A clash broke out between activists of his party and Jatiya Party in front of his party office last night

Urges restraint and vigilance against mob culture during democratic transition

The 17th death anniversary of Shamsul Hoque Mojumder, a retired engineer of PWD and social worker, was observed yesterday, said a press release.

Around three kilometres of the approach road on Kurigram’s Chilmari side of the newly built Mawlana Bhashani Bridge remain unfinished, forcing buses and goods-laden trucks to navigate it at risk every day.

An 18-year-old youth died after being electrocuted while performing electrical work at a house in the Sarulia area of Demra in the capital yesterday afternoon.

Nestled on the edge of Kawadighi Haor in Rajnagar upazila of Moulvibazar, the Kalarbazar bamboo market has carried on a centuries-old tradition that continues to shape the region’s rural economy and cultural identity.

The long-awaited shelter centre for river erosion and flood-affected residents in the char areas of Narsingdi’s Mirzarchar under Raipura upazila remains incomplete, six years after the work began.

A conservation initiative to protect red crabs and sea turtles at Kuakata’s Char Gangamati beach has virtually vanished within four years of its launch, owing to poor monitoring and lack of enforcement.

BNP standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday said they are waiting for a Bangladesh where no one will ever fall victim to enforced disappearances again.

The interim government must immediately disband the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), which has been accused of carrying out enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings, said speakers at a discussion yesterday.

On the northern border with India, in Kurigram’s Phulbari upazila, stands the decaying Naodanga Zamindar Palace, once a hub of aristocratic power and cultural celebration, now abandoned to neglect and ruin.

Bangladesh is at a “critical juncture”, with the July uprising opening up new political possibilities to rebuild the country as a welfare state, speakers said at a discussion yesterday.

More and more people are now relying on potatoes and papaya to feed their families as the prices of other vegetables continue to rise in Dhaka’s kitchen markets.

Mohammadpur resident Hujaifa Tanveer, 28, who has been receiving treatment at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital, was due to be discharged on Thursday, but doctors postponed it after tests revealed that dengue had partially damaged his kidneys and lungs.

Protesters marched on campus at 11:30pm and later held a rally at the foot of Raju Memorial Sculpture

Earlier on Friday night, leaders and activists of Gono Odhikar Parishad, Jubo Odhikar and Chhatra Odhikar Parishad in Rajshahi city brought out a protest procession from the city's Shaheb Bazar Zero Point around 9:30pm

Anu Muhammad says at event honouring Jatin Sarkar

In the aftermath of the July uprising, the country has witnessed a new wave of terror, killings, and mob violence, centring extortion, land grabbing, and establishing dominance, said Gono Forum founder and Emeritus President Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday.

Leaders and activists of Jatiya Party and Gono Odhikar Parishad clashed in front of the former’s central office in the capital’s Kakrail yesterday.

Five members of the army were injured, it says