BGB personnel deployed in the airport area, Karwan Bazar and around Hotel InterContinental

Blockade organised under the banner of ‘July 36th Pathagaar, Gazipur’

28 journalists and staff trapped inside for more than four hours

They can burn our office, not our resolve

The foreign ministry has assured full security for embassies and missions in Dhaka and briefed diplomats on overall security arrangements ahead of the national election scheduled for February 12 next year.

Journalists need to feel secure from harassment and confident that arrests are subject to due process and judicial oversight, said Michael Miller, the EU ambassador to Bangladesh.

After fighting for his life for six days, Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson for Inqilab Moncho, passed away at a Singapore hospital last night.

Nineteen years after being recommended by the Public Service Commission, 673 job seekers have been appointed to various cadres with retrospective seniority.

Even though a week has passed since the announcement of the election schedule, BNP allies still do not know how many seats they might be allotted.

BNP has begun preparations for what it calls a “historic reception” to mark the homecoming of its acting chairman, Tarique Rahman, after 17 years in exile.

The Election Commission yesterday rolled out a detailed security plan to ensure a peaceful and orderly environment during the national polls and referendum, including a five-day deployment of the armed forces.

The July uprising proposed to purify our engagement with the constitution, not to overturn it, outgoing Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed said yesterday.

A woman was found dead in the custody of Homna Police Station in Cumilla early yesterday, several hours after her arrest for allegedly stabbing her 11-year-old stepson.

BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s health condition has not deteriorated, her personal physician AZM Zahid Hossain said yesterday, expressing hope that her condition will gradually improve.

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday ordered the framing of charges against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 12 others, including five former directors general of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence,

BNP acting chairman urges swift investigation and justice for slain activist

Yunus announces half-mast flags, nationwide prayers in address to the nation

Inqilab Moncho called for protests earlier

CA press wing says

Political parties, leaders pay tribute, demand justice