The Anti-Corruption Commission has decided to file a case against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s daughter, Saima Wazed Putul, along with 35 others, on charges of collecting bribes in the name of donations under the banner of Shuchona Foundation and embezzling Tk 448 crore.

Two minors drowned in a pond in Krishnapur village of Thakurgaon Sadar upazila yesterday.

The Forest Department has reclaimed 10 acres of forest land in Satkhamair mouza under the Barmi union in Gazipur’s Sreepur upazila and brought it under afforestation.

A total of 39 people died from dengue while 10,496 cases were reported in the month of August, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Although physiotherapy is a vital part of health services worldwide, it has not been given due importance in Bangladesh’s health system, depriving many patients, said experts and professionals yesterday.

However, DU student Ali Husen, who made the threat on Facebook has since removed his post and issued an apology in the face of criticism

The acting director of Shaheed Syed Nazrul Islam Medical College Hospital in Kishoreganj was sued yesterday over the rape of an employee.

Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury yesterday said the army, navy, and air force will be deployed to assist in ensuring security during the upcoming national election.

He was withdrawn in the face of a controversy over closing one lane of a highway while travelling from Dhaka to his workplace

Police recovered the slit-throat body of doctor AHM Amirul Islam, a former leader of the Bangladesh Doctors’ Association (DAB), a pro-BNP physicians’ organisation, from his hospital in Natore town yesterday afternoon.

A large number of Chittagong University students who had been living in private lodgings in nearby areas have temporarily moved to on-campus dormitories, citing safety concerns following recent back-to-back clashes between students and locals in the adjacent Jobra village.

Jamaat-e-Islami plans to launch a tougher movement, if necessary, to press for the next national election to be held under the proportional representation (PR) system and in accordance with the July Charter, having first ensured that the document is made legally binding.

The Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed Oikkoboddho Shikkharthi Jote panel unveiled its manifesto, with 36 pledges to reform Dhaka University, at a press briefing in front of the Ducsu Bhaban yesterday.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said his party will extend full support to the interim government in holding the upcoming national election scheduled for February.

Sabina Yasmin, a general secretary candidate from the ‘Ducsu for Change’ panel, is contesting the Ducsu elections to make the campus more women-friendly and inspire more women to enter politics following last year’s uprising.

If elected vice president of Ducsu, Abidul Islam Khan, candidate from the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal-backed panel, has pledged to turn the campus into a safe and inclusive space for all students.

Chairmen and members of several reform commissions yesterday voiced frustration over the lack of visible progress, more than a year after the interim government took office.

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman yesterday assured Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus of full cooperation with the interim government.

At dawn on Fridays and Mondays, the marshlands of Pirojpur’s Nazirpur upazila come alive with the movement of over a hundred boats carrying fresh vegetables, fish, rice, and other goods to the lone Manoharpur haat.

Despite the authorities’ order to vacate dormitories following an indefinite closure on Sunday night, most male students of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) have refused to leave.