This rally is part of Chhatra Dal's month-long programme marking the anniversary of the July-August mass uprising

No casualties have been reported so far

"The July declaration is now a reality," he says

A man surrendered to police in Patuakhali early yesterday, confessing that he had killed his wife during a family dispute before fleeing with their minor son.

Today is the 37th death anniversary of former president Justice Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, said a press release.

Azim Uddin Ahmed, founder life member and former chairman of the Board of Trustees, North South University, passed away in Singapore yesterday. He was 85, said a press release.

The existing state structure of Bangladesh does not serve the people but protects the interests of a privileged group, said speakers at an event organised by Ganosamhati Andolon at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka yesterday.

Erosion caused by the Kazi Bacha River has put the main road connecting Dacope and Batiaghata upazilas in Khulna at serious risk. At least five major points along the road have already been severely damaged,

Today is the 43rd death anniversary of Chief Justice Syed AB Mahmud Husain, said a press release.

Relentless rainfall over the past two days has left most parts of Jashore town and its outskirts submerged, damaging vegetable crops and Aman paddy seedbeds across 1,759 hectares of land.

Yasmeen Murshed, founder chairperson of Scholastica School and former adviser to the caretaker government led by then-president Iajuddin Ahmed, was laid to eternal rest at Banani Graveyard yesterday.

Judicial inquiry has to be conducted into the deaths of three Bawm men in jail custody, demanded 155 eminent citizens yesterday.

Bangladesh’s minority population could boycott the upcoming national election if their rights are not protected in the lead-up to the polls, warned the Minority Rights Movement, a platform representing minority communities.

A large red banner reading “International Fascism and Genocide Research Institute” now hangs in front of the abandoned central office of the Bangladesh Awami League in the capital’s Gulistan area.

Prices of various vegetable items have increased in the capital’s kitchen markets over the past week, with traders blaming a lack of supply due to countrywide rain.

The Bangladesh Army has constituted a court of inquiry to investigate allegations of political involvement against one of its officers, who was taken into military custody on July 17, according to a press release issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) yesterday.

Protesters under the banner of “July warriors” continued their demonstration for a second consecutive day at the capital’s Shahbagh intersection yesterday, demanding immediate finalisation of the proposed July Charter.

He will be taken to the operation theatre at 7:30am at the United Hospital

The country has been freed from fascism for now, but ultimate freedom will be achieved only when the Awami League is politically eliminated, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said.

At least 98 spots in the capital’s northern part remain vulnerable to waterlogging from heavy downpours, though the city corporation spent crores of taxpayer money in recent years to address the problem.