Police seized the private car immediately after the incident

Investigation uncovers bot market selling phony engagements, followers across the political spectrum.

The stalemate in import and export activities through the Chattogram port is set to deepen further as workers called for a 24-hour strike starting at 8:00am today to protest the government’s decision to lease out the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) to UAE-based operator DP World.

With just nine days to go before the national election, the interim government has published the draft Education Act, 2026, which seeks to phase out coaching centres, private tutoring, and the publication of guidebooks within three to five years of the law’s enactment.

Police yesterday arrested Biman Bangladesh Airlines Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Md Shafiqur Rahman and his wife in a case filed over the abuse of an 11-year-old domestic worker.

A special court yesterday sentenced deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina to 10 years’ imprisonment and her niece, British MP Tulip Siddiq, to four years in two cases involving the Purbachal plot scam in Dhaka.

Around 5:00am on January 11, a team of Rapid Action Battalion conducted a drive at a house in Raghunathpur in Benapole and recovered two firearms, six rounds of bullets and four magazines.

A new study has revealed that only 11 cases were filed despite 97 attacks on shrines across the country over a year and a half following the July uprising, with investigations in 10 of the cases showing “no progress”.

National Security Adviser Khalilur Rahman yesterday described negotiations with multiple countries in the areas of defence and others towards the end of the government’s tenure as an “ongoing process”.

At least 600 incidents of political violence, resulting in the deaths of 158 political activists, were reported across the country between August 2024 and December 2025, according to a report by Transparency International Bangladesh.

As Bangladesh’s interim government approaches the end of its tenure, the International Crisis Group has taken stock of its record since the ouster of Sheikh Hasina in August 2024.

The holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune, will be observed throughout the country tonight with due religious fervour.

The victims were subjected to enforced disappearance and custodial torture at the Joint Interrogation Cell, allegedly operated by the DGFI during the AL regime

A group of students were chatting at a tea stall on the Jahangirnagar University campus; their conversation centred on the upcoming national election.

Bangladesh’s education system is suffering from the absence of a long-term plan, frequent policy reversals, weak learning outcomes and chronic underinvestment, speakers said yesterday, warning that the country is falling behind on Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG-4).

Home Affairs Adviser Maj Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury yesterday expressed confidence that the upcoming 13th National Parliamentary Election will be held peacefully, citing the smooth and “incident-free” celebration of recent religious festivals.

The body of a college student was recovered from the Padma river in Munshiganj’s Louhajang upazila yesterday.

Today is the 15th death anniversary of Khurshida Haque, a social worker and wife of late MA Haque, a former minister, founder president of the Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies, and founder of the Police Welfare Society.

A coalition of 33 organisations under the Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) yesterday launched the Women’s Energy and Empowerment Network (WEE-NET), calling for women and marginalised communities to be placed at the centre of the country’s energy policies and just transition plans.

Justice Mamnoon Rahman, one of the senior-most High Court judges, has resigned from office citing “personal reasons”, Supreme Court officials said yesterday.