Party urges consensus commission to publish draft order and legal basis before signing or holding any referendum

Says fire that spread fast due to chemicals, garment materials was contained in time

Party seeks legal basis, detailed execution guidelines after previously refusing to sign the charter

Uncertainty looms over fishermen’s fate as depression forms Bay of Bengal

‘I felt like I had stepped into a green paradise,’ says a visitor at Moulvibazar orchard

Violence reignited after a failed compensation settlement from an earlier arbitration over a Ramadan Ludo quarrel

2 die in Lalmonirhat as auto-rickshaw plunges into ditch; 2 in Faridpur in bus-auto-rickshaw collision

Protest erupts in Nabinagar following the incident

Bangladeshi architect Mohammed Rezwan’s solar-powered floating schools have received the Unesco Confucius Prize for Literacy 2025, one of the world’s highest honours for advancing education and lifelong learning.

The National Citizens Party aims to either form the government or play the role of a strong opposition, said Sarjis Alam, the party’s chief organiser for the northern region, yesterday.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said if his party comes to power, it will make sincere efforts to address the problems of all indigenous groups.

It was around 1:00pm on Thursday when this correspondent entered one of the medicine wards at Mitford hospital in Old Dhaka. Just at the entrance, two women were found wailing -- they had just lost a loved one to dengue.

Although Language Movement veteran Ahmad Rafique could not practise as a doctor after completing his medical degree, he chose instead to become a “doctor of society,” dedicating his life to bringing social change, said speakers at a memorial meeting yesterday.

Bangladesh will continue to do its part to ensure a stable and peaceful world, says the chief adviser

Two groups claiming to be members of the National Citizen Party (NCP) clashed at a coordination meeting in the capital yesterday, reportedly over a financial dispute.

Once a garment worker, now an entrepreneur, Beauty had an export order ready

Bangladesh has strongly condemned the recent approval by the Israeli Knesset of draft laws aimed at imposing “Israeli sovereignty” over the occupied territories in the West Bank of the State of Palestine.

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman is expected to return to the country by November, said Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed while talking to journalists at his Gulshan residence yesterday afternoon.

Badruddin Umar was a shining example of intellectual courage -- one of the very few academics who made the full transition from academia into politics, said Prof Rehman Sobhan yesterday, paying tribute to the late thinker and political activist.

Near-unregulated vertical expansion put immense pressure on utilities and infrastructure, worsened traffic congestion, compromised fire safety