Shibir’s quiet groundwork pays off

Patience, discipline, and long-term planning turned the tide for Islami Chhatra Shibir, delivering a Ducsu triumph once considered a pipe dream for the student front of Jamaat-e-Islami.
10 September 2025

Two more held over Rajbari shrine attack

Police have arrested two more people in connection with the murder of Rasel Molla, 27, and the large-scale vandalism at the shrine of Nurul Haque, widely known as "Nural Pagla", in Rajbari's Goalanda upazila.
10 September 2025

Mahmudur Rahman, Nahid to testify at ICT

Amar Desh Editor Mahmudur Rahman and Nahid Islam, convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP), have been asked to testify before International Crimes Tribunal-1 as prosecution witnesses on September 15.
10 September 2025

HC halts construction in Hatirjheel, Panthakunja

The High Court yesterday restrained the government from carrying out any construction work in Panthakunja Park and the Hatirjheel waterbody in Dhaka.
10 September 2025

Durga Puja: ‘Apologise for your remarks’

The home adviser’s recent comment on the Durga Puja festival has not only hurt religious sentiments but also raised questions about communal harmony, said 22 eminent citizens yesterday.
10 September 2025

Procurement reforms aim to cut graft

The interim government aims to eliminate political influence and reduce corruption in public procurement through key reforms in the draft Public Procurement Rules (PPR) 2025, said SM Moinuddin Ahmed, chief executive officer of the Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority (BPPA), yesterday.
10 September 2025

Pledge not to challenge July Charter in court

The National Consensus Commission (NCC) in its July Charter has sought firm commitments from political parties that they will not challenge the legality or necessity of the July Charter in court and that they will ensure legal and constitutional safeguards at every stage of its implementation.
10 September 2025

Mob violence: no end in sight

Despite repeated assurances of tougher action and the interim government’s zero-tolerance stance, incidents of mob violence show no sign of stopping.
10 September 2025

After 33 years, Jucsu goes to polls today

After 33 long years, students of Jahangirnagar University are set to cast their votes today for the much-awaited Jucsu and hall union elections.
10 September 2025

Ducsu debacle a rude awakening for BNP

The analysts say the loss ahead of other major student union elections warrants drastic re-organisation of the JCD
10 September 2025

Shibir sweeps Ducsu polls in historic shift

For the first time since Bangladesh’s independence, a panel backed by Islami Chhatra Shibir secured a thumping victory in Ducsu polls on Tuesday, clinching 23 of 28 central posts in a dramatic shift in campus politics.
10 September 2025

National Polls: 42,618 centres to be set up

The Election Commission yesterday published the draft list of polling centres for the upcoming 13th national election, setting the figure at 42,618.
10 September 2025

Bangladesh seeks increased migration opportunities to EU

Bangladesh has called for expanding legal migration opportunities to European Union (EU) countries, stressing that structured initiatives such as the EU Talent Partnership could help curb irregular migration.
10 September 2025

‘Pivotal moment for gender equality’

Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) has congratulated the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) on the findings of its first Household Production Satellite Accounts (HPSA), which, for the first time, placed a monetary value on unpaid household work.
10 September 2025

Ex-DC Sultana Parveen suspended

The government has suspended former Kurigram deputy commissioner and joint secretary Sultana Parveen, who was jailed in a case over torturing a journalist.
10 September 2025

Then who set fire to Mohanganj Express?

For Karwan Bazar hardware shop manager Mizanur Rahman, life has not been the same since the night his world turned to ashes. His wife Nadira Akter Popy, 32, and their three-year-old son Yeasin were among four people killed when arsonists set fire to the Dhaka-bound Mohanganj Express in Tejgaon on December 19, 2023.
10 September 2025

‘We still live in fear’

Five years after a Dhaka court delivered the first-ever verdict under the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act, 2013, in the Ishtiaque Hossain Jonny murder case, the victim’s family says justice remains incomplete.
10 September 2025

2 NCP leaders resign

Two leaders of the National Citizen Party (NCP) resigned from their posts yesterday.
10 September 2025

Making sense of the numbers

What Ducsu vote counts reveal about Shibir’s dominance
10 September 2025

Brothers killed by uncle and cousins, police in Narsingdi say

Murders followed drainage construction dispute
10 September 2025