Candidates for the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union polls started reaching out to students with leaflets yesterday, while the university authorities removed banners, festoons, and campaign boards put up across campus in violation of the electoral code of conduct.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that a certain political quarter is deliberately trying to prevent pro-democracy forces from assuming power.

An embankment built across the Boritala River at Gabbaria in Patuakhali’s Kalapara upazila has blocked the natural water flow, leaving vast areas waterlogged.

Bangladesh Railway has allotted land for two mosques and a temple in the capital’s Joar Sahara area, which falls under both Khilkhet and Cantonment police stations.

The high-level ministerial probe committee formed by the Cabinet Division has completed its field-level investigation into the large-scale looting of stones from Sada Pathor, a major tourist site in Sylhet’s Companiganj upazila.

Fortify Rights and 57 other groups in a joint statement yesterday said the United Nations member states must pursue accountability for genocide and other atrocities committed against ethnic Rohingya civilians in Myanmar’s Rakhine State.

A year after the July uprising that ousted the Awami League government, the families of enforced disappearance victims in Bangladesh are still searching for the truth, said Sanjida Islam, one of the organisers of Mayer Daak, a platform of victims’ families.

The recently proposed amendments to the Detailed Area Plan (DAP), which aim to increase the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) in most areas of Dhaka by 20 to 80 percent, could fuel the construction of more high-rises in an already overcrowded city, urban planners warned yesterday.

Remember whenever you saw someone speaking through a microphone -- be it at a rally, a meeting, or a grand procession -- there was one thing in common. In front of the mic, a small sign read: “Call-Ready”.

‘Allegation of a threat entirely false,’ says CA’s Press Secretary

The child's father has filed a case

Filing a of case is underway

University demands probe into police attack

Villagers noticed the body in a small stream in the area

According to the case statement, Jalal reportedly attacked his roommate

Detainees were later handed over to Bandar Police Station

Cuet, IIUC, CU students blocked Gate No 2 intersection to press home their demands

The entire amount will be stored in cold storages

Says Bangladesh is a role model of communal harmony

Shrine leaders say attempts are being made to destroy the atmosphere of harmony there