Commission marks anti-corruption day, calls for nationwide public resistance to graft

Rights group says murder charges 'lack credible evidence'; cites dire prison conditions at Kashimpur

Thirty-one Bangladeshis were sent back from the US yesterday, with several of them saying they were kept in handcuffs and shackles for nearly 60 hours before being flown to Dhaka.

Jatiya Party factions led by Anisul Islam Mahmud and Anwar Hossain Manju, and 16 other parties yesterday launched a new alliance called National Democratic Front (NDF).

Without representatives from varied backgrounds in parliament, the democratic system risks remaining elite-dominated, which is a key source of many longstanding problems, said eminent economist Rehman Sobhan yesterday.

The major barrier to renewable energy expansion is the people in the power and energy sector themselves, said Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, power, energy and mineral resources adviser.

Rereading Begum Rokeya’s ‘Oborodh Bashini’

A woman and her teenage daughter were stabbed to death at their residence in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur yesterday, allegedly by their part-time house help hired only four days ago.

The Election Commission yesterday asked Bangladesh Television (BTV) and Bangladesh Betar to prepare to record on December 10 CEC AMM Nasir Uddin’s address to the nation unveiling the polls schedule.

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman said yesterday that they strongly believe a national government is necessary for at least five years to restore the country’s stability and economy, establish the rule of law, and eradicate corruption from society.

Sources said the air ambulance will move only when the doctors confirm her condition has improved.

With democracy and accountable governance absent, the country is passing through an abnormal time, BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman said yesterday.

Six top officials dismissed this year; two ex-bosses under probe; 245 employees disciplined over 17 years

The royal family handed over 33 rifles and ammunition from their own collection to the freedom fighters

Fishermen from Hatia island in Noakhali are in constant fear of attacks by robbers while fishing in the river and the Bay of Bengal during the peak hilsa harvest season.

The 10 crewmen, including a Bangladeshi mariner, who remained stuck in the drone-hit Chinese oil tanker MT Kairos for seven days while being anchored near the Bulgarian coast, were rescued by a Bulgarian Coast Guard team yesterday morning.

The two-day Wangala festival of the Garo community came to an end on Sunday, concluding with prayers and harvest offerings at the Fulchhara Garo Line field in Sreemangal upazila.

Jabian Club Limited, dedicated to graduates of Jahangirnagar University, was officially launched following its inaugural executive committee meeting on December 5.

Anwara Begum, 61, mother of Manabzamin’s diplomatic correspondent Mizanur Rahman, breathed her last at a city hospital on Wednesday night after suffering a stroke.

The residence of Deshpriya Jatindra Mohan Sengupta, a historic British-era landmark in Chattogram’s Rahmatganj area, now lies in neglect.