The tourist season in St Martin’s Island began yesterday with three cruise ships carrying 1,174 passengers from Cox’s Bazar’s Nuniachhara BIWTA jetty to the coral island.

A student protester who was shot in the forehead during the July uprising in Kushtia made a haunting plea to fellow demonstrators as he was being rushed to the hospital. “If I die, do not bury my body, let it join the victory march,” he said.

Families of army officers killed in the 2009 BDR mutiny yesterday demanded immediate prosecution of everyone named in the National Independent Investigation Commission’s report.

Although 28 years have passed since the signing of the Chattogram Hill Tracts Peace Accord, uncertainty continues over resolving the legal disputes involving the CHT regional council.

The High Court yesterday questioned the legality of a recently amended provision of the Representation of the People Order (RPO) that requires political parties to contest national elections using their own symbols even when they are part of an electoral alliance.

Reza Kibria, son of former finance minister the late Shah AMS Kibria, has formally joined the BNP.

Deported Bangladeshi migrants recount hunger, abuse and shattered hopes

A woman and her five-year-old daughter died after a speedboat capsized in the Naf river yesterday.

Another 173 Bangladeshi nationals returned home from Libya yesterday.

The only Mother and Child Welfare Centre in Bagerhat has long been failing to deliver adequate services due to a prolonged shortage of staff.

Newly emerged shoal lands in the Jamuna river under Kazipur upazila of Sirajganj have been blanketed by cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica), locally known as chhon or kaisha, signalling the start of the thatch season.

Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed yesterday assigned SC Registrar General Mohammad Habibur Rahman Siddiquee to serve as the secretariat’s secretary to run its operations.

At least 31 government-owned mahogany trees have allegedly been felled in Kendua upazila of Netrakona for a road renovation project without approval.

The High Court yesterday ordered relevant authorities to explain why the permit of Kaler Kantho, a Bangla newspaper owned by Bashundhara Group, should not be cancelled.

Pranay Verma stresses bilateral ties through capacity-building and cooperation

4,985 respondents across 63 districts participated in survey between September and October

Khaleda Zia declared a VVIP by the interim government

Offers prayers and pledges support for Bangladesh’s former PM

Victim, identified as Pappu Sheikh, was killed reportedly over previous enmity

Passed away after falling ill, jail authorities say