The condition of Sharif Osman Hadi, the Inqilab Moncho spokesperson who was shot in the head on December 10, is extremely critical, the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing said last night.

The government has suspended 14 employees from four ministries and the Cabinet Division after police arrested and sued them under the Anti-Terrorism Act for protests at the Secretariat.

A vegetable trader was killed and two others were injured when a vegetable-laden truck hit a parked truck loaded with cement on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Mirsarai upazila yesterday.

Bangladesh Navy on Tuesday detained 23 people and seized two motorised boats carrying 1,750 bags of cement during an alleged smuggling attempt to Myanmar in the Bay of Bengal.

Hasnat Abdullah says relations with India must be based on fairness and mutual respect

Rights group says ‘misuse of anti-terror law’ silences free expression ahead of Bangladesh polls

Patients at the Mathbaria Upazila Health Complex in Pirojpur are facing severe hardship as construction of the hospital’s new building has remained suspended for the last 10 months, badly affecting both indoor and outdoor services.

Students of Rangamati Agricultural Training Institute yesterday staged a protest by boycotting classes and examinations, pressing for their eight-point demand.

A police constable of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) died while on duty at the court building in Chattogram’s Court Hill area last evening.

Mizanur Rahman is a correspondent of daily Naya Diganta

The prosecution yesterday brought formal charges on three counts against Maj Gen (relieved) Ziaul Ahsan for allegedly committing crimes against humanity, accusing him of orchestrating a systematic campaign of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.

The ACC yesterday filed a case against S Alam Group Managing Director Mohammad Saiful Alam and 35 others on charges of loan irregularities and embezzlement involving Tk 2,032 crore from Janata Bank.

The next national election will be tough for the BNP, but the bigger test will come for the party if it is voted into power, said BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday.

Law enforcers arrested 1,921 people nationwide in the 24 hours till yesterday evening, including 1,398 in the ongoing “Operation Devil Hunt Phase-2,” a drive to curb crime and recover illegal firearms ahead of the national election.

After sending over a million workers overseas this year, experts warn low-skilled labour-export model remains fragile

India advising Bangladesh on the upcoming election after being “silent during the farcical polls” in the past 15 years is “utterly unacceptable”, Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain said yesterday.

Bangladesh is facing a deep and complex crisis in overseas employment due to entrenched broker syndicates, document forgery and systemic failures, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus said yesterday.

The number of foreign observers preparing to monitor the February 12 polls has already exceeded those of the last three national elections

DAE officials blame dishonest dealers for creating an artificial crisis

A man was shot dead in the Lokhmikunda of Ishwardi upazila in Pabna yesterday.