On the third day of the constituency delimitation hearings yesterday, residents and BNP leaders of Munshiganj and Manikganj demanded that each district retain four parliamentary constituencies as before.

Twenty-five newly appointed High Court judges took oath yesterday at the Supreme Court, marking the first appointments under the Supreme Court Judges' Appointment Ordinance, 2025.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) will sign agreements with public and private universities today for 151 sub-projects under the Higher Education Acceleration and Transformation (HEAT) initiative.

Among all age groups, girls in grades 6–10 were subjected to sexual violence the most last year, according to a new media monitoring report by Bangladesh Mahila Parishad.

Seven prosecution witnesses yesterday testified in three cases filed against 23 people, including deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her daughter Saima Wazed Putul and son Sajeeb Wazed Joy over irregularities in plot allocation in Purbachal New Town.

As the interim government moves toward finalising a Data Protection Ordinance, rights organisation ARTICLE 19 has called for the proposed framework to be firmly rooted in international human rights law and constitutional safeguards.

BNP has suspended its chairper-son’s adviser, Fazlur Rahman, from all party posts, including his primary membership, for three months.

Cyberbullying and smear campaigns targeting candidates, particularly women, have emerged as a disturbing trend ahead of the Jahangirnagar University Central Students’ Union elections.

The special Syndicate meeting, held from 5:00pm to 8:40pm yesterday, finalised the draft constitution

The move may disrupt lifesaving services for newborns unless the authorities act promptly, say experts and health officials.

A Dhaka Medical College Hospital doctor yesterday told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 that many patients with gunshot wounds sustained during last year’s July uprising were shot from high above.

Any party has the right to skip a national election, but those who do so with excuses risk being sidelined from future politics, said BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed.

A Cox’s Bazar court yesterday sentenced a man to death for raping and murdering a six-year-old girl in Moheshkhali upazila in 2022.

The 49th death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam will be observed in the country today.

In a bid to reduce people’s out-of-pocket healthcare expenses, the government is going to prepare a list of essential diagnostic tests and fix their prices.

Campaigning for the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union kicked off yesterday with vibrant rallies, tributes, and outreach efforts by major panels and independents across Dhaka University.

Food assistance for over 1.2 million Rohingyas in Bangladesh will end after November 30 unless urgent funds are secured, the World Food Programme has warned.

A Guyanese national was arrested with around 8.6kg of cocaine at Dhaka airport yesterday, and officials said the drug was not meant for local use.

Police have arrested a man on charges of raping a teenage girl with intellectual disability in Bandarban’s Lama upazila on Sunday.

Educational activities have been disrupted in 25 institutions in Monirampur upazila of Jashore due to widespread waterlogging.