Police say four of the cases relate to a BNP-Awami League clash in 2023, while another concerns an attack on students in 2024

National Newspaper Olympiad secured third place in the Best Initiative to Bolster Next Generation of Readership category

Officers and sailors of INS Sunayna to tour naval establishments, tourist sites in Ctg

Doctor files GD after allegedly receiving threats from Facebook accounts and WhatsApp numbers following media coverage of the child rape case

Family says Shahidul Islam Jomaddar left home Tuesday evening and has not been heard from since

The flight is scheduled to reach Dhaka at 8:40am tomorrow

The government should establish a mechanism to ensure safer working environments at multinational companies so that workers’ rights are protected and companies are held accountable for negligence, speakers said at a programme yesterday.

Clinging to the reef floor, a colourful sea anemone sways its soft, translucent pink-tipped tentacles like a blooming flower in the Bay of Bengal off Saint Martin’s Island.

Transparency International Bangladesh Executive Director Dr Iftekharuzzaman met Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at the latter’s office in the Secretariat yesterday.

A nine-year-old boy died after compressed air was reportedly pumped through his rectum using a tyre inflator machine at an auto-rickshaw garage in Narsingdi’s Palash upazila yesterday.

Experts and officials yesterday called for reinvigorating the family planning programme to improve reproductive health services, reduce unintended pregnancies, and address the country’s declining contraceptive coverage.

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday said the government has taken a policy decision to gradually withdraw the army from field-level law enforcement duties, as discipline has been restored in the police force.

Bangladesh’s Ministry of Religious Affairs has urged citizens to strictly comply with Saudi Arabia’s hajj regulations and avoid attempting to perform the pilgrimage without official permits.

The government has, for the first time, drawn up a guideline to regulate street vendors in the capital aimed at reclaiming footpaths and roadsides to ease pedestrian and traffic movement while also bringing discipline to the trade for the welfare of hawkers.

Speakers yesterday called for ensuring that education sector funds are not diverted to other sectors, alleging that money from the education budget had previously been allocated to projects such as the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant and the Bangabandhu Satellite.

Marking the 165th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, a cultural programme titled “Nabo Anande Jaago: The Legacy of Thakurbari” was held in the capital yesterday.

Journalists should continue informing the public and serving public interest even when authorities dislike their reporting, said Zaffar Abbas, editor of Pakistani newspaper Dawn.

The government has approved the formation of Bogura City Corporation and five new upazilas in four districts.

Twelve more children died from measles and measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, taking the total number of confirmed and suspected measles deaths to 336.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday directed authorities to take urgent measures to support farmers hit by heavy rainfall in the haor region.