A government vehicle carrying two assistant revenue officers of Chittagong Custom House was vandalised by unidentified miscreants in the port city’s Agrabad area yesterday morning.

Three buses were burnt after a fire broke out at the BRTC bus depot in Sonapur of Noakhali town early yesterday.

An estimated Tk 70,000 crore, along with time and careful management, would be needed to solve the crisis in the banking sector, said Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur.

The government yesterday approved the Police Commission Ordinance 2025, but the commission will not have the authority to recommend the recruitment, promotion, or posting of officers, including the inspector general.

Scheduled to arrive in Dhaka at 9:45 am on Friday

Shutdown to remain suspended until completion of exams

Report highlights urgent need for climate-resilient interventions to protect women, children, and adolescents

Deceased was a student of Arabic Department

Two amendments to the Representation of the People Order (RPO) pertaining to postal ballots were approved at the latest meeting of the Advisory Council yesterday.

Ahead of the upcoming national election, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police has reshuffled the officers-in-charge of all 50 police stations under its jurisdiction.

The Awami League’s flagship Digital Bangladesh vision functioned largely as “an architecture of political slogan” rather than a coherent national digital strategy, according to a government-commissioned white paper.

Assistant government primary schoolteachers suspended their “complete shutdown” last night.

A High Court bench yesterday delivered a dissenting verdict on a writ petition challenging the legality of the government’s move to start the process of awarding a contract to UAE-based DP World for container handling at the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) in Chattogram.

The field-level police officials have been directed to remain neutral and avoid aligning with any political party or candidate during the upcoming national elections.

The Election Commission is likely to announce the election schedule on December 10 or 11, setting the stage for the much-anticipated national polls and the referendum on the July charter in mid-February.

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday took cognisance of formal charges in two cases against Sajeeb Wazed Joy, former ICT adviser to deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and three others.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is likely to fly to London for advanced medical treatment today.

Supporters of Mohammad Mohiuddin demand cancellation of Kamaruzzaman Ratan’s nomination

Speakers at a national event yesterday called for urgent, coordinated reforms to protect women and children from rising violence and trafficking.

Health assistants have decided to continue their work abstention, stating that the authorities have failed to convince them that their demands, including amendments to their recruitment rules, will be addressed soon.