A Dhaka court yesterday  sentenced three people to life

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday said local leadership will not develop if elections are held under the Proportional Representation (PR) system.

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced five men to death for the murder of a Shariatpur youth eight years ago.

The Anti-Corruption Commission has filed three separate cases against 15 individuals, including S Alam Group Chairman Mohammad Saiful Alam and Proshanta Kumar Halder, former managing director of Reliance Finance Limited (now Aviva Finance), over the alleged embezzlement and laundering of approximately Tk 270 crore from non-bank financial institutions.

The arrestee is Shah Poran, younger brother of prime accused Fazor Ali, said Mahmudul Hassan, an officer of Rab 11 Company Commander Post 2

Assault women, loot cash; BNP youth org expels him

At least 77 people were pushed into Bangladesh from India through three border points in Moulvibazar yesterday.

Two members of the Kuki-Chin National Army (KNA), including a commander, were killed during an operation by army personnel in Bandarban’s Ruma upazila in the early hours of yesterday, according to a press release issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR).

BNP yesterday expressed concerns over the BTRC’s recently drafted “Telecommunication Network and Licensing Regime Reform Policy 2025”, saying that unilaterally enacting such a national policy ahead of the upcoming national election would be inappropriate.

National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam yesterday categorically said that his party will not take part in any future election without the implementation of the July Charter.

Defying the rain, they sat on the streets, waving banners and shouting slogans

Members of the Hijra community came to the rescue of an 18-year-old girl during an attempted rape in Rasulpur Char of Barishal City Corporation’s Ward-9 on Tuesday.

ACC opens investigations into five more officials over alleged graft

The army yesterday said it would take legal action if any of its members are found to have been involved in enforced disappearances.

A mob attacked the Patgram Police Station in Lalmonirhat on Wednesday night and snatched away two convicts from police custody.

A mob beat three members of a family to death  and left another injured in Cumilla’s Muradnagar upazila yesterday.

Political parties yesterday agreed on two major reform proposals: setting up permanent High Court benches in every division and regulating the presidential clemency power through legislation.

Says Women and Children Affairs Adviser Sharmeen Murshid

The Public Service Commission announced the schedule through a press release today.

The chief adviser urged Japan to further strengthen its cooperation with Bangladesh