The ancestral home of Anisul Islam Mahmud, president of the National Democratic Front and chairman of a faction of the Jatiya Party, was vandalised and set on fire by a group of miscreants in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila early yesterday.

A seven‑year‑old girl was killed, and her father, a local BNP leader, along with two sisters, sustained severe burn injuries after their home was set ablaze in Lakshmipur Sadar upazila early yesterday.

The sixth death anniversary of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, the visionary founder of BRAC, the world’s largest non-governmental development organisation, was observed yesterday.

Moncho has warned of an indefinite blockade at Shahbagh intersection if the government fails to arrest those behind the killing of Sharif Osman Hadi by this evening.

The bodies of six Bangladeshi peacekeepers, who were killed in a drone attack on a United Nations peacekeeping base in Sudan’s Abyei region, were returned to Bangladesh yesterday.

Abdul Karim Khandker, former deputy commander of the Liberation War and the first chief of the Bangladesh Air Force, died yesterday from old-age complications at the age of 95.

Sommilito Nagorik Somaj, a coalition of civil society organisations, yesterday demanded a transparent investigation and exemplary punishment of those responsible for the killing of Sharif Osman Hadi.

Dr Yunus said Hadi is a martyr who will never be forgotten. He will remain alive through the lessons he left for the nation.

A group of 94 citizens yesterday called for the complete abolition of the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre (NTMC) and urged the interim government to approve the draft Telecommunication (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 without placing surveillance powers to home ministry.

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has urged Meta to take urgent action to prevent the misuse of its platforms to incite violence and destabilise society amid ongoing political unrest in Bangladesh.

The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested seven people in connection with the killing of Dipu Chandra Das by a mob in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh, the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing said yesterday.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia remains in stable condition in the intensive care unit of Evercare Hospital in Dhaka, where she has been receiving treatment for the last 27 days, the BNP media cell said last night.

BNP has blamed the interim government for a spate of attacks, vandalism and arson across the country, alleging that a section within the administration is seeking to destabilise Bangladesh ahead of the upcoming election.

One distinguished individual and one organisation were honoured with the “Shomman Kindness Award” yesterday for their philanthropic contributions.

The ancestral home of Anisul Islam Mahmud, president of the National Democratic Front and chairman of a faction of the Jatiya Party, was vandalised and set on fire by a group of miscreants in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila early yesterday.

Leaders of Bangladesh Udichi Shilpi Gosthi, a social and cultural organisation, yesterday accused the interim government of failing to prevent attack and arson at its central office despite clear threats made a day before.

With 70,402 dengue cases reported from divisions outside Dhaka out of a total 101,597 nationwide as of December 20, the mosquito-borne disease has spread far beyond the capital this year.

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