Loses 2,800 tonnes daily, raising shortage fears

The agreement aims to strengthen academic leadership and teaching quality across Bangladesh’s universities

Appointment fulfils local administration’s promise; family’s livelihood now secured

Several houses were also vandalised during the incident

Preliminary investigation found the allegations to be true, OC says

The meeting will be held at 3pm

Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has called a full court meeting of all judges of both the Appellate and High Court divisions of the Supreme Court.

National unity is crucial to defeat fascism and save the country, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus said yesterday.

The BNP would take responsibility only for the sections of the July charter it signed and would not endorse any provision it did not agree to. 

The government is set to launch a programme to equip young people with basic combat and protection skills, including martial arts and shooting.

A Border Guard Bangladesh soldier died after being injured in a landmine explosion, allegedly planted by the Arakan Army along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, the latest in a series of incidents that have endangered security personnel and civilians.

Since August 5 last year, residents of Chattogram’s Raozan have been gripped by a sense of constant insecurity, as rival politicians fight for dominance in the absence of effective police action, leaving behind a string of politically motivated killings.

The delay in selecting candidates has visibly slowed the BNP's campaign and stirred resentment among nomination seekers

Reforms in the police force will remain incomplete unless political and bureaucratic control is eliminated and a truly independent commission is established to ensure accountability and professionalism, speakers said yesterday.

Encouraged by the high potato prices during last November’s planting season, Khairul Islam, a farmer from Nabdigonj in Rangpur, invested Tk 10.92 lakh in potato cultivation by borrowing.

At least 45 people were injured after a clash broke out between activists of the Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) and the BNP in Bhola yesterday.

A newborn was found abandoned on a bed at the children’s ward of Dinajpur Medical College Hospital on Thursday evening, with a handwritten note left inside a bag.

A man and his daughter were killed, and four others injured, in a head-on collision between a bus and a private car in Osmaninagar upazila of Sylhet yesterday morning.

Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has directed the chiefs of the three services to take all-out measures to ensure foolproof security and maintain peace during the upcoming 13th national election, scheduled for the first half of February.

A depression formed over the Bay of Bengal brought widespread rainfall across Bangladesh, including the capital, yesterday.