CPC interested in signing political MoU with BNP

This was shared by Liu Jianchao, minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, during a meeting with the visiting BNP delegation
24 June 2025

36-day programme announced for July uprising anniversary

The interim government has chalked up 36 days of events to commemorate the martyrs of the July Uprising as part of observing one year of the mass movement that toppled the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government on August 5, 2024.
24 June 2025

‘July fighters’ to receive allowance from next month

The July fighters of the student-people uprising will get an allowance from next month, said Liberation War Affairs Adviser Faruk-e-Azam.
24 June 2025

Two SUST students expelled

Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) authorities have expelled two students for life over charges of raping a female student of the university and filming the incident.
24 June 2025

Mob violence now alarmingly routine

Rights groups say the state's failure to act swiftly and decisively has to some extent emboldened mobs and contributed to a climate where vigilante justice is becoming commonplace.
24 June 2025

46 pushed in thru Sylhet, Lalmonirhat borders

India’s Border Security Force (BSF) pushed 39 Bangladeshi nationals back into the country through border areas in Sylhet’s Jaintapur upazila and Sunamganj’s Chhatak upazila early yesterday morning, according to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).
24 June 2025

Jamaat gets registration with EC, polls symbol back

A circular was issued this afternoon in a letter signed by the EC's Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed
24 June 2025

Govt warns of strict action against mob attacks

The government yesterday warned that mob attacks in any form will not be tolerated and vowed to bring all involved to justice regardless of whether civilians or law enforcement members are responsible.
24 June 2025

Court orders seizure of S Alam couple’s foreign assets

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the freezing and confiscation of foreign assets of S Alam Group Chairman Mohammad Saiful Alam and his wife Farzana Parveen in three countries.
24 June 2025

July uprising ICT case: Hearing on charge framing against Hasina, others on July 1

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday fixed July 1 for the hearing on charge framing against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and two of her top aides in a case filed over crimes against humanity committed during the July uprising.
24 June 2025

Woman killed in elephant attack

A woman was killed in an attack by wild elephant at Chhaiyrakhali in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Monday night.
24 June 2025

Father, daughter killed in road crash

A father and his daughter were killed in a road accident in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila yesterday.
24 June 2025

Recent drownings raise concern

In a shocking video that went viral recently, a tourist was seen struggling against strong waves to save his son from drowning in the sea in front of a beach resort in the Kolatoli area of Cox’s Bazar.
24 June 2025

A 200-year-old hub for jackfruit trade

Even before dawn breaks in mid-summer, the Brahmanbazar wholesale market in Kulaura upazila bursts into life. Buyers and sellers crowd the area, haggling over the price of ripe jackfruit, their sweet aroma filling the air.
24 June 2025

State-appointed lawyers must be capable, independent

Toby Cadman, special adviser to the chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), yesterday said judges must ensure any state-appointed defence lawyer has the necessary experience and ability to represent an accused properly and independently.
24 June 2025

China hopes for free, fair election in Bangladesh

Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sun Weidong yesterday expressed hope for a free and fair election in Bangladesh and conveyed its willingness to work with the country’s future government.
24 June 2025

‘Bekar, Janata, Nagorik’

Ahead of the upcoming 13th national parliamentary election, a total of 147 political parties have applied for registration with the Election Commission (EC), several of them with rather unusual names.
24 June 2025

‘No one can take law into own hands’

Reaffirming their party’s stance against the culture of mob violence, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday said no one has the right to take the law into their own hands.
24 June 2025

Singer Noble granted bail in rape case

On June 18, Noble married the plaintiff in presence of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nazmin Akter
24 June 2025

‘Bangladesh is our valuable partner’: Kosovo’s envoy tells Prof Yunus

Yunus commends the people of Kosovo for their steadfast commitment to freedom, peace
24 June 2025