BNP leader Milon demands explanation from interim govt after being barred from leaving country

Locals held him near Shishu Mela, handed him over to police

Family alerted police after losing contact; two assistants missing

Injured taken to MMCH in critical condition

The National Citizen Party, formed by student leaders who spearheaded last year’s July uprising, had yet to sign the July charter till yesterday.

Bangladesh Bank forms probe committee; BFIU also investigating

The Election Commission yesterday added “shapla koli” (water lily bud) to its list of electoral symbols.

The National Citizen Party yesterday criticised the BNP and Jamaat for their “irrelevant debate” on the implementation of the July charter, warning it could derail the process and create uncertainty over the February polls.

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has urged the government to issue the implementation order for the July National Charter by today.

The deepening rift among political parties over how to implement the July charter poses a challenge for the interim government, Law Adviser Asif Nazrul said yesterday.

The government has given final approval to the Organ Transplantation Ordinance, 2025, which would allow people outside a family to donate organs to a person.

The BNP has lashed out at the National Consensus Commission’s proposals for implementing the July charter, dismissing them as “meaningless”, “one-sided”, and “a mockery of the people”.

Institutional deliveries across Bangladesh have dropped by around 20,000 compared to last year, indicating that more women are giving birth at home rather than in clinics or hospitals, said speakers at a roundtable yesterday.

The Nollapara Bridge over the Mahadeo river, which connects the Kalmakanda–Panchgaon road in the Nollapara area of Netrakona’s Kalmakanda upazila, has become highly vulnerable due to soil erosion from both ends, compromising its structural integrity.

Three students of Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU) have been suspended for different terms over a ragging incident on the campus.

The stopover of six local and express trains in Mymensingh to various destinations in Dhaka, Jamalpur, Netrakona, and Kishoreganj has remained suspended since the pandemic, causing severe hardships for thousands of commuters.

The High Court yesterday further directed the government to implement its nine directives to curb air pollution in Dhaka and submit a compliance report to the court within three weeks.

Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) rescued a four-year-old girl who had been abducted using the “devil’s breath” drug from Dhaka’s Keraniganj on Wednesday.

The police are moving ahead with their new uniforms, while Ansar and Rab are yet to finalise theirs -- nine months after the government decided to change the attire of law enforcement agencies amid demands for changes following the July uprising.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sheikh Md Sazzat Ali yesterday urged officers to perform their duties with 100 percent neutrality during the upcoming national election.