Barishal City Corporation (BCC) has initiated a drive to demolish risky buildings as part of a wider effort to remove structurally unsafe structures across the city.

Police have arrested the prime suspect in the murder of a mother and daughter in Lakshmipur’s Ramganj upazila.

A group of locals blocked the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway by placing logs on the road in Lohagara upazila of Chattogram yesterday, demanding expansion of the highway from two lanes to six.

The deceased is AJM Lutfe Rabbani, 68, a retired engineer

For nearly three months, a gang quietly watched, calculated, and waited for the right time to strike at Sompa Jewellers in Fortune Shopping Complex in Dhaka’s Malibagh.

She was admitted to the hospital in the early hours of Thursday and underwent several medical tests as advised by her medical board

Bangladesh has called on the Indian government to launch an immediate, impartial, and transparent investigation into the killing of three Bangladeshis by mob in India’s Tripura State on October 15.

Over 100 teachers and staffers from non-government educational institutions under the Monthly Pay Order (MPO) scheme, who have been demonstrating for several days to press their three-point demand, began a hunger strike until death yesterday.

Facing various forms of harassment, they say

Urging political leaders to hold talks for a fair and festive election, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday said the signing of the “July National Charter 2025” symbolises unity, which will guide the nation towards the upcoming national election.

The Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed Sommilito Shikkharthi Jote has swept the Rajshahi University Central Students’ Union (Rucsu) election, securing 20 out of 23 central posts in the first such polls held in 35 years.

National Citizen Party Convener Nahid Islam yesterday said that some political parties were deceiving people in the name of national consensus by signing the July Charter.

Right under the authorities’ noses, chemical warehouses and small factories are operating in full swing in Mirpur’s densely populated residential areas, defying safety regulations and gambling with thousands of lives.

The event was marked by protests from a group calling itself July Warriors, who demanded formal recognition in the charter

The signing day of the July charter, hailed by the government as historic, was marred by protests from groups calling themselves the “July Warriors.”

Toxic hydrogen sulphide gas at “immediately lethal” levels was detected yesterday inside the burnt chemical warehouse in Mirpur’s Shialbari, where smoke was still billowing more than 72 hours after a blaze killed at least 16 people.

The National Consensus Commission yesterday made last-minute changes to the July charter, retaining the Proclamation of Independence in the constitution and adding provisions for legal indemnity for July uprising activists.

A 350-year-old zamindar residence in Bangaon village under Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar now lies in ruins, its rich history fading into oblivion due to years of neglect and abandonment.

Truck, van owners announce indefinite strike from tomorrow

Say officials; fire brought under control after 17 hours