A total of 19 Bangladeshi migrants, who had faced abduction and torture in Tunisia, were repatriated yesterday.

Traffic resumed on the Baghaichhari-Sajek road after over nine hours of disruption that had stranded over 500 tourists in Sajek early yesterday.

Three people were killed and at least 20 others injured in a clash between two rival groups over land dispute at Bhundor Char in Rowmari upazila, Kurigram yesterday.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus is likely to visit Malaysia on August 11-13 at the invitation of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who was the first to visit Bangladesh following the formation of the interim government last year.

The Department of Sociology at Presidency University in Kolkata is organising a special event today in memory of noted journalist, political thinker, and writer Abul Mansur Ahmad.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has demanded exemplary punishment for former Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque, holding him directly responsible for the gravest political and constitutional crises in Bangladesh's history.

Admissions for students who recently passed the SSC and equivalent examinations will begin on July 30 and continue until August 11, as per the admission policy for Class XI published yesterday.

While Bangladesh’s government has made progress in introducing needed reforms to direct political stability, tensions and religious freedom concerns still persist, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom has said.

Largely unnoticed and mostly underreported, drowning remains one of the leading causes of death among children in Bangladesh, claiming thousands of young lives every year.

They are expected to start their work at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery early in the morning

The government is maintaining good relations with all countries to avoid overdependence on any single nation, Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain said yesterday.

Hasnat Abdullah, chief organiser for the southern region of the National Citizen Party (NCP), yesterday said the “fascist” Awami League is attempting to reorganise itself by capitalising on the recent Milestone School tragedy.

On July 25, 2024, two more individuals -- Zaman Mia, 19, a garment worker from Narsingdi, and Zakir Hossain, 29, a tailor shop employee from Rayerbagh --succumbed to their bullet wounds at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, according to hospital sources and their families.

Six people have been killed in separate road accidents in Faridpur, Gopalganj, and Shariatpur.

Indian authorities have expelled hundreds of ethnic Bangalee Muslims to Bangladesh in recent weeks without due process, claiming they are “illegal immigrants,” Human Rights Watch said yesterday.

A Dhaka court yesterday sent former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque to jail in connection with a case filed over the killing of Jubo Dal activist Abdul Kaiyum Ahad in the capital’s Jatrabari area on July 18 last year.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has asked the relevant authorities to prepare a list of victims killed in attacks by Awami League and its affiliated groups and state forces acting on the then government orders in the 15 years leading up to the July 24 mass uprising.

The government yesterday formed a six-member inquiry commission to investigate the violence centring the pre-scheduled rally of National Citizen Party in Gopalganj on July 16.

The interim government yesterday formed a new pay commission for public officials and employees under the National Pay Scale, marking a key move towards adjusting salaries in line with inflation.

A Dhaka court has imposed a travel ban and share transfer restrictions on Mohammad Adnan Imam, former chairman of the executive committee of NRBC Bank, in connection with a Tk 705 crore loan default case involving United Commercial Bank (UCB).