Speaker says he would review the rules of procedure

LGRD minister says government committed to media independence, warns of efforts to destabilise law and order

Says incident should not affect future bilateral relations

Prof Jamalunnessa to replace Sheikh Mohiuddin; foundation says it is undertaking major reforms

Bangladesh’s much-discussed former inspector general of police, Benazir Ahmed, has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates.

Protesters call for justice, communal harmony and completion project

Vehicular movement on both sides of Tejgaon Love Road remains suspended

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday set June 28 for delivering its verdict against five former police officers in a crimes against humanity case over the killing of two people and the shooting of two others in Rampura during the July 2024 uprising.

A father yesterday told International Crimes Tribunal-1 how he found his teenage son’s body among several gunshot victims at a hospital during the July uprising in 2024.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam yesterday told parliament that despite a High Court ban, battery-run three-wheelers continue to ply highways.

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday said the search committee for appointing the chairman and commissioners of the Anti-Corruption Commission will be formed soon, as the chief justice has nominated his representative.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday directed the authorities concerned to swiftly relocate the four inter-district bus terminals from Dhaka to areas outside the capital to ease chronic traffic congestion and modernise the city’s traffic management system.

The foreign ministry yesterday summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pawan Badhe and expressed its displeasure after Prime Minister’s Adviser on Policy and Strategy Affairs Dr Zahed Ur Rahman was stopped by Indian immigration authorities at Delhi airport on Sunday.

The High Court yesterday granted ad-interim bail to former MP and singer Momtaz Begum in three cases filed over the killings of two persons and an attempted murder during the July 2024 uprising.

State Minister for LGRD Mir Shahe Alam in parliament yesterday insisted that two unions were not named after his sons and that the names matching was purely a coincidence.

Hundreds of people from several villages have been using a risky wooden bridge in Mymensingh’s Bhaluka upazila for years.

Islami Bank’s interim Chairman Mohammad Zahir Hossain yesterday urged depositors to put to bed two weeks of turmoil at the beleaguered Shariah-based lender and continue their banking activities without hesitation.

Arafat Hossen once owned Hotel Fultoli, a small establishment at Parki Beach on the Anwara upazila coastline.

For Urmi Dhar, life was already a daily struggle.

At least seven people were injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a cargo truck on the Khulna-Mongla highway in Bagerhat’s Mongla yesterday afternoon.