and Civil Defence.

The government has announced the official list of public holidays for 2026, totalling 28 days off.

Poet and thinker Farhad Mazhar has questioned the authority of the interim government to hold a referendum on constitutional reforms, saying it has taken an oath to uphold the constitution.

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