The High Court yesterday restrained the government from carrying out any construction work in Panthakunja Park and the Hatirjheel waterbody in Dhaka.

The home adviser’s recent comment on the Durga Puja festival has not only hurt religious sentiments but also raised questions about communal harmony, said 22 eminent citizens yesterday.

The interim government aims to eliminate political influence and reduce corruption in public procurement through key reforms in the draft Public Procurement Rules (PPR) 2025, said SM Moinuddin Ahmed, chief executive officer of the Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority (BPPA), yesterday.

The National Consensus Commission (NCC) in its July Charter has sought firm commitments from political parties that they will not challenge the legality or necessity of the July Charter in court and that they will ensure legal and constitutional safeguards at every stage of its implementation.

Despite repeated assurances of tougher action and the interim government’s zero-tolerance stance, incidents of mob violence show no sign of stopping.

After 33 long years, students of Jahangirnagar University are set to cast their votes today for the much-awaited Jucsu and hall union elections.

The analysts say the loss ahead of other major student union elections warrants drastic re-organisation of the JCD

For the first time since Bangladesh’s independence, a panel backed by Islami Chhatra Shibir secured a thumping victory in Ducsu polls on Tuesday, clinching 23 of 28 central posts in a dramatic shift in campus politics.

The Election Commission yesterday published the draft list of polling centres for the upcoming 13th national election, setting the figure at 42,618.

Bangladesh has called for expanding legal migration opportunities to European Union (EU) countries, stressing that structured initiatives such as the EU Talent Partnership could help curb irregular migration.

Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) has congratulated the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) on the findings of its first Household Production Satellite Accounts (HPSA), which, for the first time, placed a monetary value on unpaid household work.

The government has suspended former Kurigram deputy commissioner and joint secretary Sultana Parveen, who was jailed in a case over torturing a journalist.

For Karwan Bazar hardware shop manager Mizanur Rahman, life has not been the same since the night his world turned to ashes. His wife Nadira Akter Popy, 32, and their three-year-old son Yeasin were among four people killed when arsonists set fire to the Dhaka-bound Mohanganj Express in Tejgaon on December 19, 2023.

Five years after a Dhaka court delivered the first-ever verdict under the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act, 2013, in the Ishtiaque Hossain Jonny murder case, the victim’s family says justice remains incomplete.

Two leaders of the National Citizen Party (NCP) resigned from their posts yesterday.

What Ducsu vote counts reveal about Shibir’s dominance

Murders followed drainage construction dispute

The victims were cousins

$100 million will be extended under the agreement

The Election Commission (EC) will hold a meeting tomorrow morning to finalise the registration of new political parties after completing field-level investigations and evaluation..The meeting is set for 11:30am at the EC headquarters in Dhaka, to be presided over by Election Commissioner A