Expressing concerns about the brutal murder near Mitford hospital in the capital, the BNP said the issue could be used for gaining political leverage and to destabilise the election environment.

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), a BNP-backed student body, demonstrated across the country yesterday, protesting the activities of a "long-operating underground group" and their attempt to incite mobs, disrupt academic environments, and worsen the law and order situation in educational institutions.

A Chattogram court yesterday sentenced three people to death in connection with the 2021 murder of a man in Chattogram's Sitakunda.

After 13 years, the government has updated the Population Policy with the aim of achieving six key objectives, including fully harnessing the potential of the country’s demographic dividend.

Police recovered the bodies of a woman and two children with their throats slit from their house in Mymensingh’s Bhaluka upazila yesterday morning.

The National Consensus Commission proposed establishing an upper house comprising elected representatives from each district and city corporation, and suggested abolishing the current system of reserved seats for women in parliament.

With the monsoon setting in, southern part of Dhaka city braces for a fresh spell of waterlogging, as the city corporation has yet to take effective measures to mitigate the perennial problem despite identifying 30 highly vulnerable areas nearly two years ago.

"A list of around 400 retired officials is currently under review though it remains unclear how many of them will eventually be promoted"

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday framed charges against former Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner Habibur Rahman and seven other ex-police officials in a crimes against humanity case filed over the killing of six people in the capital’s Chankharpool area on August 5 last year.

Brutal violence descended on July 15, 2024, as activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League launched coordinated attacks on students protesting for reforms in the public service quota system.

The interim government will prepare a list of women activists who took part in the July mass uprising, Women and Children Affairs Adviser Sharmeen Murshid said yesterday.

To celebrate its recent international recognition, Bangla daily Prothom Alo hosted a reception on Sunday for its readers, supporters, and well-wishers.

Saudi dates -- native to desert climates -- are now thriving in the saline soil of Rampal upazila, Bagerhat, an area traditionally reliant on shrimp farming due to high salinity in its water bodies.

Jahanara Rahman, wife of the late Dr Mujibar Rahman, passed away yesterday morning at her residence in Gulshan. She was 103.

The High Court in the full text of a verdict has observed that the trial of a corruption case, in which BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman were convicted and sentenced to different jail terms in 2023, was not held impartially.

Despite over 74,000 pending cases in family courts across the country, the judiciary is witnessing a decisive shift towards efficiency and citizen-centric service, said Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed yesterday.

Police have arrested another suspect in connection with the recent murder of Mahbub Molla, former vice-president of Jubo Dal’s Daulatpur unit in Khulna.

Turkish envoy, advisers join event

They also called on other lawyers to refrain from defending the accused

Mirza Abbas also BNP cannot be removed from public sentiment through "conspiracy"