The Election Commission has decided to register the National Citizen Party and Bangladesh Jatiya League as political parties, said senior secretary Akhtar Ahmed yesterday.

Law enforcement agencies are monitoring individuals attempting to join the banned militant group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Inspector General of Police Baharul Alam said yesterday.

Wife due next month as family pleads for peace only, not a case

The International Monetary Fund has urged the interim government to complete key economic reforms -- including in the banking sector and the National Board of Revenue -- before the upcoming national election.

Since the rewards declaration, only 25 firearms and 190 rounds of ammunition were recovered

Yunus tells journalist Mehdi Hasan

BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday said conspiracies by both local and foreign forces are visibly afoot to obstruct Bangladesh's democratic transition, but the people are now united to foil such plots.

Protest leaders cite administration promises and Durga Puja observance

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed full support and solidarity with Bangladesh’s ongoing democratic transition and reform initiatives.

Angsanu Marma, 65, stood in front of his charred grocery shop at Guimara’s Ramesu Bazar yesterday while his wife searched for anything that could be salvaged.

Jamaat-e-Islami, Islami Andolan Bangladesh and four other parties yesterday announced the second phase of their simultaneous movement with nearly identical demands, including holding the next parliamentary election based on the July Charter and introducing proportional representation in the voting system.

Launched series of dialogues on Sept 28, beginning with civil society members, intellectuals

Global Arakan Network publishes their photos

Special envoy says Washington cannot bear the burden indefinitely

Police and armed activists of then ruling Awami League committed killings during the July uprising at 438 locations across 41 districts, a prosecution witness told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday.

Bangladesh has retained its position on Tier 2 of the US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for the sixth year in a row.

Bangladesh has proposed a seven-point plan for a lasting solution to the Rohingya crisis, urging the international community to adopt a clear roadmap for repatriation and intensify pressure on Myanmar.

Pera sandesh, a traditional sweetmeat from Mymensingh region, is witnessing soaring demand during Durga Puja.

Dozens of diagnostic centres have sprung up in different markets and neighbourhoods of Galachipa upazila in Patuakhali, many of them operating without approval or licence renewal for years.

The intensive care unit at the 250-bed Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital is now running at limited capacity due to strained funding and shortage of manpower.