A Cumilla court yesterday granted bail to a 15-year-old boy, who was arrested in Nangolkot upazila on charge of participating in a procession organised by the banned BCL on November 17.

If national elections were held next week, 33 percent of respondents said they would vote for BNP, while Jamaat-e-Islami followed with around 29 percent, according to a survey released on Monday by the US based International Republican Institute.

National Citizen Party convener Nahid Islam yesterday said political strategies used during the Awami League era were being revived ahead of the upcoming election.

Shared sacrifices by Bangladesh and India during the 1971 Liberation War continue to emotionally connect the two nations and inspire their growing relationship, said Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma yesterday.

Some individuals are “displaying the arrogance of power without being in power” and weaving conspiracies ahead of the upcoming election, Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman said yesterday.

Six boys, aged between 13 and 17, were abducted reportedly by armed masked men in Baharchhara union of Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila on Sunday evening.

In Bangladesh, the first HIV case was detected in 1989. The total number of HIV-positive cases stood at 14,313 till this year. Of them, 2,666 died.

The revised draft of the Police Commission Ordinance 2025 has dropped the clause that allowed the commission to recommend a three-member panel for the appointment of the inspector general of police (IGP).

Frustration and disappointment have been growing among the indigenous people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts as the CHT Peace Accord has still not been fully implemented even after 28 years.

Twelve political parties yesterday endorsed a child rights manifesto outlining 10 non-negotiable commitments co-created by children and young people and supported by UNICEF ahead of the 2026 national election.

BNP standing committee meeting reviews political situation and election campaign strategies

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman has not registered as a voter, but he may do so if the Election Commission permits, a senior election official said yesterday.

Deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, and her niece Tulip Siddiq, a Labour MP in the UK, were yesterday sentenced in absentia to varying jail terms over corruption in the allocation of Purbachal plots.

Annual exams at many government secondary and primary schools were disrupted yesterday as teachers continued their strike despite official directives to complete the tests on schedule.

People across the country are growing more and more anxious about the health condition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who has been hospitalised for a week and has not shown any sign of improvement.

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.

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.