At least 22 percent of victims of commercial sexual exploitation (abuse of a person, or a minor, through sexual activities in exchange for money, goods, or other benefits) in Bangladesh are children, said speakers at an event yesterday.

A local BNP leader's wife was hacked to death in Tangail Sadar upazila on Tuesday night.

Home Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury yesterday assured that there is no security threat centring the upcoming Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of Bangladesh's Hindu community.

At least 10 people sustained burn injuries in gas cylinder explosions at a warehouse in Charpara area, on the border of Chandanaish and Satkania upazilas in Chattogram, early yesterday.

BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury yesterday said the European Parliament delegation understood that introducing proportional representation (PR) in Bangladesh's elections would only be possible if parliament passed it.

Commission working to finalise technical and procedural aspects to ensure smooth implementation

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman has called upon the international community to take immediate and decisive action against what he terms the Israeli genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

The health authorities have moved to expand the capacity of nine upazila health complexes in as many districts to cope with the growing number of patients, without addressing the existing shortage of manpower at the facilities.

The government has taken an initiative to identify and reclaim khas land across the country in a bid to stop the use of agricultural land for infrastructure projects.

The Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday threatened to launch tough protest programmes until the government scraps the decision to recruit music teachers at primary schools and instead appoints religion teachers.

Dhaka never says no -- it welcomes everyone who arrives! The city may not hand you breathing space, but it will always carve out a corner for you -- sometimes generous, sometimes barely enough to call a coffin.

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus yesterday reaffirmed his government’s commitment to holding a free, fair, transparent, and festive general election in early February next year, ahead of Ramadan.

The EU accounts for more than $25 billion in annual shipments from Bangladesh, or over 60 percent of total exports.

Nahid Islam, one of the key student leaders who spearheaded the July uprising, yesterday demanded that not only political leaders but also members of the police, military, and other state forces involved in killings and enforced disappearances be punished.

Demonstrators in Bagerhat yesterday besieged the election office for the second consecutive day demanding reinstatement of the district’s previous four constituencies.

Consensus talks on implementing constitutional reforms outlined in the July Charter remained fruitless for the third consecutive day yesterday, with political parties failing to agree on how to move forward.

Police say prime suspect confessed to killing 18-year-old Mehedi Hasan to steal his vehicle

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus will travel to New York next week to attend the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain said yesterday.

The Anti-Corruption Commission has filed a case against 43 individuals, including prominent business figures and senior officials of Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd, over the alleged embezzlement of Tk 363 crore from the bank's Gulshan branch in Dhaka.

Despite repeated student protests, government intervention, and even army involvement, the long-awaited second campus of Jagannath University (JnU) in Keraniganj has seen little progress, six years after land acquisition began.