Bangladesh Police are set to place a series of reform and capacity-building proposals before the prime minister during Police Week 2026, including the appointment of police liaison officers at Bangladesh missions abroad and the establishment of specialised police facilities in Jangal Salimpur, a crime-prone area near Chattogram city.

Dhaka’s two city corporations have identified 141 locations vulnerable to waterlogging ahead of the upcoming monsoon and said they are taking measures to reduce the risk.

Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP) has urged the government to treat the ongoing canal re-excavation programme not merely as a dredging exercise, but as a core component of integrated spatial planning, water governance and climate adaptation.

A member of Prosit Khisa-led United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) was yesterday shot dead in Sajek union of Baghaichhari upazila in Rangamati.

In 2025, freedom of expression, association, and assembly remained unnecessarily restricted under the interim government, London-based Amnesty International said in its annual report.

The Daily Star celebrated its 35th anniversary in Khulna yesterday, with speakers calling for the protection of media freedom and prioritisation of national interests over partisan politics.

The body of Nahida Sultana Bristy, the Bangladeshi PhD student brutally murdered in Florida last month, was laid to rest at her village home in Madaripur Sadar upazila yesterday.

Just a week ago, 20-year-old Murshida Akter gave birth to a baby boy at a small health centre in a remote char area of Chowhali Upazila, where childbirth often comes with as much fear as joy.

The business interests of media owners pose one of the greatest threats to editorial independence in Bangladesh, speakers said at a conference yesterday.

Family says he never revealed he was working for the Russian military

The accused is the father-in-law of the victim's daughter

Accused side allegedly tried to settle matter through arbitration

Party leaders allege negligence led to deaths of over 300 children

In Police Week-2026 message, Tarique Rahman also asks police to play more effective role in preventing mob violence

Govt wants people’s confidence in judges to grow stronger, he says

Medical board at CMCH decides against surgery

She was buried at a graveyard beside the house

At KU seminar, speaker warn economic structure poses challenge to press independence

Rights group cites arbitrary arrests, harassment of critics

Shafiqur says Japan keen to expand cooperation with Bangladesh