Five of a family, including a one-and-a-half-year-old girl, from Lakshmipur’s Ramganj upazila were killed early yesterday in a road accident while travelling from Makkah to Abha after performing Umrah in Saudi Arabia.

An elderly woman suffered burn injuries in an acid attack allegedly carried out by the stalkers of her granddaughter in Natore early yesterday.

Transcom Group Chairman Shahnaz Rahman, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Simeen Rahman and four others were discharged yesterday from a fraud case filed by the CEO’s sister.

Bangladesh’s interim government has signed a series of defence deals with foreign countries tha

Israel’s government has approved a process to register land in the West Bank as “state property”, drawing condemnation from Arab nations and critics who said it would accelerate annexation of the Palestinian territory.

The National Citizen Party (NCP) yesterday signed the July National Charter on the condition that the people’s verdict on the referendum would be implemented in its entirety, without the notes of dissent.

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has formally given up his Bogura-6 parliamentary seat after securing victory in two constituencies in the 13th national parliamentary election, Election Commission officials confirmed.

A general diary was filed over the alleged rape and torture of a woman in Noakhali’s Hatia upazila on Sunday, after which a forensic test of the victim was conducted at Noakhali General Hospital yesterday -- two days after she was admitted on Saturday.

A fire broke out at a five-storey building in the capital’s Karwan Bazar last night.

In officialdom, a microphone malfunction is usually seen as a sign of disorder. Yet in April 2025, at the Hotel InterContinental, Ashik Chowdhury transformed this familiar frustration into a piece of calculated theatre.

About 68.6 percent of the candidates in the 13th national election exceeded the legal campaign expenditure limit, according to a report by Transparency International Bangladesh.

The arduous struggle for the restoration of democracy reaches its final step this afternoon, as an elected government prepares to take oath following the swearing‑in of newly elected lawmakers this morning.

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, highlighting the interim government’s initiatives to ensure democratic rights and values over the last 18 months, has called upon everyone to continue the struggle to build a just, humane and democratic Bangladesh

Intense lobbying has gripped the bureaucracy and police, with officials scrambling for coveted postings as the contours of a new BNP-led government begin to take shape.

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has instructed the newly elected party lawmakers to work to implement the party’s election pledges.

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman has pledged his party’s commitment to standing by the people as a responsible opposition in parliament, promising to play a constructive role in safeguarding public and national interests.

At least six people, including a policeman, were injured in a clash between two groups of BNP men in the presence of police in Jhenaidah yesterday.

A total of 73 fishermen, who had been detained by the Arakan Army, were brought back to Bangladesh from Myanmar yesterday evening.

Bangladesh’s Christian church leaders have urged the new leadership of the country to pay attention to the underprivileged and minority communities of the country, support them in improving their quality of life and ensure peace and security.

Dr Sharif N AS-Saber has been appointed as the new vice-chancellor of Stamford University Bangladesh.