A passenger died after falling from a moving train in Melandah upazila of Jamalpur yesterday.

A US State Department report has identified corruption as a persistent and serious impediment to investment and economic growth in Bangladesh.

Several rights, cultural, and political groups yesterday called for urgent investigations into the violence and reported deaths in Khagrachhari, demanding immediate action to ensure justice for the victims.

The government has announced three official hajj packages, setting the lowest cost at Tk 4.67 lakh and the highest at Tk 6.90 lakh.

Says army personnel, BGB members injured; UPDF behind arson

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has said the spirit of national unity forged through the July uprising must not be lost as the nation strives for an inclusive and democratic Bangladesh.

The move has sparked resentment among young civil service officers, though no one is willing to speak on the record.

The Jamaat-e-Islami exhibited a new logo in meetings between its Ameer Shafiqur Rahman and foreign diplomats yesterday without formally unveiling the new emblem.

A total of 10,644 candidates have passed the preliminary test of the 47th Bangladesh Civil Service preliminary examination.

The Bangla Academy has postponed the Ekushey Book Fair, which was scheduled to be held this December.

Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain has said the government will take appropriate action regarding recent politically motivated assault on political leaders in New York upon their return to Bangladesh from the United States.

Four men lay wounded on the street near Jatrabari Police Station. Instead of rushing to their aid, policemen swarmed them. One policeman started beating one of the wounded, another kicked his head with full force, while another policeman joined in, striking with sticks.

Three people were shot dead and four others injured yesterday afternoon in Khagrachhari’s Guimara upazila during protests by indigenous people over the rape of a schoolgirl.

The Election Commission must strictly enforce electoral laws to ensure that the upcoming general elections are free, fair and credible, said civil society representatives yesterday.

Bangladesh urgently needs an independent media commission and laws to protect journalism and journalists in order to strengthen press freedom, speakers said at an event yesterday.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sheikh Md Sajjat Ali yesterday said the DMP has taken foolproof security measures to ensure a festive atmosphere during the Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the country’s Hindu community.

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday filed a case against former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, his wife Rukmila Zaman and six others on charges of extorting Tk 42 crore from a businessman through intimidation.

Police have arrested the aunt of six-year-old Taiba, whose body was recovered from a neighbour’s septic tank in Vedarganj upazila of Shariatpur two days after she went missing.

In the remote shoal of Natuarpara under Kazipur upazila of Sirajganj, a floating jute market comes alive on the Jamuna river after the harvest in late monsoon.

Two brothers died from electrocution in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat yesterday afternoon.