The government is taking steps to implement a Tk 7,340 crore project to build flood control embankments along the Muhuri, Kohua, and Silonia rivers in Feni through the Bangladesh Army, said Disaster Management and Relief Ministry Adviser Faruk-E-Azam yesterday.

An influential group has allegedly occupied around 40 acres of land belonging to the Water Development Board (WDB) in Chattogram’s Kattali and Halishahar areas, constructing various types of structures and disrupting the land’s intended use for forestation.

Saima Wazed Putul, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) regional director for the South East Asia Regional Office (SEARO), has been sent on indefinite leave from Friday, according to Health Policy Watch.

Women’s rights activists yesterday demanded direct elections to the  reserved seats for women in the Jatiya Sangsad, urging political  parties to ensure meaningful representation and end the system of  nomination that often sidelines women’s leadership.

A woman issued a fake bomb threat on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ Dhaka-Kathmandu flight in an attempt to prevent her son from travelling with his extramarital partner.

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) yesterday issued a clarification regarding the recent circulation of an internal Army Headquarters letter on social media, which has been misrepresented by some quarters as a complaint against the police.

Based on the findings, law enforcers will assess security needs in each constituency and identify candidates who may pose risks.

Protests continued on university campuses and around the country yesterday, calling for justice for Lal Chand, alias Sohag, who was brutally murdered in Old Dhaka on Wednesday.

The incident took place around 8:30pm on the Samir Uddin Smriti College premises while Faisal was leaving the council venue following the announcement of results.

At least two Bangladeshis were shot dead allegedly by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along the borders in Sunamganj and Thakurgaon early yesterday.

On July 13, 2024, the Students Against Discrimination announced a fresh set of protest programmes, shifting their strategy from blockades to processions and symbolic marches.

Over the past 11 months, 349 incidents of political violence took place across the country, BNP and its affiliated organisations were linked to 323 of these

Data from the Police Headquarters presents a grim picture of violent crimes, including murder, mugging, robbery, extortion, and mob violence, in the first six months of 2025.

The diverging outcomes threaten to create a multi-tiered tariff landscape in Asia, placing nations like Bangladesh at a serious disadvantage in the US market.

National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam yesterday accused a particular party of being solely focused on power and power sharing.

Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury yesterday said legal action has been initiated against those involved in the killing of Lal Chand alias Sohag.

A man was sent to jail yesterday over the machete attack on a Khatib inside a mosque in Chandpur on Friday.

BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday questioned whether the government is being lenient on the killers of a scrap trader in front of Mitford hospital due to what he said its silent support for such incidents of mob violence.

'Police are reviewing CCTV footage in the area to identify the culprits'

Muggers went so far as to strip a man of his shirt in Dhaka’s Shyamoli on Friday, after they had snatched his valuables.