Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday declared that it would not accept any election before the state reforms are implemented.

Students hold procession over tree-felling

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday said every year the July uprising should be commemorated and people’s vows to resist autocracy should be renewed so that it can never raise its head in future.

Three people have so far been arrested in connection with the murder of a garment factory worker in Konabari, Gazipur city.

No discussion took place on the election date during the meeting with Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, said Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin yesterday.

Says foreign secy during commemorative event honouring victims

National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam said yesterday that any delay in announcing the July Declaration and the July Charter would not be tolerated and warned of compelling the interim government into making the announcements.

Defying rain, warnings, exhaustion, anti-quota protests gained momentum

The hearing on charge framing against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her two top aides began yesterday in a case filed over crimes against humanity committed during the July uprising.

Khaleda urges all to stay united

The suspension of academic activities at Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (Kuet) entered its 133rd day today, following violent clashes involving students and teachers on February 18.

Gono Forum President Emeritus and eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain has expressed deep concern over the recent deterioration in the law-and-order situation, including incidents of violence against women and children, mob beatings, and killings.

The local administrations have recovered two important canals from illegal encroachment after decades in Tangail.

An acute shortage of doctors and staff has left the 10-bed Parali Mother and Child Welfare Centre in Khairya of Narail’s Kalia upazila largely non-functional.

Nearly 50 trees have been felled on the Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus without prior permission, sparking outrage among students and environmental activists.

Terming the Holey Artisan Bakery attack a “brutal strike at shared humanity”, Foreign Secretary Asad Alam Siam yesterday reiterated Bangladesh’s zero-tolerance stance on terrorism.

Demands Cyber Support for Women and Children

Such an opportunity to win may not come again, he says

The groups also demanded an end to political blame games surrounding the case

The blockade was called off around 5:30pm