Religious Affairs Adviser AFM Khalid Hossain yesterday said several people involved in the arson attack on the offices of The Daily Star and Prothom Alo have been identified.

Mohammad Alamgir, father of private Shamim Reza, stood solemnly beside his son’s coffin, draped half in the national flag and half in the UN flag.

Sharif Omar Bin Hadi, elder brother of Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Bin Hadi, has expressed doubts over justice for his brother’s killing and urged the people to continue the movement.

Bogura district BNP leaders yesterday collected nomination papers for Bogura-6 (Sadar) and Bogura-7 (Gabtali and Shajahanpur upazila) constituencies for acting chairman Tarique Rahman and Chairperson Khaleda Zia respectively.

The arson attack on a house in Lakshmipur that killed a seven-year-old girl and left three others injured was carried out over a land-related feud, alleged the victim’s family yesterday.

Dhaka University Central Students’ Union yesterday blocked the vice chancellor’s office in protest, demanding the renaming of five university establishments currently named after members of the Sheikh family.

The RMG factory took three hours to inform law enforcers after unrest began that resulted in a garment worker being beaten to death in Mymensingh’s Bhaluka upazila over allegations of “hurting religious sentimen

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday called for unity in the face of challenging times, asserting that the party has historically saved the country from the brink of destruction and will do so again.

Law enforcers are yet to determine whether the prime suspects in the murder of Sharif Osman Hadi -- Faisal Karim Masud and Alamgir Sheikh -- have fled the country.

Indian border guard crossed 200 yards into Bangladesh, says BGB

Ensuring safety of journalists is a fundamental responsibility of the state, they say

Police say factory authorities informed them later, factory officials claim they had no negligence

Form was collected from district returning officer

Voices concern regarding safety of journalists

Call for impartial probe into attacks on media houses in Bangladesh

Incidents aimed at disrupting communal harmony ahead of polls, police suspect

Motorcycle used in shooting does not belong to him, police tells court

Foreign adviser rejects Indian press note about event in front of the Bangladesh mission in New Delhi

The Daily Star editor says the only institution that will speak the truth is an independent media

Complete his unfinished revolution, Omar urges all