The government yesterday reshuffled deputy commissioners in 15 districts as the country prepares for the next general election in a few months.

All police stations in the Dhaka metropolitan area have been instructed to beef up security measures, while field officers have been directed to step up patrols and surveillance at important establishments.

More than 100 people were injured as police charged batons, fired sound grenades, and used water cannons to disperse a group of government primary school teachers during a demonstration in Dhaka’s Shahbagh yesterday afternoon.

The districts are -- Noakhali, Habiganj, Gazipur, Dhaka, Gaibandha, Barguna, Bogura, Pirojpur, Khulna, among others

Deceased and injured victims of the July uprising faced at least 20 different barriers in receiving medical care or having last rites performed, a new study has found.

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman is expected to return to Bangladesh after 17 years in exile in the first week of December.

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday said Bangladesh is an independent and sovereign country, and it will not run on anyone’s directives.

Democracy will not sustain if discrimination cannot be eliminated, said noted political and legal analysts and civil society leaders yesterday.

A spate of killings linked to deadly gang violence and political clashes in Chattogram over the past year has left residents in the city and adjoining upazilas fearing for their safety, with many describing the situation as living in a state of “constant fear”.

Automatic fire detection, suppression systems recommended

BNP bins Jamaat’s call for dialogue, says it’ll respond only to chief adviser's invite

In response to escalating onion prices, the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) has advised the government to authorise imports as a strategic measure to increase supply and stabilise the local market.

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday said the interim government’s main responsibility is to establish a democratic administration through free and fair elections, not to serve any party’s interests.

The judiciary has been undergoing major reforms over the past 15 months to make it more independent, efficient, and accessible to the people, Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed said yesterday.

A crocodile caught by locals on Friday night in Manikganj Sadar upazila was handed over to the Forest Department yesterday afternoon.

Over 100 hurt as cops charge batons at teachers’ protest

The chief staff officer of the Chattogram Naval Area welcomed the ship's officers and sailors on behalf of the commander of the CNA

Institutions must serve people. Authority without legitimacy is empty, he says

Leaders demand a halt to leasing of profitable terminal to foreign operators

Case filed over one incident; police nab 2 over Oct 8 crude bomb blast in front of Tejgaon church