Bangladesh yesterday expressed displeasure over the interviews of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina published by Indian media outlets.

A total of 528 people were killed and 1,310 injured in 532 accidents on roads, railways, and waterways across the country in October, according to a report by Jatri Kalyan Samity.

Hundreds of locals are suffering daily as they continue to rely on a bamboo bridge to cross the Rangsa river in Mymensingh’s Tarakanda upazila, with their long-standing demand for a permanent concrete bridge remaining unmet.

Locals hand them over to police

Two men hired the vehicle from Chashara, then set it on fire before fleeing

Tackling corruption and restoring law and order are top priorities of young voters ahead of the polls, according to a survey by the Bangladesh Youth Leadership Centre (BYLC).

A Dhaka court yesterday granted investigators four days to interrogate each of the five suspects arrested over the killing of top-listed criminal Tariq Saif Mamun, 55, who was shot dead in front of the Dhaka National Medical Institute Hospital.

Jamaat-e-Islami, Islami Andolan Bangladesh and six other like-minded parties yesterday warned that they may launch an indefinite sit-in programme until their five-point demand is met.

Envisioned as a framework to reshape the nation’s democratic trajectory, the July charter has instead turned into a wedge that is deepening the political rift.

Tensions ran high in the capital as security forces tightened security measures ahead of AL's planned 'Dhaka Lockdown' programme

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday told a visiting Canadian parliamentary delegation that Bangladesh is preparing for a national election, which he described as a “historic moment” for the country.

The government is set to sign a 30-year agreement next week with APM Terminals BV, a Dutch subsidiary of the AP Moller-Maersk Group, to develop and operate Laldia Container Terminal at the Chattogram Port under a public-private partnership (PPP) framework.

BNP acting chairperson Tarique Rahman yesterday questioned the logic of holding a referendum now, given that the country faces serious issues such as unemployment, unfair prices for farmers, and a failing education system.

The government is considering holding the national election and the referendum on the same day

Twenty-one High Court judges, out of 22 whose services were regularised, took their oath yesterday.

Five dengue patients died, while 1,139 others were hospitalised, in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

Police yesterday detained seven youths at the home of former education minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel in Sholoshohor of Chattogram.

UK Minister for Interna-tional Develop-ment Jenny Chapman is set to arrive in Dhaka today on a two-day visit to Bangladesh.

After three and a half months of treatment at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, twin sisters Sarina Jahan Sayra and Saiba Jahan Sayma, students of Milestone School and College, have finally returned home.

Shubhechcha Ghosh, from the Askar Dighir Par area of Chattogram city, brought her five-year-old son, who had a fever and cough, to a doctor, who prescribed a course of antibiotics after examination. The worried mother said her child had caught a cold even though winter had not yet set in.