Bangladesh Coast Guard detained eight people attempting to smuggle a large consignment of cement to Myanmar early yesterday.

A listed criminal from Brahmanbaria and his accomplice, both of whom fled to India after shooting three people in broad daylight, were held by India's Border Security Force and returned to Bangladesh on Friday.

Presidency International School organised Annual Science Fair 2025 on Friday at its Panchlaish campus in Chattogram city.

The 192-kilometre road network within Lakshmipur municipality has become largely unfit for vehicles due to years of neglect.

Leaders of Islamist parties said yesterday that those who were once adamant in their demand for the national election are now conspiring to delay it.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia remains under close observation at Evercare Hospital, and her travel to London for advanced treatment will be delayed until doctors declare her fit to fly by air ambulance.

The government has no capability to get rid of the deals that were signed by the ousted Awami League government, said Iftekharuzzaman, executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh.

When 32-year-old Akhi (not her real name) finally left her marriage last year, it was not the beatings that drove her away. It was the slow erasure of her being.

A new political alliance, led by a Jatiya Party faction chairman Anisul Islam Mahmud and JP Chairman Anwar Hossain Manju, is set to launch tomorrow ahead of the upcoming national election.

Filing cases against cartoonists, meme creators and satirists is a serious blow to freedom of expression, said rights activists, writers and cartoonists.

The experiences of religious minorities regarding elections have been extremely painful, worrying and alarming, said the Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parishad and the Mahanagar Sarbojanin Puja Committee.

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s stay in India is her personal decision, influenced by the circumstances that led her to the country, said Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

Nationwide survey shows how inequality is deepening health disparities among households

Party fields 272 candidates; no seats allotted to partners yet

Initially rescued from his drone-hit oil tanker, a Bangladeshi mariner has become stranded again on the damaged vessel after joining a salvage team.

An overwhelming 89 percent of journalists anticipate facing physical assault while covering the 2026 national election, according to a new study.

Bangladesh has yet to see another journalist who matches SM Ali, the founding editor of The Daily Star, in regional stature or in the depth of his writing on politics, economics and culture, speakers said at a discussion yesterday.

Amir Ali, a Language Movement veteran, journalist, teacher, and researcher, passed away in London on November 28, said a press release.

Prof Iqbal Ahmad, an educator and freedom fighter, passed away yesterday. He was 77, said a press release.

The Election Commission, led by CEC AMM Nasir Uddin, will meet today to review overall preparations and finalise the date for announcing the schedule for the upcoming national election and referendum.