Political will vital to curb corruption, says finance adviser

Salehuddin Ahmed stresses leadership integrity at ACC discussion on anti-corruption day
9 December 2025, 08:53 AM

People will foil any conspiracy over polls, says BNP’s Nazrul Islam Khan

Cites opinion survey predicting comfortable victory
9 December 2025, 08:38 AM

No mobile, broken CCTVs: Police struggle to trace Mohammadpur double murder accused

Lack of digital footprint add to challenges in solving the murders
9 December 2025, 08:33 AM

Corruption hurting daily lives of millions across Bangladesh: Tarique Rahman

Says anti-corruption day serves as a reminder of Bangladesh's long struggle against corruption
9 December 2025, 06:41 AM

CA distributes Rokeya Padak among four awardees

Award honours contributions to women’s education, labour rights, human rights and sports
9 December 2025, 06:12 AM

Students of Dhaka College, Ideal College clash again despite 'peace agreement'

Additional police deployed after brick-throwing near Labaid Hospital disrupts morning traffic
9 December 2025, 05:28 AM

House help sued over Mohammadpur double murder

Husband files case as police, Rab, DB hunt suspect who worked only four days
9 December 2025, 05:08 AM

ACC chief urges voters to reject corrupt candidates in national polls

Commission marks anti-corruption day, calls for nationwide public resistance to graft
9 December 2025, 04:45 AM

CPJ urges Yunus to free jailed journalists ahead of Human Rights Day

Rights group says murder charges 'lack credible evidence'; cites dire prison conditions at Kashimpur
9 December 2025, 04:20 AM

31 deported from US were ‘shackled for 60 hours’

Thirty-one Bangladeshis were sent back from the US yesterday, with several of them saying they were kept in handcuffs and shackles for nearly 60 hours before being flown to Dhaka.
8 December 2025, 20:32 PM

Nat’l democratic front launched with 18 parties

Jatiya Party factions led by Anisul Islam Mahmud and Anwar Hossain Manju, and 16 other parties yesterday launched a new alliance called National Democratic Front (NDF).
8 December 2025, 18:34 PM

Elite-dominated parliament source of many ills

Without representatives from varied backgrounds in parliament, the democratic system risks remaining elite-dominated, which is a key source of many longstanding problems, said eminent economist Rehman Sobhan yesterday.
8 December 2025, 18:33 PM

Power sector officials resistant to renewable expansion

The major barrier to renewable energy expansion is the people in the power and energy sector themselves, said Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, power, energy and mineral resources adviser.
8 December 2025, 18:31 PM

The pen that pierced the purdah

Rereading Begum Rokeya’s ‘Oborodh Bashini’
8 December 2025, 18:29 PM

Mother, daughter murdered in their Mohammadpur flat

A woman and her teenage daughter were stabbed to death at their residence in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur yesterday, allegedly by their part-time house help hired only four days ago.
8 December 2025, 18:27 PM

Polls training of officials done, cameras ready

The Election Commission yesterday asked Bangladesh Television (BTV) and Bangladesh Betar to prepare to record on December 10 CEC AMM Nasir Uddin’s address to the nation unveiling the polls schedule.
8 December 2025, 18:26 PM

We work with religion, we don’t use it

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman said yesterday that they strongly believe a national government is necessary for at least five years to restore the country’s stability and economy, establish the rule of law, and eradicate corruption from society.
8 December 2025, 18:26 PM

Khaleda still unfit to travel: medical board

Sources said the air ambulance will move only when the doctors confirm her condition has improved.
8 December 2025, 18:26 PM

Plots afoot to derail democratic process

With democracy and accountable governance absent, the country is passing through an abnormal time, BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman said yesterday.
8 December 2025, 18:25 PM

Graft taints the graft watchdog

Six top officials dismissed this year; two ex-bosses under probe; 245 employees disciplined over 17 years
8 December 2025, 18:20 PM