BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday called on new voters to cast their first ballot for the party in the upcoming election.

The National Citizen Party yesterday unveiled a 24-point manifesto pledging the establishment of a “Second Republic” and the drafting of a new constitution by an elected constituent assembly.

The trial of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her two top aides began yesterday at the International Crimes Tribunal-1, with a testimony from the first prosecution witness, a survivor of police atrocities during the 2024 July uprising.

Prof M Shamsher Ali, an eminent nuclear physicist, pioneering educationist and a leading voice in science advocacy in Bangladesh, passed away at a Dhaka hospital early yesterday. He was 87.

Milestone School and College in Dhaka’s Diabari area reopened yesterday on a limited scale, aiming to support students’ mental well-being in the wake of the July 21 plane crash that left the campus into mourning.

Expressing frustration over the delay in implementing the Health Sector Reform Commission’s recommendations, health experts and campaigners yesterday called for a high-powered taskforce and a transition plan to carry out the proposals.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday stressed the importance of achieving economic prosperity through the conservation and sustainable utilisation of the country’s marine resources.

Five people were dead and several injured in a collision involving two motorcycles and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Bijoynagar upazila of Brahmanbaria yesterday.

BNP has formed a committee to review the boundary demarcation of parliamentary constituencies.

An unidentified youth, aged around 35, was allegedly tied to a tree and beaten to death by locals on suspicion of theft in Jamalpur yesterday.

Police have arrested three staffers of Flight Expert, an online travel agency in Bangladesh, in a case filed over the embezzlement of crores of taka from customers, after its managing director reportedly went into hiding.

Rising water levels in the Padma River have triggered fresh erosion in Rajbari’s Daulatdia ferry ghat area, threatening three active ferry terminals and placing over a thousand families at risk of displacement for the past two weeks.

Sajid Abdullah, an Islamic University (IU) student whose body was recovered from a campus pond on July 17, was murdered, according to the final forensic report.

Says info adviser; journos martyred and injured in July uprising honoured

Case filed, no arrests yet

The victim's husband is still absconding

Following the HC order, the students can take exams in these subjects

3 Kurigram rivers continue to rise

Railway will operate the special trains on 8 routes on Aug 5

DMP DC Talebur Rahman briefed journalists about the arrests at a press briefing at the DMP media centre