A new teacher’s platform was launched at Dhaka University yesterday with the aim of bringing together university teachers from diverse ideological backgrounds.

Without fundamental reforms, any future government in Bangladesh risks becoming autocratic, said Badiul Alam Majumdar, a member of the National Consensus Commission, yesterday.

The spirit of the Liberation War and the July uprising are rooted in the same dream of a just, inclusive, and discrimination-free Bangladesh, said speakers at a programme yesterday.

The quality of Bangla literature is declining. The language is being distorted, and its standard is falling. Young writers must raise the standard of both the language and literature to a higher level.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus visited the National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute last night to inquire about the treatment of the patients injured in the fighter jet crash at Milestone School and College Uttara’s Diabari of the capital.

The Jatiya Party (Kazi Zafar) chief made the remarks after a meeting between Yunus and 12 parties at the state guest house Jamuna

A Netrakona court yesterday sent a teenage boy to jail over the rape of a four-year-old girl in Barhatta upazila of the district.

Law adviser Prof Asif Nazrul yesterday said protecting human rights in Bangladesh is not possible without reforming the state’s three foundational institutions -- the executive, legislature, and judiciary.

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Different Islamist parties are in efforts to reach an “understanding” to counter the BNP ahead of the 13th parliamentary election.

National Citizen Party Convener Nahid Islam has said the party does not support elections without justice and reforms.

Bangladesh’s pharmaceutical companies risk losing the chance to produce at least 15 costly biologic drugs royalty-free

The total number of deaths from the jet crash now stands at 35

Activities of Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, special assistant to chief adviser, raise concerns over conflict of interest, executive overreach and violations of procurement rules

Bergman alleged that Khairul Haque had been detained without "any evidence linking him to this killing"

One year after the July uprising shook Bangladesh’s political landscape, former student leader Umama Fatema says the movement’s most significant achievement was breaking the long-standing culture of fear and silence.

City residents, still reeling from the trauma of deaths and destruction during the quota reform protests, felt a renewed wave of fear. Each day, particularly after sundown, convoys of vehicles carrying law enforcers reached neighbourhoods across Dhaka.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said Bangladesh is yet to see good governance and the police force are not showing signs of improvement.

A 25-year-old man was stabbed to death allegedly by his rivals in broad daylight at Rayer Bazar in the capital’s Mohammadpur area yesterday.

The indiscriminate use of the repressive Anti-Terrorism Act, along with arrests and the detention of children, in Gopalganj signals a troubling return of repression, said a group of 11 citizens in a statement yesterday.