Mob justice goes against spirit of July uprising

Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman yesterday said mob justice, in any form, is unacceptable and goes against the spirit of the July uprising.
5 July 2025

Muradnagar in Cumilla: 8 held over triple murder, case filed

Law enforcers yesterday arrested eight persons in a case filed over the brutal murder of three members of a family in Cumilla’s Muradnagar.
5 July 2025

Jamaat’s criticism aimed at delaying polls: Rizvi

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday alleged that Jamaat-e-Islami is trying to fish in troubled waters.
5 July 2025

Mother raped while child held at knifepoint

A 28-year-old woman was raped while her one-and-a-half-year-old son was held at knifepoint in Panchagarh Sadar upazila on Friday night, according to a case filed yesterday.
5 July 2025

Case filed over storming of AK Azad’s Faridpur house

A case was filed with Kotwali Police Station early yesterday, accusing 16 BNP activists and 25-30 unidentified persons of storming Ha-Meem Group Managing Director AK Azad’s residence in Faridpur town’s Jheeltuli on Thursday.
5 July 2025

Elephant found dead

A female elephant, aged approximately 20 years, was found dead in Katabari area under Sherpur’s Nalitabari upazila yesterday.
5 July 2025

UN supervision: Journalism during AL regime to be investigated

Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam yesterday said the journalism practised over the 15 years of Awami League regime will be investigated under the supervision of the United Nations (UN).
5 July 2025

‘Same old mafia system still exists’

The July uprising was about building a new Bangladesh, not just toppling the Sheikh Hasina government, National Citizen Party Convenor Nahid Islam said yesterday.
5 July 2025

Over 45 lakh cases pending in courts

Each HC judge is burdened with 6,552 cases, while Appellate Division judges are handling 4,446 cases each, and lower court judges 1,977 cases each.
5 July 2025

Jamaat doesn’t want polls for the sake of it

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday urged his party leaders and activists to resist any kind of fascism and said his party does not want an election just for the sake of it.
5 July 2025

Dhaka seeks identities of 36 arrested in KL

Bangladesh has formally requested the identities of the 36 Bangladeshis arrested by Malaysian authorities for their alleged involvement in a radical militant movement, said the foreign ministry yesterday.
5 July 2025

21 pushed in thru Thakurgaon and Panchagarh

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained 21 individuals after they were allegedly pushed into Bangladesh by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) through borders in Thakurgaon and Panchagarh between late Friday night and early yesterday.
5 July 2025

July 6, 2024: 'Bangla Blockade' announced

Beyond Dhaka, protesters hold the streets with equal resolve
5 July 2025

Rohingya crisis: Bangladesh renews call for global action

Since November 2023, 1.8 lakh Rohingyas have fled to Bangladesh
5 July 2025

Former CEC Shamsul Huda passes away

Former chief election commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda, who oversaw the 2008 national elections, passed away yesterday at his residence in Dhaka’s Gulshan.
5 July 2025

Political parties with phantom addresses queue for EC nod

In its application for registration with the Election Commission, Janatar Bangladesh Party has said its central office is located on the 12th floor of Darus Salam Arcade near the capital’s Paltan intersection.
5 July 2025

Inside the 3-year plan to fix banks

Bangladesh has committed to a sweeping overhaul of its troubled financial sector, outlining a detailed three-year roadmap as part of its latest agreement with the International Monetary Fund.
5 July 2025

2024 Subarnachar rape: Survivor ‘facing death threats’ from accused

A woman who was gang-raped along with her minor daughter in Noakhali’s Subarnachar upazila last year said she has been receiving continuous death threats from the accused in the case she filed.
5 July 2025

50% of bank directors to be independent

The interim government is set to amend the Bank Company Act by reducing the board members from a single family, the BB governor tells The Daily Star
5 July 2025