He discusses shifting US-Bangladesh ties, Trump’s tariffs, and South Asia’s fragile geopolitics

Following the legal panel's proposal, political parties began discussions

Villagers of Ajmer protect a thriving bird colony in Moulvibazar

Students from polytechnic institutes staged blockades in Dhaka and several districts yesterday to press home their four-point demands, including the introduction of a single-track system in engineering education to eliminate discrimination in jobs.

The services were restored around 2:30am today

Liberation war post delivers shock win for Shibir-backed candidate

Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, has urged Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus to pursue deeper reforms as Bangladesh seeks to consolidate its economic recovery ahead of the national election in February.

Taken into ACC custody

The state defence counsel for deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday alleged that Amar Desh Editor Mahmudur Rahman implicated the former PM and Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh in the 2009 BDR carnage out of personal vendetta.

Chinese envoy pays courtesy call

Direct cargo flights from Chattogram's Shah Amanat International Airport are expected to begin in February next year -- six months later than the initial timeline -- due to bureaucratic sluggishness.

The Supreme Court chamber judge yesterday upheld, for the time being, a High Court order that barred authorities from carrying out any construction work at Panthakunja Park and the Hatirjheel waterbody in Dhaka.

The interim government’s decision to appoint music and dance teachers in primary schools, instead of religious teachers, is “forced and irrelevant”, leaders of Islamist political parties and organisations said yesterday.

A 25-year-old man was hacked to death in Dhaka’s Adabor area yesterday.

What has changed is that conversations can now happen out into the open

A two-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in Sylhet's Moglabazar area on the night of September 10 after being lured with biscuits, her family has said.

Election under the proportional representation system is necessary to address the political parties’ tendency to capture polling centres, said Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday.

The BNP has decided to launch a countrywide campaign in mid-October to improve its public image, counter opposition narratives and reassure voters of its commitment to reforms ahead of the national election scheduled for February.

Women bear brunt as Satkhira’s salinity crosses WHO limit

BNP standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday said banning any political party through an executive order would be a “dangerous practice” and stressed that such matters must only be decided by courts.