Protest leaders cite administration promises and Durga Puja observance

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed full support and solidarity with Bangladesh’s ongoing democratic transition and reform initiatives.

Angsanu Marma, 65, stood in front of his charred grocery shop at Guimara’s Ramesu Bazar yesterday while his wife searched for anything that could be salvaged.

Jamaat-e-Islami, Islami Andolan Bangladesh and four other parties yesterday announced the second phase of their simultaneous movement with nearly identical demands, including holding the next parliamentary election based on the July Charter and introducing proportional representation in the voting system.

Launched series of dialogues on Sept 28, beginning with civil society members, intellectuals

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Police and armed activists of then ruling Awami League committed killings during the July uprising at 438 locations across 41 districts, a prosecution witness told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday.

Bangladesh has retained its position on Tier 2 of the US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for the sixth year in a row.

Bangladesh has proposed a seven-point plan for a lasting solution to the Rohingya crisis, urging the international community to adopt a clear roadmap for repatriation and intensify pressure on Myanmar.

Dozens of diagnostic centres have sprung up in different markets and neighbourhoods of Galachipa upazila in Patuakhali, many of them operating without approval or licence renewal for years.

The intensive care unit at the 250-bed Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital is now running at limited capacity due to strained funding and shortage of manpower.

Strict enforcement of laws and better coordination among ministries are essential to deal with air pollution in the capital, said speakers at a public hearing yesterday.

The DMP yesterday withdrew seven police officials for losing ammunition while on duty at a Puja mandap in Dhaka’s Badda.

A mobile court in Gazipur yesterday sentenced a man to six months in jail on drug-related charges, after his wife accused him of forcing her into drug dealing and prostitution.

A ward level leader of Jubo Dal, youth wing of the BNP, was hacked to death in Kahaloo upazila of Bogura district yesterday afternoon.

Inspector General of Police Baharul Alam yesterday said thousands of people have become entangled in case proceedings after the July uprising, with many facing unnecessary suffering.

Rights body Human Rights Support Society (HRSS) has described the human rights situation in Bangladesh in September 2025 as “concerning”, citing incidents of mob violence, attacks on temples, and vandalism of idols.

Eminent citizens, in separate statements, yesterday demanded a transparent judicial probe into the killings of three indigenous protesters in Khagrachhari and urged the chief adviser to take urgent steps for lasting peace in the CHT.

Pera sandesh, a traditional sweetmeat from Mymensingh region, is witnessing soaring demand during Durga Puja.