A Dhaka court yesterday issued a travel ban on former lawmaker Nizam Uddin Hazari and nine others in connection with corruption allegations.

Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan yesterday called for holding local government elections before the next national parliamentary polls, arguing that such a move would enable honest and capable leadership to emerge from the grassroots.

When Kamrul was sitting on a chair on the roadside and talking with 2-3 people, two assailants on foot came from behind and shot him before fleeing the scene

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday said that if advisers use their power to create an electoral field to their own advantage, questions will arise regarding the neutrality of the interim government.

Condemning repeated efforts to link two student advisers to the National Citizen party, Hasnat Abdullah, chief coordinator (south) of the NCP, yesterday said Mahfuj Alam and Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain represent the mass uprising, not of any political party.

A Dhaka court yesterday issued a travel ban on former environment minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury, his wife Rehana Chowdhury and four of his family members over corruption allegations brought against them.

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday took cognisance of charges against eight police officers for crimes against humanity, marking a significant step forward in the trial process over offences committed during last year’s July uprising.

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday said the national election must be held by December and hoped that the polls would be free and fair.

The National Citizen Party is set to unveil its charter this week, prioritising democracy within the organisation and presenting a vision for a “New Bangladesh” built on youth-driven decentralised governance.

Civil society representatives in a dialogue with the National Consensus Commission yesterday urged the interim government to prioritise essential reforms, saying it was unlikely that consensus could be reached on all issues.

The government last night issued an ordinance allowing dismissal of public servants for administrative disruptions within 14 days and without departmental proceedings.

Assistant teachers at government primary schools across the country will go on a full-day work abstention from today for an indefinite period to press home their three-point demand, including fixing their starting salary to the 11th grade of the national pay scale.

A total of 172 Bangladeshi nationals were pushed into Bangladesh from India through the borders in Meherpur, Sylhet, and Moulvibazar between Saturday night and yesterday, according to police and BGB.

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the government to publish a gazette asking six people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her daughter Saima Wazed Putul, to appear on June 17 in two cases over alleged irregularities in plot allocation in the Purbachal New Town project.

Officials of the local government ministry are discussing when BNP leader Ishraque Hossain will be sworn in.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday said the country had been in a state of war since imposing the ban on the activities of the Awami League.

At least nine persons were killed and several others injured in separate road accidents in Dhaka, Jashore, Jamalpur and Netrokona districts yesterday and the day before, according to reports from our correspondents.

Expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia was sentenced to four years' imprisonment yesterday in a case filed over laundering Tk 3.23 crore.

A Narayan-ganj court yesterday placed former Narayanganj City Corporation mayor Salina Hayat Ivy on a two-day remand in connection with a murder case filed with Siddhirganj Police Station.

A heap of straw beside a house was set on fire in Natabaria-Raghunathpur village under Kaliganj upazila of Jhenaidah around midnight on Saturday.