Cites four causes, urges urgent reconstruction of risky bridges

The apex court also fixed November 4 for holding hearing of the appeal

A Barguna court yesterday sentenced a man to death and another to five years in jail over the rape and murder of a madrasa student in Barguna's Amtoli. The convicts are Hridoy Khan, 20, and his accomplice Zahidul Islam, 19.

The Election Commission is likely to announce its action plan or the roadmap for the 13th national parliamentary election today.

The notice was sent yesterday via post and email by his lawyer

Information Adviser Mahfuj Alam has said the goal of the interim government formed through the July uprising is to eliminate inequality and establish a new political arrangement in Bangladesh that will strengthen the democratic system

Seventy-six-year-old Mokbul Hossain walked slowly into the International Crimes Tribunal-2 yesterday, his eyes heavy with grief. He went there to witness the trial of those accused of killing his son, Abu Sayed, during last year’s July uprising.

Shaikh Tanvir Baree Hamim, the general secretary candidate from the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD)-nominated panel in the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union election, has pledged to bring major changes to the Ducsu constitution.

Chief adviser announces on his verified Facebook page

Around 10:00pm, the DMP commissioner went to Shahbagh, where students had been demonstrating with a three-point demand, and expressed his regret over the incident

Of 56 public universities across the country, only seven have the legal provision for a central students' union

Students have declared a “complete shutdown” at all engineering universities across the country for today over their job-related demands and to protest the police action against students in front of Hotel InterContinental yesterday.

In the first phase, 300 medical devices in 114 government hospitals across the country will be brought under the "Medical Equipment Maintenance Information and Monitoring System"

Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed yesterday said the Supreme Court wants issues regarding the caretaker government system to be resolved in a manner that ensures a workable and sustainable framework for democracy, so that no future political crisis arises.

Abdul Qader, vice president (VP) candidate from the “Boishommo Birodhi Shikkharthi Sangsad” panel in the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) election, has pledged to resolve the issues relating to food and accommodation and end the “gono room” culture if elected.

Candidates for the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union polls started reaching out to students with leaflets yesterday, while the university authorities removed banners, festoons, and campaign boards put up across campus in violation of the electoral code of conduct.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that a certain political quarter is deliberately trying to prevent pro-democracy forces from assuming power.

A year after the July uprising that ousted the Awami League government, the families of enforced disappearance victims in Bangladesh are still searching for the truth, said Sanjida Islam, one of the organisers of Mayer Daak, a platform of victims’ families.

The recently proposed amendments to the Detailed Area Plan (DAP), which aim to increase the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) in most areas of Dhaka by 20 to 80 percent, could fuel the construction of more high-rises in an already overcrowded city, urban planners warned yesterday.

Remember whenever you saw someone speaking through a microphone -- be it at a rally, a meeting, or a grand procession -- there was one thing in common. In front of the mic, a small sign read: “Call-Ready”.