A woman and her seven-month-old daughter were electrocuted while cooking rice in an electric cooker at their home in Magura’s Sadar upazila yesterday morning.

The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations begins today, with 12,51,111 students scheduled to sit for the tests under different education boards.

Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday urged the Election Commission to hold local government polls under the interim government before the upcoming 13th national election.

“My husband and son are innocent,” pleaded 65-year-old Gita Rani Shil, wife of Paresh Chandra Shil, to Rangpur Range’s Additional DIG Mohammad Sharif Uddin during his visit to Lalmonirhat yesterday.

Former chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal, who oversaw last year’s national election, was arrested yesterday on charges of poll irregularities and constitutional violations.

The National Consensus Commission yesterday revised the structure and functions of the proposed National Constitutional Council.

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman has warned that “mob justice” has become a threat to humanity and now poses a grave threat to the environment needed for developing a democratic culture.

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md Baharul Alam yesterday called for urgent structural reforms in Bangladesh's police force, emphasising the need for an independent commission to shield it from political interference and enhance accountability.

The 2009 BDR (now Border Guard Bangladesh) massacre was the result of a “long-term conspiracy” facilitated by gross negligence, failures of intelligence agencies and the involvement of some political figures, said the National Independent Investigation Commission.

He claimed a series of recent incidents were "orchestrated to divert attention" from this issue.

It is crucial to identify the actual beneficiaries for pre-disaster cash support to reduce the loss and damage from natural calamities like floods, said speakers at a roundtable yesterday.

A group of 28 Bangladeshis left Tehran for Pakistan today, marking the first batch to be evacuated following the recent Iran-Israel conflict

Several of the arrestees had previously been detained for similar offences, says Rab

The interim government today released a booklet outlining the sector-wise reform initiatives it undertook since assuming the charge of the country last year

This (disinformation) is a big problem, says the chief adviser

Hefazat-e-Islam Joint Secretary General Azizul Haque Islamabadi today demanded justice for all killings

Krishnachura, Sonalu, and Jarul saplings planted to beautify campuses and inspire young minds

The plant likely to begin physical start-up by year-end

Engineer Nannu Mia, director of procurement at the PDB, filed a general diary with Motijheel Police Station

The BBA will carry out routine maintenance work at the Karnaphuli Tunnel