They won’t boycott polls

BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday brushed aside any concern about the upcoming national polls amid boycott calls by some political parties.
14 August 2025

July charter: Commission likely to push parties for legally binding deal

Following demands from several parties, including Jamaat-e-Islami, National Citizen Party, and Islami Andolan Bangladesh, the National Consensus Commission is considering a proposal to make the July National Charter a legally binding document.
14 August 2025

ACC sues Joy over sketchy bank account transactions

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has found suspicious transactions amounting to Tk 57.5 crore in two bank accounts belonging to Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
14 August 2025

Extortion allegation: Asif Mahmud denies any involvement

A video clip has gone viral in which an expelled Bangladesh Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsaad leader is seen confessing to extorting money from former Awami League MP Shammi Ahmed.
14 August 2025

Man stabbed to death at Banani shisha lounge

A man was stabbed to death early yesterday while leaving a shisha lounge in the capital’s Banani.
14 August 2025

2 beaten, handed over to police near Dhanmondi 32

'The two were brought in by protesters who suspected them to be affiliated with Awami League or the banned organisation Chhatra League. We are interrogating them,' says police
14 August 2025

EC to declare polls roadmap next week

The Election Commission yesterday said it would publish the roadmap for the 13th national election next week.
14 August 2025

Surveillance: Govt forms body to probe AL regime’s violations

The government has formed a committee to investigate how the state’s surveillance infrastructure had been used to violate the rights of citizens during the Awami League regime.
14 August 2025

Looted stones being restored at Sada Pathor

The district administration, during a joint operation in Bholaganj of Sylhet’s Companiganj upazila and parts of Sylhet city, has recovered over 35,000 cubic feet of stones previously looted from the Sada Pathor tourist spot.
14 August 2025

50 years since Bangabandhu’s assassination

Today marks 50 years since the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
14 August 2025

Crores spent, but Ctg roads still crumble

Commuters in Chattogram are enduring severe hardships due to the appalling condition of major roads, a crisis worsened by the apparent indifference of the authorities.
14 August 2025

Rabeya Akhter passes away

Rabeya Akhter, wife of the late Md Ismail Mia, former Inspector of Kalia Chapra Sugar Mills and noted social worker, passed away on Wednesday night at her residence in Batrish, Kishoreganj.
14 August 2025

School building on the verge of collapse

The main building of Bardia Bahumukhi High School in Lohagara upazila of Narail has become so dilapidated that it could collapse at any time, putting more than 600 students and 25 teachers in danger.
14 August 2025

Mannan’s orchard of global delights

In the hills of Akbarpur, a green revolution is taking root -- not driven by large corporations, but by the vision and hard work of one man.
14 August 2025

Man killed over Tk 350 loan in Mymensingh

An auto-rickshaw driver has been beaten to death by a group people over dues of only Tk 350 in the Mankon Boardghar area of Muktagacha upazila in Mymensingh.
14 August 2025

3 workers die in Netrakona wall collapse

Three workers were killed and two others injured when a wall collapsed during the demolition of an abandoned building belonging to the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) in Netrakona yesterday.
14 August 2025

Dhaka, KL push for transparent hiring process

Malaysia and Bangladesh have agreed to work towards establishing a more transparent recruitment process for Bangladeshi workers, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus told Malaysia’s state news agency Bernama in an interview published yesterday.
14 August 2025

Protest in Sylhet against stone theft at Sada Pathor

Vested interest groups were profiting from the illegal extraction, they allege
14 August 2025

Drive underway in Demra to recover Sada Pathor looted from Bholaganj

Rab claims to have found Bholaganj’s white stone stored in seven warehouses
14 August 2025

Hunger strike disrupted following clash at Sher-E-Bangla Medical College

Protesters had been staging sit-in and hunger strike for three days, demanding sweeping reforms in health sector
14 August 2025