As Bangladesh approaches its scheduled graduation from the least developed country (LDC) category in November 2026, a sense of unpreparedness hangs over both the government and the private sector.

Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has called for stricter international legal frameworks to prevent the laundering of billions of dollars in stolen wealth to offshore tax havens and developed nations.

The finalised July Charter is likely to be sent to political parties in a day or two following revisions to three contentious commitments that several parties had raised objections to.

The Election Commission has proposed stricter amendments to the election law, including a provision barring fugitives from contesting national polls.

The Editors’ Council yesterday expressed concern over three developments: denial of a genuine protest photograph as AI-generated, attempts to create a mob at the Dhaka Reporters Unity, and the government’s move to implement a law first drafted during the ousted Awami League government’s tenure.

Around 2:30pm Tuesday, a 40-year-old man stood silently at Adabor’s Road-10 Balur Math, staring at some shanties.

Police have recovered the body of a local Awami League leader from beside an embankment in Ashashuni upazila of Satkhira.

Cop was attacked and a police vehicle was vandalised during a raid on Monday

The Anti-Corruption Commission has approved a case against 10 individuals, including two sons of S Alam Group Chairman Saiful Alam, over allegations of evading nearly Tk 75 crore in taxes.

The interim government must ensure a conducive environment for elections and a smooth transition of power amidst “a complex landscape of governing and administrative requirements”, said South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) yesterday.

Increasing parliamentary seats in line with the country’s population and guaranteeing at least one-third women’s participation through direct elections are crucial for effective representation, said speakers at an event yesterday.

BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury yesterday said Bangladesh is gradually going downhill as it has failed to move to a democratic order even a year after the mass uprising.

Among the 179 candidates contesting 25 posts in the Jahangirnagar University Central Students’ Union (Jucsu) polls, 26 are from minority backgrounds.

Imtiaz Ahmed, a master’s student of the International Relations Department at Chittagong University, has been fighting for his life at the ICU of Parkview Hospital in the port city since Sunday.

The Jamuna erosion has taken a serious turn, eroding at least 40 metres of riverbank protection work at Choudda Rashi area in Chowhali upazila of Sirajganj over the past couple of days, raising concerns of further damage.

The Dharla River, flowing through Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila, continues to swallow farmlands, homesteads and vital infrastructure every day, leaving hundreds of families destitute.

At least two dengue patients died while 445 others were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Police recovered bodies of two men from the Lohalia river in Patuakhali yesterday.

The government is working to recruit at least 4,000 assistant sub-inspectors (ASIs) before the upcoming national election.

A sudden outbreak of diarrhoea has struck Natore Municipality, infecting around 147 people in the 24 hours till 2:00pm yesterday.