He was detained by the Detective Branch (DB) police on Monday night during a raid in the Pir Kashimpur area of the upazila

A mother and her daughter were found dead at their rented home in Cumilla’s Burichang upazila yesterday morning.

A gunman killed four people, including a policeman of Bangladeshi origin, after storming a skyscraper in central Manhattan of New York yesterday.

Dissolves Ctg North convening committee

Law Adviser Asif Nazrul yesterday said the brutality committed by Sheikh Hasina and her associates during the July uprising may have exceeded that of the Pakistani forces during the 1971 Liberation War.

National Citizen Party Convener Nahid Islam yesterday said the next election must be held on the basis of the July Charter and the next government will be obliged to implement the charter.

China is open to expanding the trilateral cooperation with Bangladesh and Pakistan for regional peace and development in South Asia, said Yao Wen, the Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh, yesterday. The stance comes as Bangladesh-Pakistan relations have recently improved, he said at the DCAB Talk, organised by the Diplomatic Correspondents’ Association, Bangladesh at  Jaitya Press Club.

SUV vandalised, four bikes torched

Firefighters yesterday recovered the body of a woman who had fallen into an open drain in Tongi, Gazipur, two days ago.

Handa Industries Co, a Hong Kong-based textile and apparel chain, has announced it will invest US $250 million in Bangladesh.

UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk has said that those responsible for the human rights violations and crimes committed during the July uprising should be held accountable and emphasised that this accountability should adhere to international human rights law.

We thank the office of Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, a special assistant to the chief adviser, for a formal response to our report, headlined “Govt aide pushes 5G project amid graft probe”, published on July 27, 2025.

Bangladesh’s student movements have long been rooted in the dormitories of public universities -- Dhaka University, Rajshahi University, Jahangirnagar University, and Chittagong University -- where slogans, marches, and political pressure have often driven change.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday said the government is working to build a broad national consensus around a renewed political system that will deliver inclusive, participatory, and credible elections.

Academic activities at Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (Kuet) resumed yesterday after a closure of 160 days.

Amid continued mourning and mounting outrage, July 30 marked a powerful day of nationwide protests and symbolic resistance, as students, teachers, guardians, and citizens rallied across Bangladesh demanding justice for the lives lost during the quota reform movement.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said that state reforms must lead to tangible improvements in people's lives, particularly for children and families affected by political violence and enforced disappearances.

Police yesterday arrested another accused in the murder of Lal Chand alias Sohag in front of Sir Salimullah Medical College and Hospital in the capital.

At least 18 illegal dams built by influential locals for fish farming along the three-kilometre-long Vaila Canal in Patuakhali Sadar upazila are causing severe waterlogging in the surrounding area, affecting around 1,500 acres of farmland and several hundred households.

Stronger political will, company accountability, enforcement of legal frameworks, and ensuring the dignity and safety of sanitation workers are essential for effective waste management in and around Dhaka.