The seven are among nine students who started the strike on September 10

Microbus carrying them hit a parked covered van

Jannatul Ferdous, assistant professor in the Department of Fine Arts, was serving as a polling officer at Pritilata Hall

A three-year-old girl was hacked to death allegedly by her uncle in Cox's Bazar's Ramu upazila on Wednesday evening.

Labour leader Kalpona Akter has topped the list of “Vogue Business 2025 100 Innovators” under the “Sustainability Thought Leader” category.

Terming the forthcoming national polls a “foundational election”, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday said the government has no alternative but to hold it in the first half of February.

The government has extended the executive magistracy powers of commissioned officers of the Bangladesh Army for an additional 60 days from today.

At least 20 people were injured in a clash between activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and Islami Chhatra Shibir at Government Muladi College in Barishal yesterday.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has stressed the need to deepen ties with Bangladesh, saying relations between the two countries should continue to strengthen.

A delegation of European Parliament members will be visiting Bangladesh from September 16 to 18 to assess the reforms and human rights.

The government has transferred eight additional deputy inspectors general and six superintendents of police including two joint commissioners of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), the home ministry said yesterday.

Consensus among political parties, improving the law-and-order situation and ensuring the Election Commission’s neutrality are the biggest challenges for the upcoming parliamentary polls to be free, fair and credible, said speakers at an event yesterday.

Two people were killed and three were critically injured in a collision between a bus and a battery-run auto-rickshaw on the Nangalkot–Laksham road in Cumilla's Laksham upazila yesterday

Police say Roni was handed over by wife, locals on theft charges

A man was beaten to death for allegedly attempting to steal a battery-powered rickshaw in Tangail’s Madhupur upazila early yesterday.

Motazzerul Islam Mithu, accused of large-scale corruption in the health sector including in the procurement of masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) during the Covid-19 pandemic, was arrested from Gulshan on Wednesday night.

Five of eight panels boycotted the long-awaited Jucsu elections yesterday over allegations of irregularities, mismanagement, and vote rigging, even as polling continued from 9:00am to 5:00pm in most centres.

The National Consensus Commission yesterday sent the final July Charter to political parties, but talks once again ended in deadlock as divisions persisted over how to implement provisions requiring constitutional changes.

The interim government yesterday directed the law ministry to formulate laws for the establishment of two separate commissions within the police force to ensure accountability and internal investigations without external influence.

Bus driver and helper fled the scene