The government also supplies police stations with some of the items they request each month, but only a portion of the demand is met.

As Bangladesh goes through a transition and heads for elections by February next year, political analysts have called for a just and fair process where all people, regardless of caste, creed, and gender, can participate.

Police have launched an inquiry into an incident in which a girl was slapped as she clung to her father during his arrest at Geneva Camp in Mohammadpur on Thursday.

Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Huq’s politics of rights, agrarian reform, and electoral legitimacy remain crucial for post-July uprising Bangladesh, as the country struggles to redefine justice and democracy, said speakers at a seminar yesterday.

Law Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul yesterday said institutional reforms were required alongside legal ones to prevent enforced disappearance, calling the crime worse than murder.

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman has said that if his party comes to power, it will ensure the representation of expatriates in the national parliament.

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday said if his party is voted to power, it will prioritise education by giving the sector the highest budget allocation to enhance its quality and develop skilled, ethical human resources.

The smoke, dust, and concrete walls of Dhaka seem to be closing in, making it harder to breathe each day. In this bustling city, catching sight of greenery feels like a rare stroke of luck. Yet, the answer to relief lies close -- in trees. A little shade, a breath of oxygen, a moment of peace.

What began as a simple Ludo game during Ramadan in March this year has turned into six months of simmering hostility -- finally erupting into a deadly clash that left one man dead and at least 30 others injured in Brahmanbaria Sadar upazila early yesterday.

For decades, hundreds of people have been using three wooden bridges over the Banar river in Mymensingh’s Phulbaria upazila.

Fishermen in Patuakhali and Cox’s Bazar districts are eagerly preparing to set sail for the deep sea as the 22-day ban on hilsa fishing came to an end at midnight today.

Police and the local administration in Narsingdi municipality are locked in a dispute over toll collection from roads.

A madrasa teacher was arrested on charge of rape of a 12-year-old boy amid protests by locals in Gazipur’s Sreepur upazila on Friday.

The Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP) yesterday urged the public to remain patient and avoid assigning blame prematurely regarding the abduction of Mufti Mohammad Mohebbullah Miyaji, the imam of Tongi T&T Colony Mosque.

A little over two weeks after the killing of a BNP activist in Hathazari upazila, a Jubo Dal activist was shot dead in broad daylight in Raozan upazila of Chattogram yesterday afternoon.

After the fire, toxic fumes hung over the area for several days, posing serious health risks to locals.

The only giraffe at Gazipur Safari Park has died while undergoing treatment for tuberculosis (TB). The adult female giraffe, brought from South Africa, passed away on Thursday afternoon, but the news was made public yesterday.

Hopes Felix Gerdes, resident representative of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES)

Urges them to participate in the democratic process

Police say public asked not to assign blame without evidence