Four people were injured in a fire caused by a gas cylinder explosion at a workshop in Kaliakair, Gazipur, on Wednesday night.

An unfinished bridge over the nine-kilometre Jowari Canal has left nearly 50,000 residents of Varuakhali union in Cox’s Bazar Sadar struggling to cross the area for almost five years.

Khulna city’s poor handling of electronic waste has become a serious threat to public health and the environment.

Tempers flared at the International Crimes Tribunal-2 yesterday as prosecution and defence sparred during the cross-examination of a state witness in the Ashulia murders and body-burning case, tied to the July 2024 mass uprising.

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman has said Bangladesh cannot progress unless women feel safe both online and offline and urged immediate national measures to protect and empower women in the digital age.

Bangladesh is losing around $8 billion every year due to child marriage, yet government investment in prevention remains “shockingly low”, UNICEF said yesterday while presenting the latest child rights findings from the MICS-2025.

A 15-year-old eighth grader has been arrested in Cumilla’s Nangolkot and sent to jail on anti-terrorism charges for allegedly participating in a procession of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League.

The government is forging ahead with its plan to lease the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT), the Chattogram port’s largest functioning terminal, to the UAE-based DP World by December, despite widespread protests.

Bangladesh National Security Adviser Khalilur Rahman yesterday emphasised the need for implementing collective actions among Colombo Security Conclave member countries to address the challenges of cybersecurity, misinformation, and disinformation.

The caretaker government system has again prompted political discussion, this time over the process of its formation, after the Supreme Court yesterday reinstated the provisions for election-time administration.

The advisory council yesterday granted final approval to the draft Supreme Court Secretariat Ordinance, 2025, marking another step toward separating the judiciary from the executive branch of the state.

The advisory council yesterday approved in principle a draft ordinance introducing stringent penalties, including capital punishment, for members of human trafficking rackets.

The non-party caretaker government system has returned to Bangladesh’s constitution, but apparently not for the national polls slated for early February.

A court yesterday sent renowned baul singer Maharaj Abul Sarkar to jail in a case filed over hurting religious sentiments.

A man was killed yesterday after an SUV plunged off the Shaheed Wasim Akram Elevated Expressway and landed on him in Chattogram’s Nimtala–Bishwa Road area.

Demand reopening of Nafakhum, allege harassment by law enforcement agencies

Bhola court sends him to jail

Preliminary interviews set for November 22, 23

Case filed under Explosive Substances Act

The central bank said its branches in Dhaka, Chattogram, Khulna, Bogura, Rajshahi, Sylhet, Barishal, and Rangpur will not provide the services anymore from November 20