Rangpur mob killing: Four suspects on 3-day remand

A Rangpur court yesterday placed four men on three-day remand each in connection with the mob beating that killed two persons in Taraganj upazila on August 9.
14 August 2025, 21:47 PM

Graft Case: Papia and her husband get 3.5 years in jail

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced Jubo Mohila League’s expelled leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon to three years and six months imprisonment in a case filed over amassing about Tk 6.24 crore illegally.
14 August 2025, 21:25 PM

Sedition Case: Court issues warrant to arrest Hasina, 285 others

A Dhaka court yesterday issued arrest warrants against 286 people including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in a case filed for conspiring to overthrow the interim government through a civil war.
14 August 2025, 21:21 PM

Three killed, 7 hurt in Faridpur bus collision

Three people were killed and seven others injured in a head-on collision between two buses on the Dhaka–Khulna highway in Faridpur's Sadar upazila yesterday afternoon.
14 August 2025, 21:07 PM

Over one lakh stranded in north as rivers swell

Over 100,000 people have been stranded as the Teesta and Dudhkumar rivers swelled above danger level, flooding vast areas of cropland, homes and low-lying regions in northern Bangladesh.
14 August 2025, 21:02 PM

246 more reform proposals ‘ready for implementation’

The interim government has identified 246 more reform proposals as “ready for immediate implementation”, Shafiqul Alam, press secretary to the chief adviser, told reporters yesterday.
14 August 2025, 20:35 PM

‘Anti-state’ contents: BTRC moves to punish social media platforms

The BTRC has drafted an ordinance to enable the government to punish social media platforms for activities deemed harmful to national unity, security, and public order.
14 August 2025, 20:12 PM

Khaleda’s birthday to be observed in low-key manner

The BNP will observe the birthday of its Chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia today in a low-key manner with only prayer programmes.
14 August 2025, 20:11 PM

Reforms before polls needed to stop return of fascism: Yunus

Chief Adviser Prof Mohammad Yunus stressed the need for carrying out necessary reforms and trials before upcoming  national election, saying that without them, people’s hopes of preventing the return of fascism would remain unmet.
14 August 2025, 20:10 PM

They won’t boycott polls

BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday brushed aside any concern about the upcoming national polls amid boycott calls by some political parties.
14 August 2025, 19:00 PM

July charter: Commission likely to push parties for legally binding deal

Following demands from several parties, including Jamaat-e-Islami, National Citizen Party, and Islami Andolan Bangladesh, the National Consensus Commission is considering a proposal to make the July National Charter a legally binding document.
14 August 2025, 18:53 PM

ACC sues Joy over sketchy bank account transactions

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has found suspicious transactions amounting to Tk 57.5 crore in two bank accounts belonging to Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
14 August 2025, 18:39 PM

Extortion allegation: Asif Mahmud denies any involvement

A video clip has gone viral in which an expelled Bangladesh Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsaad leader is seen confessing to extorting money from former Awami League MP Shammi Ahmed.
14 August 2025, 18:32 PM

Man stabbed to death at Banani shisha lounge

A man was stabbed to death early yesterday while leaving a shisha lounge in the capital’s Banani.
14 August 2025, 18:10 PM

2 beaten, handed over to police near Dhanmondi 32

'The two were brought in by protesters who suspected them to be affiliated with Awami League or the banned organisation Chhatra League. We are interrogating them,' says police
14 August 2025, 18:09 PM

EC to declare polls roadmap next week

The Election Commission yesterday said it would publish the roadmap for the 13th national election next week.
14 August 2025, 18:09 PM

Surveillance: Govt forms body to probe AL regime’s violations

The government has formed a committee to investigate how the state’s surveillance infrastructure had been used to violate the rights of citizens during the Awami League regime.
14 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Looted stones being restored at Sada Pathor

The district administration, during a joint operation in Bholaganj of Sylhet’s Companiganj upazila and parts of Sylhet city, has recovered over 35,000 cubic feet of stones previously looted from the Sada Pathor tourist spot.
14 August 2025, 18:00 PM

50 years since Bangabandhu’s assassination

Today marks 50 years since the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
14 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Man killed over Tk 350 loan in Mymensingh

An auto-rickshaw driver has been beaten to death by a group people over dues of only Tk 350 in the Mankon Boardghar area of Muktagacha upazila in Mymensingh.
14 August 2025, 18:00 PM