The death of a pedestrian and injuries to two others -- caused by a bearing pad that fell from a metro rail pillar on Sunday -- have exposed a critical gap in the legal framework regarding compensation for victims of metro rail-related accidents.

After six years of legal procedures and waiting, Oman expatriate Morium Akter returned home in early August to reclaim her private car from Kafrul Police Station.

A draft ordinance prepared by the information ministry has omitted any reference to an independent media commission as proposed by the body tasked with media reforms.

Mufti Mohammad Mohebbullah Miyaji, who claimed to have been abducted, had actually travelled to Panchagarh on his own and was not kidnapped, said Gazipur Metropolitan Police yesterday.

Jamaat-e-Islami has reiterated the demand for a referendum before the national election and a presidential order to implement the July charter.

The National Citizen Party will sign the July charter if Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus issues the implementation order at the Central Shaheed Minar, the party’s Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary said yesterday.

The National Consensus Commission yesterday submitted its long-awaited recommendations to Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, leaving it to the government to decide if the proposed referendum on the July charter will be held on the same day as the general election in February, or earlier.

BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed has alleged that instead of forging unity, the National Consensus Commission is creating further division.

No case has been filed over the clashes between students of City University and Daffodil International University (DIU) on Sunday night, which resulted in scores being injured, several vehicles and infrastructure vandalised, and set ablaze.

Despite compliance by major multinational and national paint brands with legal lead limits, many local and unregistered manufacturers produce paints containing dangerously high levels of the toxic metal, posing a serious public health risk.

The government yesterday launched the National Family Planning Strategy 2025–2030, aiming to ensure universal access to rights-based family planning in Bangladesh.

Experts slam govt decision to upgrade airport to int’l status then retract after 11 days

Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain yesterday assured that Bangladesh’s engagement with China is no cause for concern, emphasising that the country maintains a balanced foreign policy in its relations with all nations.

A Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activist was shot dead, and at least 15 others were injured in a clash between two factions of Jubo Dal in Chattogram city early yesterday.

The 54th death anniversary of Bir Shreshtha Hamidur Rahman was observed in Maheshpur upazila of Jhenaidah yesterday with due respect.

The Manu River in Moulvibazar, once a lifeline for local agriculture, fisheries, and navigation, is losing its natural water flow and navigability due to siltation.

With their demand for a concrete bridge over the Baromasia River in Phulbari upazila of Kurigram remaining unfulfilled for the past 25 years, locals took it upon themselves to build a makeshift bamboo bridge for their movement across the river.

A BNP leader injured in a clash over the lease of a local market in Lohalia of Patuakhali, died Monday at Dhaka’s Bangladesh Medical University.

Healthcare services at the Galachipa Upazila Health Complex in Patuakhali have long been hindered by an acute shortage of doctors.

A 40-year-old woman was allegedly raped by her neighbour in Mymensingh’s Trishal upazila on October 18.