Earlier in the day, Yunus held a meeting with President of Finland Alexander Stubb on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York

Shotgun stolen from police station, ammo recovered after interrogation

Rip currents and shifting sand channels have made three of Cox's Bazar's most popular beach zones -- Kolatoli, Sughandha and Laboni -- increasingly treacherous for tourists.

The prosecution yesterday played four phone call recordings between deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and three others at the International Crimes Tribunal-1. The conversations shed light on plans to suppress the July protests, including bombing demonstrators who blocked the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Narayanganj.

Police recovered four bodies in separate incidents in Fatullah and Siddhirganj of Narayanganj yesterday.

Twenty candidates have withdrawn their nomination papers in the Chittagong University Central Students' Union (Cucsu) elections, while the Election Commission cancelled the nominations of four others due to discrepancies.

The BNP blamed the negligence of foreign ministry and embassy officials for the harassment of political leaders by Awami League supporters at the JFK Airport in New York.

Deceased was a residential student

Students and women’s organisations brought out a procession in Rangamati yesterday, demanding justice for the rape of a class-eight student in Khagrachhari.

Improving law and order has overtaken price control as the top public expectation from the next government, according to the latest round of the People’s Election Pulse Survey.

A man was beaten to death and another seriously injured in a mob attack on suspicion of robbery in Gazipur’s Sadar upazila early yesterday.

The Election Commission has reserved 115 symbols for registered parties and independent candidates in the upcoming 13th national parliamentary elections.

The Rohingya have called for active leadership by the UN, regional powers and OIC to pressure Myanmar's actors.

Dr Iftekharuzzaman, executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh and head of the Anti-Corruption Commission Reform Commission, has expressed concern over the lack of clear updates on the implementation of his commission’s recommendations.

The document shows that Tk 46,805.32 crore of the assets are in Bangladesh, while the remaining Tk 10,451.54 crore are abroad.

A tea seller died after a clash over setting up stalls on a footpath in Dhaka’s Agargaon on Tuesday night.

Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus yesterday urged the World Bank to assist in modernising the Chittagong Port and recovering stolen funds.

The Postal Vote BD app, designed to allow Bangladeshi expatriates to vote, will be launched in the third week of November, said Election Commissioner Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah yesterday.

The death toll from Monday’s chemical warehouse fire in Gazipur’s Tongi rose to two yesterday after another firefighter, burnt in the explosion, lost his battle for life.

Kazi Sazzad Zahir Chandan has been elected president of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) for a four-year term.