On August 5, 2024, then a 16-year-old ninth-grader Al Amin Hossain joined thousands of protesters outside BRAC University.

The government has sent a strong message of good governance by curbing commodity prices, restoring financial discipline, and ensuring corruption‑free project reviews, Mahdi Amin, adviser to the prime minister, said yesterday while highlighting the government’s successes in its first five months in office.

The government has appealed to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court to overturn two High Court directives barring permanent infrastructure development in the Mazar area of Bogura’s Mahasthangarh, the 2,500-year-old archaeological site on Unesco’s World Heritage Tentative List.

Bangladesh has called for a UN-led international debt relief mechanism to help developing countries cope with mounting fiscal pressures caused by global crises.

The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) can now conduct its own raids, searches, seizures, arrests and investigations along the country’s borders and at land ports, airports and seaports under the Narcotics Control (Amendment) Act, 2026.

In the midst of heavy traffic, Ripa Rudra, along with her two-year-old son, was standing next to a footbridge at the Nabisco intersection in the capital’s Tejgaon around 8:00pm.

If July 18 had revealed the state’s capacity for violence, July 19 -- the second day of the students’ “Complete Shutdown” programme -- showed its willingness to use that violence without restraint.

Dhaka can no longer drain normal monsoon rainfall because decades of canal filling, road construction across lowlands, and poorly planned development have destroyed the capital’s natural drainage system, experts said yesterday.

Says violence, intimidation and legal harassment are undermining press freedom and democratic accountability

Mushfiqur Rahman assaulted by a group of youths at a food hotel in Khaliajuri

Police recover body beneath electricity pole; tools used in suspected theft found at the site

Residents can report 10 types of civic issues, track complaints in real time, and access essential public services through a single platform

Finance adviser warns rising debt, global shocks threaten social sector spending

Education boards cite recent unrest and other factors for delay; ministry to decide final publication date

Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council also calls for protection of religious freedom

Many of the appellants say they were unaware

National fish now out of reach for many consumers in Bagerhat

They quietly enter Bangladesh via remote forests in Bandarban; local trafficking networks help them evade security checkpoints, find work

In this unplanned concrete jungle, where the monsoon often brings flooded roads, traffic jams and disrupted routines, little remains of the romance traditionally associated with the season in Bengali culture.

The July Shaheed Smriti Foundation is grappling with a severe fund crisis, hampering its efforts to provide financial assistance to the families of 34 July martyrs and 9,776 people injured during the July uprising.