Eighty-three percent of people are in favour of forming an election-time caretaker government for 120 days during the national polls.

BNP’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday urged people from all walks of life to vote for the party in the upcoming national election.

Renowned educationist, social worker, and women’s rights advocate Mahfuza Khanam passed away in Dhaka yesterday. She was 79.

Bangladesh, Malaysia, and several other Southeast Asian countries will send a joint peace mission to Myanmar in the coming weeks to advocate for peace and humanitarian aid for the Rohingya population and other communities in the country.

Rejecting the consensus commission’s decision to keep 50 reserved seats for women in the parliament through nomination until 2043, the Committee for Social Resistance has called for major reforms to the system.

A Dhaka court yesterday asked the investigation officer to appear in person before it on September 14 and submit the progress report on investigation in the case filed over murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi in 2012.

Seasonal waterlogging, under-construction roads and drainage work have made life miserable for some 2,000 families in Mymensingh city’s Balashpur Madhyapara area.

Parents of students killed or injured in the July 21 jet crash have demanded justice, compensation, and relocation of Milestone School and College to prevent future tragedies.

Aviation stakeholders strongly oppose the government’s move to scrap the rule requiring foreign airlines to appoint local General Sales Agents (GSA).

Begum Sitara Chowdhury, wife of late Justice AFM Abdur Rahman Chowdhury, passed away on August 6 at Square Hospital in Dhaka. She was 88.

Academic activities at the Government Unani and Ayurvedic Medical College in Mirpur have remained halted for the past one and a half months due to an ongoing student protest demanding a separate law and the formation of an independent council to oversee their affairs.

The High Court yesterday directed police to expedite the investigation, charge sheet submission, and DNA test report in a case over the rape of a woman in Muradnagar, Cumilla, so the trial can be completed on time.

Jamaat last submitted its income and expenditure statement in 2013

Rajon may have been killed for money, says OC Shahnewaz

Prof Riaz said that Jacobson inquired about the progress of the commission's work

Sumaiya Zafrin, wife of Major Sadikul Haque, has given a confessional statement in a case over an alleged “secret meeting” involving members of the Awami League and its banned student wing, Chhatra League..Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sarah Farznan Haque recorded Zafrin’s statement today

SI Md Mohsin and Constable Md Azad were attached to Chattogram Metropolitan Police's Detective Branch (DB) Port Zone

Two of the arrestees were listed drug dealers, while one was held on suspicion

Among the detained were four women and four children

'No one should be able to point fingers at us,' he says