Disband Rab, ensure justice for victim families

The interim government must immediately disband the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), which has been accused of carrying out enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings, said speakers at a discussion yesterday.
29 August 2025

Kurigram’s forgotten jewel: Naodanga Zamindar Palace in ruins

On the northern border with India, in Kurigram’s Phulbari upazila, stands the decaying Naodanga Zamindar Palace, once a hub of aristocratic power and cultural celebration, now abandoned to neglect and ruin.
29 August 2025

July uprising paved way for welfare state

Bangladesh is at a “critical juncture”, with the July uprising opening up new political possibilities to rebuild the country as a welfare state, speakers said at a discussion yesterday.
29 August 2025

Potato, papaya now only choice for many families

More and more people are now relying on potatoes and papaya to feed their families as the prices of other vegetables continue to rise in Dhaka’s kitchen markets.
29 August 2025

Expanded dengue syndrome a growing concern

Mohammadpur resident Hujaifa Tanveer, 28, who has been receiving treatment at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital, was due to be discharged on Thursday, but doctors postponed it after tests revealed that dengue had partially damaged his kidneys and lungs.
29 August 2025

Student bodies protest on DU campus over attack on Nur

Protesters marched on campus at 11:30pm and later held a rally at the foot of Raju Memorial Sculpture
29 August 2025

Jatiya Party office in Rajshahi vandalised over attack on Nur

Earlier on Friday night, leaders and activists of Gono Odhikar Parishad, Jubo Odhikar and Chhatra Odhikar Parishad in Rajshahi city brought out a protest procession from the city's Shaheb Bazar Zero Point around 9:30pm
29 August 2025
29 August 2025

Post-july uprising: Greed fuelling new wave of anarchy

In the aftermath of the July uprising, the country has witnessed a new wave of terror, killings, and mob violence, centring extortion, land grabbing, and establishing dominance, said Gono Forum founder and Emeritus President Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday.
29 August 2025

Law enforcers swoop on Gono Odhikar during clash with JP in Kakrail

Leaders and activists of Jatiya Party and Gono Odhikar Parishad clashed in front of the former’s central office in the capital’s Kakrail yesterday.
29 August 2025
29 August 2025

CA's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam condemns attack on Nur

"As a student leader, Nur played a historic role in spearheading the anti-quota reform movement in 2018, inspiring a generation to rise against injustice and demand fairness"
29 August 2025

BNP condemns attack on Nur, Rashed

The BNP leader said the party respects the right to hold all kinds of peaceful political programmes
29 August 2025

Economic policies must be freed from grip of oligarchs

Bangladesh’s economic policies must be liberated from the control of a few oligarchs, bureaucrats, and a narrow capitalist elite to ensure broad-based growth and sustainable job creation, economists said yesterday.
29 August 2025

Protests erupt in Ctg, N'ganj, Kushtia over attack on Nur

BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami, Islami Andolan Bangladesh condemned the attack
29 August 2025

43 bodies a month recovered from rivers this year

Bodies of a woman and a child were recovered from the Buriganga River on August 23. Autopsies initially found that they had been strangled before their bodies were dumped. A murder case was filed with Sadarghat River Police Station in this regard.
29 August 2025

Students’ union elections: Meghmallar pledges to end disparity

Meghmallar Basu, general secretary candidate from the Protirodh Porshod panel in the upcoming Ducsu election, said he will remain vocal against injustices and for the rights of students, regardless of the election result.
29 August 2025

Students’ union elections: Umama eyes major academic reforms

If elected Vice-President (VP) of Ducsu, independent candidate Umama Fatema from the Independent Student Unity Panel has pledged to prioritise major academic reforms.
29 August 2025

Haunted by scars, still waiting for justice

Survivors of enforced disappearances broke down yesterday as they recalled the torture, humiliation, and threats they endured in secret detention centres.
29 August 2025

Only 5% road crash victims get compensation

Govt creates Tk 225cr fund but complex process leaves majority of victims with no compensation
29 August 2025