One admitted to DMCH with stab wounds

US President Donald Trump has nominated Brent Christensen, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, to serve as the next US ambassador to Bangladesh.

Disinformation campaigns are targeting the interim government, state institutions, armed forces, politics and even the country’s future to create confusion and anarchy, said Lt Gen (retd) Abdul Hafiz, special assistant to the chief adviser, yesterday.

The report also revealed the involvement of 53 individuals, including leaders of different political parties, other individuals, and government institutions

A total of nine cases were filed with different police stations under RMP in connection with the violence during the July Uprising

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday cleared the way for holding the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union election on September 9 as per schedule.

The manifestos of the panels contesting the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union elections lay bare how the university is still mired in long-unresolved problems even after more than a century of its founding.

If elected, Mahin Sarkar, general secretary candidate of the independent panel “DU First” in the upcoming Ducsu elections, has pledged to form a shadow opposition union with defeated candidates, which may serve as a pressure group to make the student body more effective.

If elected vice-president in the upcoming Dhaka University Central Students’ Union election, Nayem Hasan has pledged to focus on academic reform grounded in the spirit of 1971 and 2024.

Diesel supply through the Chattogram-Dhaka Fuel Pipeline is yet to start, almost 20 days after its launch, as the authorities proceeded with inauguration despite having issues during trial runs.

As Bangladesh approaches its scheduled graduation from the least developed country (LDC) category in November 2026, a sense of unpreparedness hangs over both the government and the private sector.

Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has called for stricter international legal frameworks to prevent the laundering of billions of dollars in stolen wealth to offshore tax havens and developed nations.

The finalised July Charter is likely to be sent to political parties in a day or two following revisions to three contentious commitments that several parties had raised objections to.

The Election Commission has proposed stricter amendments to the election law, including a provision barring fugitives from contesting national polls.

The Editors’ Council yesterday expressed concern over three developments: denial of a genuine protest photograph as AI-generated, attempts to create a mob at the Dhaka Reporters Unity, and the government’s move to implement a law first drafted during the ousted Awami League government’s tenure.

Around 2:30pm Tuesday, a 40-year-old man stood silently at Adabor’s Road-10 Balur Math, staring at some shanties.

Police have recovered the body of a local Awami League leader from beside an embankment in Ashashuni upazila of Satkhira.

Cop was attacked and a police vehicle was vandalised during a raid on Monday

The government is working to recruit at least 4,000 assistant sub-inspectors (ASIs) before the upcoming national election.

A sudden outbreak of diarrhoea has struck Natore Municipality, infecting around 147 people in the 24 hours till 2:00pm yesterday.