Police launched an investigation with the highest priority, he said

A team of CMP also recovered 342 stolen mobile phones of various brands, six laptops, and a large amount of cash

Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain, now in Kuala Lumpur, on Friday expressed concerns over the arrests of Bangladeshi nationals on charges of terrorism.

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday termed the call to include the July Charter in the fundamental principles of the Constitution as “misleading”.

A gas explosion injured five members of a family in Dhaka’s Sutrapur early yesterday, just a day after a similar incident claimed two lives in Jatrabari, raising concerns over household gas safety and public awareness.

Though most dengue cases are being reported from outside Dhaka, the majority of deaths are occurring within the capital.

The formation of an independent police commission now appears highly unlikely under the current government, as the home ministry has excluded the proposal from its action plan for the coming year.

In the 11 months since the uprising on August 5, the Anti-Corruption Commission has filed a total of 399 cases, averaging about 36.27 cases per month. These cases named 1,264 individuals as accused, including 243 government employees, accounting for 27.13 percent of the total.

Protests were held on campuses and in some districts last night demanding swift trial and exemplary punishment for those involved in the brutal murder of Lal Chand, alias Sohag, in Old Dhaka’s Mitford area.

The second round of tariff negotiations between Bangladesh and the United States ended yesterday in Washington, DC, with both sides reviewing and debating key proposals.

Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has assigned 22 High Court benches for disposing of 10,385 long-pending cases filed before the year of 2000 on priority basis in order to reduce the backlog of pending cases.

Hefazat-e-Islam yesterday protested the government’s decision to allow the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to establish an office in Dhaka.

Mohammad Amirul Haque, managing director of Premier Cement Mills PLC, has been elected as the president of the Bangladesh Cement Manufacturers Association (BCMA) for the 2025–2027 term, succeeding Alamgir Kabir..A veteran industrialist with over four decades of leadership across diverse se

Most of the major roads in Rangpur city are riddled with potholes, cracks, and eroded surfaces due to years of neglect and lack of maintenance, causing immense suffering for commuters.

A Dhaka court yesterday sent Abul Barkat, an economist and former chairman of Janata Bank PLC, to jail in a graft case.

BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed has ruled out any possibility of an electoral coalition with long-time ally Jamaat-e-Islami but hinted that scope for talks with the National Citizen Party would remain open.

"They've orphaned my two children… I want all of them to be hanged."

Suppliers to Walmart WMT.N have delayed or put on hold some orders from garment manufacturers in Bangladesh, according to three factory owners and correspondence from a supplier seen by Reuters, as US President Donald Trump’s threat of a 35 percent tariff on the textile hub disrupts business.

Talks between the National Consensus Commission and political parties are set to enter a crucial stage this week, with key unresolved issues set to dominate the agenda, sources said.

National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam yesterday warned that if elections are held without reforms, Bangladesh would once again “descend into darkness”.