Bangladesh and the United States yesterday pledged to deepen economic ties and reaffirmed commitment to a stable and peaceful Indo-Pacific region. 

The deceased are Aminul Islam Joj Mia, 48, and his wife Aklima Begum, 45, residents of Gojaria village in Lebutola union under Monohardi upazila

Rafsan was playing in the yard of their house in the evening. After some time, when family members could no longer find him

The airport authorities came up with the measures a day after an ammunition magazine was found in a bag belonging to Youths and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain

Amnesty writes to president

At least nine people were killed and 584 injured in 48 incidents of political violence across the country in July, according to a report by rights organisation Manabadhikar Shongskriti Foundation (MSF).

The BNP would consider China’s proposal on the Teesta issue positively if it came to power through elections, said party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

A day after announcing that the National Citizen Party will unveil a “July Declaration” itself, its Convenor Nahid Islam yesterday hinted that the party still believes the government can prepare the document by August 5. 

A worker was tied up and beaten to death at a garment factory in Konabari, Gazipur city, early Saturday, police said yesterday.

Despite the next election being planned for February 2026, the government is yet to appoint new deputy commissioners (DCs) in around half of all districts due to the public administration ministry’s indecision.

In a country where millions depend on tubewells for their daily drinking water, a silent killer continues to flow through the pipes -- arsenic.

Election Commission officials got back their authority to select polling centres for the next parliamentary election.

If his life had not been so cruelly cut short, Faraaz Ayaz Hossain would have been a young man just waiting to enter his 30s. Would he, like his brother Zaraif, be working in his grandfather’s business alongside his mother Simeen Rahman, the current CEO of Transcom Group, who has had to live these nine years with the worst burden any parent could carry?

Today is the fifth death anniversary of Latifur Rahman, founder chairman and CEO of Transcom Group, a well-known and highly respected business conglomerate in Bangladesh.

Nearly a year after the killing of Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayed, a martyr of last year’s uprising, the International Crimes Tribunal-2 has taken cognisance of charges against 30 individuals, including senior university and police officials, accusing them of murder and crimes against humanity.

Though protests had already begun in response to a High Court verdict reinstating quotas in government jobs, it was on July 1, 2024, that the movement for reforms to the quota system truly took shape.

According to a press release issued by the commission yesterday, the recommendations were made against 1,710 approved cadre vacancies

Health experts and officials said the next two to three months will be crucial

Police are grappling with operational challenges as more than 400 key posts have remained vacant over the past 10 months, impairing the force’s ability to combat crime. 

The wait for justice is likely to grow longer in the case over the Holey Artisan militant attack that claimed the lives of 22 people, including 17 foreign nationals, nine years ago.