Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday said they do not want a weak election or a fragile democracy.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has taken several decisions to ensure security during the upcoming national election.

She reached the hospital around 1:48am after leaving her Gulshan residence “Firoza” at 1:18am

Tajuddin Ahmad showed true leadership by taking decisive action during one of the most uncertain moments in the nation’s history 1971, said Emeritus Professor Sirajul Islam Chowdhury yesterday.

The Bangladesh Bank has issued a dress code for its officials and employees, suggesting female workers refrain from wearing short-sleeved and short-length dresses, and leggings while on duty.

Police have filed a case against around 1,200 unidentified individuals in connection with the violent demonstration at the Secretariat, which led to clashes between law enforcers and protesters.

Hasnat Abdullah, the National Citizen Party’s southern region chief organiser, demanded the resignation of Health Adviser Nurjahan Begum, labelling her as the “biggest example” of nepotism by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus.

There is a government within the current interim government, economist Debapriya Bhattacharya has said.

Human rights group Fortify Rights has urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate war crimes committed by the Arakan Army (AA), including abductions, torture, killings, and beheadings of Rohingya civilians.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday urged political parties to make their unity against fascism more visible, as signs of conspiracies by defeated forces are becoming evident.

The protests were loud, defiant, and spreading fast. But behind them was a quieter resistance

In a significant development, political parties have unanimously agreed on a proposal on forming the Election Commission through a five-member search panel, a move described as a “turning point” in the national dialogue.

It was just about 7:00am on Monday. A mother sat with her daughter at a bus counter in Dinajpur, set for a two-hour commute to Rangpur for the daughter’s HSC exam three hours later.

At least 787 more people were arrested in the capital and other districts in the 36 hours leading up to 6:00pm on July 24, in connection with cases filed over violence across the country.

Seven members of a family in a microbus and its driver were killed when a truck rammed the vehicle head-on on the Bonpara-Hatikumrul highway in Natore’s Boraigram upazila yesterday.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has expressed deep concern over the interim government not taking any initiative to set up the Information Commission and the National Human Rights Commission nearly a year into its tenure.

Education Adviser Prof CR Abrar yesterday said the delay in deciding to postpone Tuesday’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination was “reasonable”.

A seven-year-old girl was raped allegedly by a local tea store owner in Khagrachhari’s Ramgarh upazila on Tuesday.

A man was beaten to death by a mob on suspicion of theft in Dhaka’s Demra area yesterday.

The government’s biggest problem is a lack of experience, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said yesterday.