Family alleges Bangshal police delayed accepting their case

Men, women and children handed over to BGB after flag meeting; later sent to Chougachha Police Station

Speakers at a discussion yesterday called for a review of the National Youth Policy 2017 to make it more inclusive for indigenous youths.

Jagannath University (JnU), one of Bangladesh’s oldest and historic institutions of higher learning, marks 20 years as a full-fledged public university today.

A reign of terror has gripped car showroom owners in the capital.

The University Teachers’ Network (UTN) yesterday said the much-publicised July National Charter signed on October 17 failed to give any hope to the people and frustrated many of the July uprising stakeholders.

The Dhaka metro rail extended its operations by one hour from yesterday, with trains now running half an hour earlier in the morning and half an hour later at night..According to Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), the first train now departs at 6:30am instead of 7:10am, while the

Almost 1,400 Bangladeshi peacekeepers deployed in various UN missions will be sent home by mid-2026 due to severe fund cuts by donor countries, especially the US, which has reduced funding globally since the Trump administration.

The National Consensus Commission is working on a special order that would authorise a referendum on implementing the just-signed July National Charter.

Rampant encroachment and indiscriminate pollution have long been choking the Boral River in the Chalan Beel area of Pabna’s Chatmohar upazila by restricting its natural flow.

The Paranganj Hospital in Mymensingh, built to provide healthcare services to people of remote shoal areas, has remained largely non-functional even 22 years after its establishment.

The motorcade of former independent MP from Faridpur-3 AK Azad came under attack, allegedly by a group of Jubo Dal activists, in Faridpur Sadar upazila yesterday.

As the three-day event marking the 135th death anniversary of Fakir Lalon Shah drew to a close yesterday, a note of farewell lingered in the air at his Akhra Bari in Cheuriya, Kushtia.

A Jagannath University student’s body was found on the staircase of a house in Armanitola area of Old Dhaka yesterday.

Jamaat-e-Islami and National Citizen Party yesterday traded barbs over the former’s demand for a proportional representation system.

Female student detained; police continue hunt for others

Daily Amar Desh journalist Jahidul Islam was physically assaulted by BNP activists at the party chairperson’s Gulshan office yesterday.

National Citizen Party once again reiterated its demand for shapla (water lily) as its electoral symbol yesterday and sought a written explanation from the Election Commission regarding the policies or criteria for inclusion or exclusion of symbols.

A graphic designer of the online news portal Dhaka Stream was found dead at her home in Dhaka’s Sobhanbagh area on Saturday evening.

Teachers of MPO-listed non-government schools, colleges and madrasas  yesterday continued their protest for the eighth consecutive day, rejecting the government’s decision to grant a five percent house rent allowance, or a minimum of Tk 2,000 per month.