Dhaka University’s recent move to restrict the entry of non-students and evict hawkers from its campus has sparked debate, as a section of students and teachers  fear it may gradually turn the country’s premier institution into an isolated space. Meanwhile, authorities describe it as an effort to restore order and ensure students’ safety.

The interim government has stepped up preparations for the upcoming national polls, with the Election Commission planning to announce the schedule by the first week of December.

Although the exact timing of the referendum is yet to be decided, it is almost certain that there will be one on the July National Charter in one form or the other.

Ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina has refused to apologise for the deaths of at least 1,400 people during the July Uprising in 2024, and said Bangladesh’s interim government would be disenfranchising millions without an inclusive election.

At least 50 Ebtedayee madrasa teachers were injured when police used water cannons and sound grenades to disperse them when their procession broke through a barricade and attempted to march towards the Secretariat.

The formation of an independent media commission is the need of the hour, said senior journalists, editors, and media owners yesterday.

The BNP accused the National Consensus Commission of deception, while Jamaat demanded that the referendum on constitutional reforms in the July charter be held before the national polls, even if that means a delay in the election.

Malaysia is going to open its labour recruitment market to all eligible Bangladeshi agencies under a new, uniform selection system.

At least two dengue patients died while 964 others were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

A murder case was filed on Tuesday night over a clash between two rival Jubo Dal factions in Chattogram’s Bakalia area that left a Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activist dead.

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday ordered to send two police sub-inspectors, accused of killing a Chhatra Dal and Jubo Dal leader in a crossfire a decade ago, to jail.

In Kamrabad union of Jamalpur’s Sarishabari upazila, visitors are met with an unusual sight -- a small community clinic standing alone amid a vast paddy field.

The government yesterday launched a standard operating procedure (SOP) to guide healthcare providers in delivering medical, medico-legal, and psychological care to survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV).

A Pakistani delegation led by General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, met Bangladesh’s three service chiefs in Dhaka, focusing on enhancing bilateral defence and security cooperation.

Discussions are underway to form a new nine-party alliance as a potential “third force” ahead of the upcoming national election, with talks reportedly involving the National Citizen Party (NCP), Gono Odhikar Parishad, Amar Bangladesh Party (AB Party), and the Gonotontro Moncho.

Syngenta Bangladesh Limited and The Daily Star have signed a memorandum of understanding to launch the “Proyash Agriculture Scholarship”, a nationwide initiative aimed at recognising and supporting promising agricultural students across Bangladesh.

Sustainable development is only possible when every vulnerable and marginalised person is protected from the impacts of climate change, said Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan at an event yesterday.

The authorities of City University and Daffodil International University (DIU) have filed counter-cases over the violent clash between their students in Savar.

Colleagues discovered body after failing to reach him; police await autopsy report

They are from BNP, NCP, Ganosamhati Andolon, Gono Odhikar Parishad, and Chhatra Union