Seven students of Barishal University (BU) have staged a hunger strike to press home their three-point demand, including infrastructural development of the campus.

In the Galengya union of Ruma upazila, Bandarban, allegations have emerged that bricks from an abandoned government primary school are being used in the construction of a new Buddhist monastery.

One injured receiving treatment at DMCH

With the national election approaching, police have sped up the process of identifying officers who played “commanding roles” in the three previous controversial polls or had strong political affiliations during that period.

The upcoming Dhaka University Central Students’ Union polls on September 9 are set to be highly competitive, with nearly 10 panels in the race. Students think no single panel is likely to secure a sweeping victory.

Cabinet Division rejects reform proposal for separate ‘EC Service’ and an independent secretariat

Transparency in party and campaign funding must be ensured so that political power cannot be used for profit or abuse, Transparency International chair François Valérian has said.

The holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi, commemorating the birth and demise of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SM), will be observed across the country today with due religious reverence.

The BNP has said it will not support any constitutional reforms before the national election in February 2026, arguing that such changes must be made by the next parliament.

The National Citizen Party has proposed forming a Constituent Assembly, stating that it represents the most democratic means of implementing the July Charter.

The Jatiya Party central office in the capital’s Kakrail once again came under attack last night.

Thirty undocumented Bangladeshis were deported from the United States with their hands cuffed and feet shackled. A special chartered flight carrying them landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka late Thursday night.

Hundreds of people attacked a “darbar sharif”, exhumed the body of Nurul Haque -- widely known locally as “Nural Pagla” -- from his grave and set it on fire in Goalanda upazila of Rajbari yesterday.

Indigenous community accuses union chairman and his family of land grabbing, demands police action

François Valérian emphasises the need for a system where power at last belongs to the people

Cardinal George Koovakad is set to hold a series of meetings and discussions

Arrestees sent to jail after being produced before a court

Air Force aircraft to deliver over 11 tonnes of relief supplies to Kabul

The day is a public holiday

'I urge them to gradually change their political strategy, apologise to the people if there are mistakes in the past history,' he says