Weeds have swallowed the courtyards, plaster peels from the walls, and garbage lies scattered across the floors. Once buzzing with students, two dormitories at Rangpur’s historic Carmichael College now stand abandoned, locked away for nearly 15 years.

Maj Gen (retd) Ziaul Ahsan had kept weapons and ammunition seized in the 10-truck arms haul at RAB-8 in Barishal without maintaining any official record, a former RAB officer told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday.

Noted children’s author, journalist and lyricist Akhtar Hossain died yesterday around 1:00pm while undergoing treatment at Bangladesh Medical University in Dhaka. He was 81.

The Election Commission has finalised 42 electoral symbols for the upcoming Union Parishad elections.

Eight more people died of dengue and 1,782 were hospitalised in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Awareness of several key government support programmes among persons with disabilities is below 20 percent, according to a new study.

The tentative timeline for local government elections was delayed due to students’ annual examinations in November and December, along with other practical considerations, not government pressure, said Election Commissioner Anwarul Islam Sarkar yesterday.

A six-year-old boy drowned in a pond in Jashore Sadar upazila on Wednesday afternoon.

Ashraf Ali, 22, a student of Brindavan Government College in Habiganj, had left for Cambodia pursuing work to turn the wheel of his family’s fortune.

A 12-year-old girl was allegedly abducted at gunpoint, threatened with death, and raped in Jashore’s Abhaynagar upazila, said police.

Academic and administrative activities remained suspended at Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) yesterday as students continued their shutdown for the third consecutive day, demanding the reinstatement of Prof Abu Sadat Muhammad Sayem as vice chancellor and cancellation of the new gazette appointing Prof Sheikh Shariful Alam as VC.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has called for five urgent global actions to tackle climate change and ensure a just and equitable transition, including meeting the 1.5-degree Celsius target and ensuring predictable climate finance.

Dismissals follow convictions and sentences in crimes against humanity cases

Bangladesh, Pakistan premiers stress mutual respect, cooperation and regular dialogue

90.73% of respondents, however, are aware of Disability Allowance Programme, while 84.41% received the allowance

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and discussed the Middle East conflict and the safety of Bangladeshi workers, while seeking Iran’s cooperation in facilitating the movement of Bangladeshi vessels and containers through the Strait of Hormuz.

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday sent former Awami League MP Zafar Alam to jail after formally recording his arrest in a crimes against humanity case over the killings of two opposition activists during the party’s rule.

DNA samples from five charred bodies recovered from a burnt covered van after the Pretty Group explosion in Ashulia were sent to the CID forensic department for identification.

Eleven more patients died of measles-like symptoms in Bangladesh in 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, taking the cumulative figure of measles and suspected measles deaths to 1,076 this year.

Four human rights organisations yesterday urged the government to withdraw the draft Cyber Security (Amendment) Act 2026, warning that it could revive repressive provisions of the Digital Security Act and undermine media freedom.