A case has been filed against a local student coordinator of the July uprising and another person on charges of demanding Tk 10 lakh bribe in exchange for a government job.

The United States is committed to working with Bangladesh to promote peace and stability in the region, said the US State Department yesterday.

Coastguards seized 40 maunds of jatka (hilsa below 8 inches) at the Patharghata Fish Landing Centre yesterday morning.

One more victim in a road accident in Mymensingh’s Phulpur upazila died at a local hospital early yesterday.

Women’s rights organisation Naripokkho yesterday condemned the interim government’s inaction over recent attacks and vandalism of heritage sites across the country, including the Rabindra Kachari Bari in Shahjadpur and the “Anjali Laho Mor” sculpture in Trishal.

Nearly one lakh farmers from six districts in Rangpur region produced a bumper yield of Boro paddy this season, thanks to the Teesta Irrigation Project.

Lotkon, or Burmese grape (Baccaurea motleyana), a popular tropical fruit cultivated in Southeast Asia including Bangladesh, saw a significant slump in production in Narsingdi district this year.

A Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal activist succumbed to his injuries yesterday after being shot during a clash between BNP and JCD factions in Palash upazila of Narsingdi.

BNP is set to file a case against officials involved in the last three national elections with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police today. The party will also lodge a formal complaint with the Election Commission in this regard, BNP leaders said yesterday.  

The home ministry plans to carry out a series of police reforms over the next six months to enhance transparency and accountability within the force and curb corruption and human rights violations by law enforcers.

Dhaka South City Corporation has remained effectively crippled for around 40 days due to a contested mayoral claim by BNP leader Ishraque Hossain and the government’s apparent mishandling of the matter.

Bangladesh, China, and Pakistan have discussed a possible trilateral cooperation based on a shared vision for peace, prosperity and stability in the region.

A free and fair election is not possible without the cooperation of the government no matter how independent the Election Commission is, said Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin yesterday.

Three people, including the mother of a newborn, were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a battery-run auto-rickshaw on the Patuakhali-Kuakata Highway in Barguna’s Amtali upazila yesterday.

The rally triggered protests by Jamaat-e-Islami, BNP, and Khelafat Andolan throughout the evening

The Ministry of Public Administration issued a notification in this regard

The children were classmates at a local primary school

Six people drowned in the sea along the Cox's Bazar beach during the last Eid-ul-Azha vacation

"We invite Bangladeshis not only to visit but to truly connect with Nepal"

The DMP said it has so far handled the situation without using force