The government has designated a building of the Military Engineer Services (MES) in Dhaka Cantonment as a temporary jail.

A phone conversation played before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday revealed that former prime minister Sheikh Hasina ordered an official to launch an immediate crackdown on demonstrators during last year’s July uprising.

BBS-UNFPA survey on violence against women reveals alarming figures

Urges govt action to protect press freedom

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has proposed that the upcoming national election and the referendum be held on separate days, saying the two are “entirely different in nature”.

At least three dengue patients died while 857 others were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

Media Reform Commission head Kamal Ahmed yesterday said the government should explain why it has not implemented the commission’s recommendations even five months after submission.

Md Shafayat Hossain, general secretary candidate from the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD)-backed panel in the Chittagong University Central Students’ Union (Cucsu) election, said he will never compromise on students’ interests.

More than three decades after the last referendum, Bangladesh may see another -- this time over the July National Charter.

Ibrahim Hossain Rony, vice president (VP) candidate from the Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed “Sompritir Shikkharthi Jote” panel in the upcoming Chittagong University Central Students’ Union (Cucsu) elections, pledged accountability if elected.

Campaigning for the Chittagong University Central Students’ Union (Cucsu) election officially ended last night, with candidates going door to door to meet students in the final hours.

A 35-year-old man was fatally stabbed over a loan dispute in Jurain Postogola yesterday afternoon.

Members of the Manta community, who live on boats along rivers in the southern regions of the country, are struggling to survive after being excluded from the government’s rice allocation during the ongoing 22-day fishing ban.

Police have arrested a man accused of raping an 11-year-old girl in Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban.

Admission tests for medical and dental colleges across Bangladesh will be held on the same day, December 12, using the same question paper.

Students and locals blocked the road at the east end of the Bangabandhu Bridge in Tangail yesterday, protesting a reported proposal to include Tangail in the Mymensingh division.

The Chattogram City Corporation is struggling to clean its 1,600-kilometre drainage network and 57 canals due to a lack of modern machinery.

Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) marked the International Day of the Girl Child 2025 with a three-day celebration held from October 11 to 13 at the ALOK Auditorium in Mirpur, under the global theme “The Girl I Am, The Change I Lead: Girls on the Frontlines of Crisis”.

Students of seven government colleges, which were earlier affiliated with Dhaka University, staged a sit-in outside Shikkha Bhaban in Dhaka yesterday, demanding immediate issuance of the ordinance for the proposed Dhaka Central University.

A case has been filed against a 60-year-old man for allegedly raping a college student in Durgapur upazila of Netrakona.