Govt watching activities of Hasina

Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam yesterday said the interim government would take legal action against any Awami League members who defy the ban and act on instructions from former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
5 November 2025

Gopalganj youth killed fighting for TTP in Pakistan

A youth from Gopalganj, who had been missing for over 18 months, was killed while fighting for the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in September.
5 November 2025

Seven constituencies: BNP fields new faces against Jamaat heavyweights

Key Jamaat-e-Islami leaders are likely to gain an edge in over a half a dozen constituencies
5 November 2025

Hasnat welcomes not nominated BNP leaders to join NCP

Says party's main goal transcends electoral victory
5 November 2025

5 of a family die in bus-microbus collision

Five members of a family were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar yesterday.
5 November 2025

‘Fair polls to pave way for our return to barracks’

The army wants a free, fair, and acceptable election as per the government’s timeline so that the force can return to its barracks.
5 November 2025

Breaking july deadlock: Jamaat, NCP explore ways

Jamaat-e-Islami and nine other parties, including the NCP, are exploring ways to initiate dialogue and resolve differences over the referendum timing and the implementation process for the July charter.
5 November 2025

Milestone tragedy: The crash occurred due to a pilot error

The Milestone School aircraft crash occurred due to pilot error during a training flight, investigators have found.
5 November 2025
5 November 2025

Draft law forbids unlawful surveillance

The government has drafted a new ordinance that seeks to penalise unauthorised surveillance by anyone, including state actors.
5 November 2025

‘Pay our arrears’

Around a hundred Community Health Care Providers yesterday continued their demonstration for the second consecutive day to press home their demand for payment of 16 months’ arrears and regular salaries.
5 November 2025

6 Jhut depots gutted in Gazipur

A fire gutted six warehouses filled with jhut (garment scraps) in the Ambag area of Gazipur city yesterday morning.
5 November 2025

Medical summit to begin Nov 14

A daylong Medical Value Travel (MTV) Summit 2025 is set to kick off in Chattogram city on November 14.
5 November 2025

‘Why force Awami League to join polls?’

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday said forcing the Awami League to take part in the upcoming national election would amount to “oppression”.
5 November 2025

Digitise community clinics

Health experts yesterday stressed the need to digitise Bangladesh’s community clinics to enhance service delivery and meet growing health demands.
5 November 2025

NCP candidate list by Nov 15: Nahid

National Citizen Party Convener Nahid Islam yesterday said the party is preparing to field candidates in the highest number of constituencies in the upcoming 13th national election and will not join any alliance for now.
5 November 2025

‘I couldn’t save him amid relentless gunfire’

Despite being shot in both legs with pellets near Ashulia Police Station on August 5 last year, 23-year-old garment worker Shahariar Hossen Shajib dragged another injured protester to a nearby house, trying to save him.
5 November 2025

TIB calls for revisions to draft police commission ordinance

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has urged the government to comprehensively revise the draft Police Commission Ordinance, 2025.
5 November 2025

Bank Asia holds event on gender equality

Bank Asia PLC organised a daylong awareness programme on “Gender Equality and Prevention of Sexual Harassment” at the Bank Asia Institute for Training and Development, Lalmatia, Dhaka, on November 4, said a press release.
5 November 2025

Govt yet to issue directive on their job status: army

The government has yet to issue a clear directive regarding the job status of the 15 army officers facing trial before the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), said Brig Gen Md Mustafizur Rahman, director of the PS Directorate under the AG’s Branch at the Army Headquarters, yesterday.
5 November 2025