No force can stop February election: Shafiqul

Shafiqul said this while speaking to journalists after visiting the graves of July uprising martyrs
15 August 2025

Shomi Kaiser freed on bail

She walked out of Kashimpur Women’s Central Jail in Gazipur around 11:00pm last night
15 August 2025

Chief Adviser extends Janmashtami greetings to Hindu community

Janmashtami is one of the major religious observances of the Hindu community
15 August 2025

Habiganj Chhatra dal leader held with Tk 90,000 'extortion money'

Acting on a tip-off, a joint forces team raided the area around midnight
15 August 2025

Show cause notice sent to former BNP MP

The notice demanded an explanation within three working days
15 August 2025

Army launches high-level probe into alleged violence against woman by senior officer: ISPR

The allegation was made by the ex-wife of a former army officer, who had earlier been convicted in a criminal case
15 August 2025

Patuakhali arrestee attempts suicide in police custody

He has been kept in duty officer’s room under close watch.
15 August 2025

Joint forces target ‘Bunia Sohel’ hideout in Geneva Camp; Tk 1.13cr, explosives seized

The one-hour operation by the army and police, started around 3:00am today
15 August 2025

CU returns to merit-based hall seat allocations

Chittagong University's residential halls, once marked by political dominance and disorder, are witnessing a shift toward greater discipline in the wake of last year's July uprising.
14 August 2025

‘My father was a victim of judicial killing’

Hummam Quader Chowdhury, son of BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, who was executed for 1971 war crimes, has expressed hope that he can prove his father’s “innocence” and expose what he calls a “judicial killing”.
14 August 2025

Rangpur mob killing: Four suspects on 3-day remand

A Rangpur court yesterday placed four men on three-day remand each in connection with the mob beating that killed two persons in Taraganj upazila on August 9.
14 August 2025

Graft Case: Papia and her husband get 3.5 years in jail

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced Jubo Mohila League’s expelled leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon to three years and six months imprisonment in a case filed over amassing about Tk 6.24 crore illegally.
14 August 2025

Sedition Case: Court issues warrant to arrest Hasina, 285 others

A Dhaka court yesterday issued arrest warrants against 286 people including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in a case filed for conspiring to overthrow the interim government through a civil war.
14 August 2025

Three killed, 7 hurt in Faridpur bus collision

Three people were killed and seven others injured in a head-on collision between two buses on the Dhaka–Khulna highway in Faridpur's Sadar upazila yesterday afternoon.
14 August 2025

Over one lakh stranded in north as rivers swell

Over 100,000 people have been stranded as the Teesta and Dudhkumar rivers swelled above danger level, flooding vast areas of cropland, homes and low-lying regions in northern Bangladesh.
14 August 2025

246 more reform proposals ‘ready for implementation’

The interim government has identified 246 more reform proposals as “ready for immediate implementation”, Shafiqul Alam, press secretary to the chief adviser, told reporters yesterday.
14 August 2025

‘Anti-state’ contents: BTRC moves to punish social media platforms

The BTRC has drafted an ordinance to enable the government to punish social media platforms for activities deemed harmful to national unity, security, and public order.
14 August 2025

Khaleda’s birthday to be observed in low-key manner

The BNP will observe the birthday of its Chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia today in a low-key manner with only prayer programmes.
14 August 2025

Reforms before polls needed to stop return of fascism: Yunus

Chief Adviser Prof Mohammad Yunus stressed the need for carrying out necessary reforms and trials before upcoming  national election, saying that without them, people’s hopes of preventing the return of fascism would remain unmet.
14 August 2025