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.

Five people were killed in road accidents in three districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

Despite the deadline for collecting nomination forms for the Chittagong University Central Students’ Union (Cucsu) election ending on Tuesday, the authorities extended it by a day, which ended yesterday.

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.

Today is the seventh death anniversary of AKM Raisul Huq Bahar, a freedom fighter and journalist. Bahar was born on April 1, 1952 at Companiganj, Noakhali.

Bangladesh shipped the first lot of 37.46 tonnes of hilsa fish to India in the early hours of yesterday.

Burai Beel, a natural wetland located near eastern part of Tangail district town, is rapidly shrinking due to continuous pollution and encroachment.

12 senior officials were allegedly rewarded with flats for involvement in manipulating 2018 election

'Operation Pacific Angel 25-3' focuses on air, ground, and medical emergency operations, says ISPR

Over 2,000 gathered for 600 fish

Locals catch the suspect