Sarwar Hossain stepped down citing conflict of interest

He was listed as a voter of Muradnagar upazila under Cumilla-3

Continue sit-in at Shaheed Minar protesting yesterday's police action

Favourable weather boosts production, but salinity concerns persist in low-lying areas

Says government determined to hold polls in first half of February

The incident took place on September 6 when a youth was mugged; robbed of his bag, mobile phone

Experts warn of declining food crops and rising threats to soil and public health

At least 10 people were injured as two BNP factions clashed again over collecting extra fares at a ferry ghat in Narsingdi yesterday.

A 35-year-old man was beaten and hacked to death in Begumganj upazila of Noakhali on Friday night, reportedly over conflicts linked to the drug trade and local dominance.

Many members of the National Citizen Party (NCP) are reluctant to contest the upcoming national election as part of a BNP- or Jamaat-e-Islami-led alliance, as the party seeks to emerge as a distinct third political force.

Protests are continuing across the country against the government’s decision to cancel the recruitment of music and physical education teachers in primary schools.

Ila Mitra’s fight for equality, justice, and human dignity remains unfinished in today’s Bangladesh, where farmers, workers, and women still face the same neglect she once stood against, speakers said at a discussion yesterday.

The government yesterday reshuffled deputy commissioners in 15 districts as the country prepares for the next general election in a few months.

All police stations in the Dhaka metropolitan area have been instructed to beef up security measures, while field officers have been directed to step up patrols and surveillance at important establishments.

More than 100 people were injured as police charged batons, fired sound grenades, and used water cannons to disperse a group of government primary school teachers during a demonstration in Dhaka’s Shahbagh yesterday afternoon.

The districts are -- Noakhali, Habiganj, Gazipur, Dhaka, Gaibandha, Barguna, Bogura, Pirojpur, Khulna, among others

Deceased and injured victims of the July uprising faced at least 20 different barriers in receiving medical care or having last rites performed, a new study has found.

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman is expected to return to Bangladesh after 17 years in exile in the first week of December.

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday said Bangladesh is an independent and sovereign country, and it will not run on anyone’s directives.

Democracy will not sustain if discrimination cannot be eliminated, said noted political and legal analysts and civil society leaders yesterday.