Speakers say at rally organised by YouthNet Global and Pure Earth Bangladesh

A probe committee yesterday began looking into Sunday’s tragic incident, where a bearing pad fell from a metro rail pillar near Farmgate station, killing a pedestrian and injuring two others.

The consensus commission will submit its recommendations on implementation of the July charter today, with a proposal that some parts of the constitutional reforms may take immediate effect upon issuance of the July charter implementation order.

The BNP is considering to have multiple candidates selected in each constituency for the upcoming polls as part of the party’s strategy.

The Anti-Corruption Commission will no longer require government approval to file cases against judges and public servants, according to the draft ACC Ordinance 2025.

Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) is constructing a four-storey structure on a retention pond, a critical component of Dhaka city’s drainage system, in violation of environmental laws and building regulations.

Five people were killed and four others injured in a head-on collision between a battery-run auto-rickshaw and a covered van in Digpait area of Sadar upazila in Jamalpur yesterday.

The advisory council will continue performing its regular duties and holding meetings as usual until power is handed over to the elected government, the interim government said yesterday.

Shaathi Bangladesh Ltd, in partnership with Gold Kinen, organised a breast cancer awareness programme yesterday at OBHIZATRIK School in Mirpur, Dhaka, marking Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2025, said a press release.

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman has pledged that if his party comes to power, the working hours for mothers will be reduced from eight to five.

A hundred days after Islamic University (IU) student Sajid Abdullah was found dead, his classmates staged a protest carrying a symbolic coffin yesterday, demanding progress in an investigation that remains stalled.

Train services on the Dhaka-Chattogram and Dhaka-Sylhet routes were disrupted for over two hours yesterday after protesters in Bhairab blocked the railway lines demanding the upazila be declared a district.

A Dhaka court yesterday issued arrest warrants against S Alam Group Chairman Mohammad Saiful Alam, former managing director of Reliance Finance Limited (now Aviva Finance) Proshanta Kumar (PK) Halder, and 11 others in three cases filed over the alleged embezzlement and laundering of approximately Tk 270 crore from non-bank financial institutions.

A writ petition was filed with the High Court yesterday seeking its order on the government to verify and ensure the bearing quality of the materials used in the construction of metro rail and flyover pillars in Dhaka, in order to safeguard public lives.

Months after the July uprising, police officials who are still demotivated, show indiscipline, disobey orders, or display disrespect to the government and the state will face strict administrative and legal action.

At least six dengue patients died while 983 others were hospitalised in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

A 13-year-old madrasa student was murdered, allegedly by his peer, in Noakhali’s Sonaimuri upazila early yesterday.

Three major political parties yesterday opined that the upcoming national election must be internationally recognised and ensure a peaceful transfer of power.

Gazi Salauddin, who lost sight in one eye after being hit by shotgun pellets of police during the anti-discrimination movement in July last year, died on Sunday night.

The Chief Adviser’s Office has dismissed Indian media reports claiming that Prof Muhammad Yunus presented a flag, featuring an altered map of Bangladesh incorporating India’s northeast, to a top Pakistani military official as “completely false and imaginary”.