Any kind of assembly or procession, as well as carrying of weapons, has been completely banned

His namaz-e-janaza will be held at 1:45pm at SC's Inner Garden

The struggle of the independence-loving people of this country, supported by expatriate Bangalees and foreigners against the genocide committed by the Pakistani occupation forces, ultimately led to Bangladesh’s birth, said academics and journalists said at a programme yesterday.

Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar has claimed that it was India who carried out the conspiracy to kill the country’s intellectuals during the Liberation War.

The Election Commission yesterday issued a circular on candidate eligibility and disqualification for the next national polls, adding a provision barring anyone from contesting if a formal charge has been filed against them at the International Crimes Tribunals.

The results of the admission tests for public and private medical and dental colleges for the 2025-26 academic year were published yesterday.

Concern is growing over the law-and-order situation in Rangpur, where 13 murders and at least 37 rape cases were reported over the last three months.

Kazi Fazlur Rahman, an educationist, administrator, and social worker, died on December 13, aged 93, said a press release.

Today is the 54th death anniversary of three martyred freedom fighter brothers -- Badiuzzaman, Shahjahan, and Mullukjahan, said a press release..The three, who took part in the guerrilla war during the 1971 Liberation War, were detained by the Pakistani occupation army and killed on Decemb

Today is the 16th death anniversary of Quazi Azher Ali, an educationist, former vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University and founder of Mohammadpur Preparatory School and College, said a press release..On the occasion, a milad and doa mahfil will be held, and food will be distributed among

On April 17, 1971, in the mango grove of Baidyanathtala at Bhoberpara, an isolated border area in Meherpur, the acting president and cabinet members of the Mujibnagar Government were sworn in, formally establishing the provisional Government of Bangladesh during the Liberation War.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia remains in critical condition in the intensive care unit of Evercare Hospital in Dhaka, where she has been receiving treatment for the last 21 days.

The foreign ministry yesterday summoned Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma to convey Bangladesh’s strong concerns over India allowing deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina to continue making “incendiary” statements while on Indian soil.

Laments wife of peacekeeper killed in Sudan; grief sweeps families as news reaches home

Chiefs and members of several reform commissions expressed frustration yesterday over the government’s failure to implement the proposals they had submitted.

Sharif Osman Hadi, an independent MP aspirant for Dhaka-8 who was shot in broad daylight in the capital’s Paltan area on Friday, will be flown to Singapore today by air ambulance for advanced treatment.

The nation yesterday observed Martyred Intellectuals Day, paying tribute to the eminent citizens who were brutally killed during the 1971 Liberation War.

Amid worries over deteriorating law and order ahead of the national polls, the Election Commission yesterday ordered law enforcers to set up more checkpoints, crack down on organised crime, and recover illegal or missing firearms and ammunition.

Journalist Anis Alamgir was taken into custody by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch yesterday evening.

A coalition of civil society organisations has urged political parties to place women’s and children’s rights at the centre of their election manifestos.