Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday described the circumstances surrounding the ouster of the Bangladesh Bank governor as the “formal beginning of a government-backed mob culture”, calling it unfortunate and completely unacceptable.

Police trying to arrest killers

Efforts underway to identify victim, say police

A Chattogram court yesterday sentenced a man to life imprisonment and fined him for abducting and raping a college girl in 2017.

A man was shot dead by miscreants in the Afilgate area of Khulna yesterday afternoon.

State Minister for Health and Family Welfare MA Muhit yesterday announced that the government will recruit one lakh health workers to improve healthcare services at the grassroots.

Around 100 individuals were detained in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur and Adabor during a four-hour special drive from Wednesday night as police intensified action against teen gangs, extortionists and criminal groups.

Rights organisation Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) yesterday expressed concern over a reported police directive instructing field officers to re-arrest leaders and activists of a banned political party in other cases after they secure bail.

Police yesterday arrested the prime accused in the killing of a ninth-grader in the capital’s Kathalbagan area and recovered the knife allegedly used in the murder.

Opposition Chief Whip Nahid Islam yesterday warned that they are prepared to take to the streets if reforms are not implemented in Parliament.

Bangladesh’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman was recently congratulated by Myanmar’s Union Minister for Foreign Affairs Than Swe and Chairman of the United League of Arakan (ULA, also known as Arakan Army) Twan Mrat Naing.

In the alleyways of Tejkunipara in the capital’s Tejgaon, the laughter of five-year-old Roza Moni has been replaced by a haunting silence.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is set to move into the state guest house Jamuna, which has been selected as his official residence due to security considerations and its proximity to the Secretariat.

After weeks of delays, disputes, and shifting schedules, the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2026 has finally begun -- though in a shorter format that breaks from long-standing tradition.

In a new recount by the Election Commission, 10.74 lakh votes cast in the referendum on February 12 have been revised, leading to a correction in the total number of votes.

Karuna Mondal, a 55-year-old homemaker from Shukdara village in Batiaghata upazila of Khulna, has spent over 40 years involved in farming. For nearly all of that time, she has dedicated herself to collecting and preserving indigenous seeds, many of which have disappeared from mainstream agriculture.

Two people were killed in separate road accidents in Thakurgaon’s Baliadangi upazila and Panchagarh’s Debiganj upazila on Wednesday.

Suspension in effect until further notice

"Removal of the governor before completion of tenure will discourage qualified individuals in the future, it says

Parents say she was killed by stalkers who had gang-raped her around two weeks ago