A Rangamati court has sentenced Mikel Chakma, an organiser of the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF), along with one Suman Chakma, to eight years imprisonment in a 2007 extortion case.

Asaduzzaman Khan in 2017 dismissed report on enforced disappearances as a ‘smear campaign’, HRW recalls

Organiser says they were verbally told there might be ‘trouble’ if the event takes place

Confesses to police after bodies recovered

As Bangladesh looks toward its next national election, women leaders yesterday called for sweeping reforms to ensure fair and proportional political representation for women, who make up more than half of the country’s population.

Major political parties yesterday said they would decide whether to sign the July Charter only after reviewing the National Consensus Commission’s recommendations for the government on how to implement the charter.

The National Citizen Party will reject registration if the Election Commission (EC) does not allocate the Shapla as its electoral symbol, said its Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary yesterday.

The Centre for Policy Dialogue has recommended that the National Consensus Commission drop its proposal to form a bicameral parliament, saying Bangladesh’s historical and structural realities do not support a second chamber at this stage.

The government is introducing an amendment to the Cyber Security Ordinance 2025 that will grant immediate reprieve to those accused or convicted under certain sections of the now defunct Digital Security Act (DSA).

The Advisory Council yesterday approved the Personal Data Protection Ordinance, 2025, making social media platforms and foreign and local tech companies answerable to the courts of Bangladesh regarding the handling of restricted personal data and confidential personal data of Bangladeshi citizens.

Acclaimed Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam, along with more than 140 journalists, medics, and human rights activists, was taken to Ketziot Prison yesterday following their detention by Israeli forces.

Human Rights Watch has said Bangladesh’s interim government is “increasingly using the recently amended counterterrorism law to arrest alleged supporters of the deposed Awami League government”.

Asif Mahmud, a key leader of Students Against Discrimination, yesterday told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 that the then prime minister and home minister had ordered the killings of him and other coordinators when they were in DB custody last year.

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Around 500 bhoris of gold ornaments were reportedly looted in a daring burglary at a jewellery shop inside Fortune Shopping Mall in Dhaka’s Mouchak area early yesterday.

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan yesterday stressed the need to achieve the target of generating 30 percent of Bangladesh’s energy from renewable sources by 2030.

A man in Mymensingh’s Trishal upazila allegedly killed his parents and buried them inside their home, reportedly over a financial dispute, police said yesterday.

More than 40 hours after the collapse of an embankment on the Dhaki river in Khulna’s Dacope upazila, authorities have yet to take any step for repairs, while water continues to inundate vast areas, submerging homes, croplands, and fish enclosures.

Six people were killed in road accidents in Sirajganj, Chuadanga, Chattogram yesterday and the day before.

Mental health in Bangladesh remains a topic many find difficult to discuss even in 2025, entangled in social stigma and widespread misconceptions.