Freedom fighters vow to uphold legacy of 1971

Guerrilla fighters of the joint force formed by the National Awami Party (NAP), the Communist Party, and the Chattra Union during the 1971 Liberation War yesterday took an oath to uphold the spirit of the historic struggle for independence.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Liberation War: Chhatra Union launches 4-day programme

Bangladesh Chhatra Union’s Dhaka University unit launched a four-day special programme yesterday at the Teacher-Student Centre of DU, marking the 1971 Liberation War.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Compensate nations affected by climate change

Two advisers of the interim government yesterday accused the Global North of failing to ensure climate justice and urged wealthy countries to provide proper compensation to climate change–affected nations like Bangladesh.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM

‘BNP won’t run country like fugitive autocrat’

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday said that if the party wins the next Jatiya Sangsad polls and forms the government, the BNP will not govern the country the way the Awami League did during its tenure.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM

12yrs on, no closure in Gopibagh 6 murder case

Abdullah Al Faruk still shivers thinking about the evening that shattered his world.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Country drifting from agrarian roots: speakers

Bangladesh is drifting away from its agrarian roots as farmland shrinks due to infrastructure projects and young people turn away from farming, speakers said at a conference yesterday.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Shipbreakers seek Tk 36,000 minimum wage

Workers engaged in the shipbreaking industry yesterday demanded a minimum monthly wage of Tk 36,000, citing years of inhumane pay structures and hazardous working conditions.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Expelled BNP leader Akhtaruzzaman joins Jamaat

Major (retd) Akhtaruzzaman, a former lawmaker and a freedom fighter who was expelled from the BNP multiple times on charges of breaking party discipline, has joined Jamaat-e-Islami.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Open garbage bins a nuisance on Ctg’s busy roads

Open garbage sheds and bins along busy thoroughfares in Chattogram city have remained a persistent public nuisance for years, despite the Chattogram City Corporation’s door-to-door waste collection initiative launched nearly eight years ago.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Parties vow unity against plots to derail Feb election

Three major political parties yesterday vowed to stand united against any plot to undermine the spirit of the July uprising or derail the upcoming election.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Attack on UN base: 6 Bangladeshi peacekeepers killed in Sudan

At least six Bangladeshi peacekeepers were killed and eight others injured in an attack on a United Nations base in Sudan’s Southern Kordofan region, the Bangladesh Army said yesterday.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Strengthen security at all polls offices

The Election Commission last night instructed the police to strengthen security at all of its field-level offices.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM

TIB slams bureaucratic control over the NHRC

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has expressed deep concern and disappointment that the National Human Rights Commission Ordinance 2025 places the commission under bureaucratic control.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM

CA holds reception for Begum Rokeya Padak winners

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus accorded a reception to the “Begum Rokeya Padak 2025” winners at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka last evening.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Freedom to publish will define our democracy

Eminent economist and political analyst Prof Rehman Sobhan yesterday expressed concern over the growing mob culture of book burning and attacks on publications which are deemed inappropriate by certain groups.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM

4 crude bombs explode in Dhaka

1 injured in blast at Muktijoddha Market
13 December 2025, 17:30 PM

2 July Rebels members injured in attack in Uttara

Efforts underway to identify those involved, police say
13 December 2025, 17:03 PM

6 Bangladeshi peacekeepers killed, 8 wounded in Sudan UN base attack: ISPR

CA Yunus, Tarique express deep shock over peacekeepers’ deaths
13 December 2025, 16:12 PM

Gono Odhikar, Mancha 24 demand home adviser’s resignation over Hadi’s shooting

50 candidates targeted to create fear and destabilise the electoral process, Gono Odhikar’s Rashed claims
13 December 2025, 15:34 PM

Burning of books by mobs a dangerous culture: Prof Rehman Sobhan

Scholars urge protection of free publishing as UPL marks 50th anniversary
13 December 2025, 15:29 PM