A case was filed yesterday over the incident of forcibly shaving the hair of 70-year-old Halim Uddin Akand in Kodalia Kashiganj village of Mymensingh’s Tarakanda upazila.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said political parties have no doubt anymore that the next national election will be held in February 2026.

Police recovered the body of a journalist in Islampur upazila of Jamalpur early yesterday.

The death toll from the Tongi warehouse fire has risen to four after another injured firefighter succumbed to his burns yesterday.

Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin yesterday said they are facing “many seen and unseen challenges” as they are preparing for the upcoming national polls.

Kamal Majumder too was arrested in Gulshan area in October, last year

The National Consensus Commission is considering recommending multiple pathways to the government for implementing the constitutional matters in the July Charter.

A covert autocracy could emerge in Bangladesh if democratic and nationalist forces fail to remain united ahead of the national election, said BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday.

Until the National Human Rights Commission, the country’s top rights watchdog that has been inactive for nearly a year, is revived and reformed, rights violations will continue unchecked, said Iftekharuzzaman, executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh.

Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus called on the international community to support the country’s upcoming general elections scheduled for February next year.

Feminism in Bangladesh is not confined to women’s rights but rooted in the struggle to be human, to uphold ideals, and to carry forward the unfulfilled promises of the Liberation War, speakers said at a programme yesterday.

The local administration yesterday imposed Section 144 in Khagrachhari as tensions flared during a dawn-to-dusk road blockade in the district, demanding justice for the rape of a schoolgirl.

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday said if his party comes to power, no one will have to stand on the streets to demand their due rights.

Even at the peak of monsoon, the Buriganga water remains almost pitch-dark at Doleshwar point in Dhaka’s Shyampur area.

The victims suffered burns covering 30 to 85 percent of their bodies

International conference on biotechnology in health and agriculture ends in Dhaka

Fahim secures top medal; others bag silver, bronze and honorary

Mother undergoing treatment at ICU

Bangladesh is a unique example of harmony among people of all religions and communities, he says

Police say legal action underway after suspects caught roaming inside park late at night