In an audio conversation on July 14 last year with then Dhaka University vice-chancellor ASM Maksud Kamal, deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina likened the protesters to “Razakars” and said they would meet the same fate as those executed for 1971 war crimes.

There is a conspiracy underway to stop the country from returning to a democratic state and to deny the people’s right to vote, said BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday.

The Election Commission has prepared a draft amendment to the Representation of the People Order, 1972, proposing several key changes, including the reintroduction of a “no vote” option on ballots for constituencies with only one contestant.

A Dhaka court yesterday asked Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to submit the probe report by September 14 of the case filed over murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi in 2012.

An unidentified man was killed in a mob beating following an attempted mugging in the Station Road area of Tongi, Gazipur, yesterday.

Bangladesh’s foreign affairs apparatus did not see any major reforms over the past year when the country needed prudent diplomacy to navigate the complexities of rapidly evolving global and regional dynamics.

The overhaul plan will start with at least five banks

The number of Bangladeshi voters undecided about their choice in the upcoming polls has risen sharply over the past eight months, shows a BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) survey.

A teenager was killed during a clash between two groups of alleged drug traders in Mohammadpur’s Geneva Camp yesterday. At least 13 people were detained in this connection.

Home Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury yesterday questioned whether the media has ever reported satisfactory law and order in the country over the 53 years since independence.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim are set to hold official talks in Putrajaya as the two countries are eying better relations.

Despite playing a crucial role in sustaining Bangladesh’s fishing communities, nine out of ten women fishers face regular gendered bias and remain largely invisible due to deep-rooted social, structural, and policy barriers, according to a recent study.

At least a 10-kilometre stretch from Jagdishpur to Shahjibazar in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj has become virtually impassable due to prolonged neglect and lack of maintenance, causing immense suffering for thousands of residents.

Police are investigating the deaths of two men whose bodies were found yesterday inside a car parked in the basement of Sirajul Islam Medical College and Hospital in Dhaka’s Malibagh area.

The High Court yesterday upheld the life imprisonment of two former police officers and reduced another officer’s life term to 10 years imprisonment in a case over the custodial death of Ishtiaque Hossain Jonny, a garment-waste trader from Dhaka’s Mirpur, 11 years ago.

Despite their contribution to the July uprising, the situation of indigenous people in the country remains unchanged, speakers said at a discussion yesterday.

Inside a modest but modern office in Gulshan, one of Dhaka’s busiest urban enclaves, Zahida Fizza Kabir was speaking with calm demeanour.

NCP Convener Nahid Islam, Member Secretary Akhter Hossen, Senior Joint Member Secretary Tasnim Jara, and Joint Member Secretary Alauddin Mohammad represented the NCP

Following the incident, intelligence surveillance and patrolling have been intensified in the border area

The Ministry of Public Administration today issued a gazette notification, signed by deputy secretary Md Mahbubur Rahman, in this regard