An acute shortage of teachers has long been hampering academic and administrative activities at 16 government high schools across the nine upazilas of Noakhali.

Five days after the daylight killing in the capital’s old town, a murder case was finally filed yesterday -- without naming any suspects -- even though police have already arrested five people, including two alleged shooters.

Health services at the Rajnagar Upazila Health Complex in Moulvibazar are being disrupted due to a prolonged shortage of doctors and other staff.

A new uniform for Bangladesh Police has come into effect, with members of all metropolitan police units and several specialised units, including the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, starting to wear it from yesterday.

Dhaka University Professor Emeritus Serajul Islam Choudhury yesterday expressed deep concern over the declining value of knowledge in today’s society, saying capitalist priorities centred on wealth accumulation have overshadowed intellectual pursuit.

At just 21, Jyoti Hossain from Jhikargachha, Jashore, is fighting not her disability but rather a system that refuses to include her.

2 detained

Police suspect he was murdered over establishing supremacy

They were withdrawn over negligence in duties

Bangladesh’s internet freedom has improved significantly, rising to a score of 45 out of 100 in the Freedom on the Net 2025 report by Freedom House.

Trial proceedings in four crimes against humanity cases, excluding the one against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her two aides which is set for verdict on November 17, are expected to be completed by December.

The BNP, if voted to power, will lay special priority on solving the issues of Farakka Barrage, Teesta river, and border killings, said its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

Sammilito Khatme Nabuwat Parishad yesterday launched a year-long programme at an international conference in Dhaka, demanding that the government declare Ahmadiyyas a non-Muslim minority.

Though many senior BNP leaders remain unhappy with the July charter implementation order, the party is shifting its focus and speeding up election-related work, as several major tasks remain incomplete.

The National Citizen Party is continuing full-fledged preparations to contest the upcoming national election, focusing on organising its grassroots and selecting candidates for all 300 seats.

The centrepiece of the reform package is the abolition of a category that designates state-owned lenders as "specialised banks"

Gangs could be used as hired muscle during upcoming polls, warns police intelligence report

Rab-7 yesterday arrested three youths in connection with the killing of a mobile repairman who was stabbed to death in Chattogram’s Enayet Bazar area early Friday.

Two suspects arrested over the murder of Rangpur trader Ashraful Haque, whose dismembered body was recovered from two plastic drums near the High Court on Thursday, have given conflicting statements, law enforcement officials have said.

A local BNP leader was hacked by criminals and later shot dead over establishing supremacy in Lakshmipur last night, said police.