Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain yesterday said there is no reason to believe the Indian media’s claim that Pakistan-based terrorists are plotting to attack India “using Bangladesh as a launchpad”.

The National Citizen Party has seen a sharp rise in the collection of nomination forms ahead of the upcoming national election, although most of its top leaders have yet to join the race.

Bus fires reported in Dhaka, Gazipur

Clashes reportedly erupted over argument on university bus

A recent spate of shootings and murders has shaken the port city, yet there has been little visible action from the Chattogram Metropolitan Police

Detectives claimed to have detained the gunmen who on Monday, in full view of the public, shot dead top-listed criminal Tariq Saif Mamun, 55, in front of the Dhaka National Medical Institute Hospital.

Implementation details of the July charter will be clarified within days, said Law Affairs Adviser Asif Nazrul yesterday.

Says Plan International Bangladesh

Bangladesh ranked 13th in the Long-Term Climate Risk Index, highlighting its continued vulnerability to floods, heatwaves, cyclones, and storms

No gatherings or demonstrations will be allowed at the city's entrances tomorrow.

The Ain o Salish Kendra has found preliminary evidence of human rights violations in an incident of alleged torture in police custody in Netrakona.

Jamaat-e-Islami, Islami Andolon, and six other like-minded parties yesterday warned that no election can be held in February without legal recognition of the July charter.

Abu Mia Akand (Tuhin) has been elected as president and Abu Sadat general secretary of Private University Public Relations Officers Association for 2026-2027, said a press release.

The Supreme Court yesterday fixed November 20 for the delivery of its verdict on the appeals and review petitions against its 2011 judgement that scrapped the non-party caretaker government system.

The United Nations and rights bodies have urged regional countries to launch urgent search and rescue operations for Rohingya and other refugees stranded at sea following the capsize of a boat off the coasts of Malaysia and Thailand.

At least three dengue patients died while 912 others were hospitalised in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

The ICT prosecution yesterday said it was not facing pressure from any quarter despite escalating violence ahead of the impending verdict in the crimes against humanity case against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

Denmark has announced its support of DKK 25 million ($3.7 million) for advancing human rights, independent media, and access to rehabilitation for survivors of violence and torture in Bangladesh.

With humanitarian funding declining for Rohingya communities in Cox’s Bazar, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) yesterday said it would maintain its current level of funding in Bangladesh.

The BNP has urged the interim government to act carefully amid the ongoing political deadlock, saying the parties that signed the July charter are not obliged to accept any decision made beyond what is stated in the charter.