‘India speaks sweetly, conspires behind scenes’
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In Brief / Govt to continue efforts to bring back convicts
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JULY UPRISING / Zafar Iqbal, Maksud Kamal among eight charged at ICT
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180 days on, gaps remain in women, child protection
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Army chief leaves for Japan on four-day visit
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EC must not bow to govt pressure
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RAB dissolved, SRB begins operations
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Ensure one-stop support for survivors of rights violations
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20 JU students fined Tk 6.15 lakh for ragging
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Class 9-10 students to study Ziaur Rahman’s Liberation War memoir from 2027
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Education
Prime suspect arrested over rape of university student in Savar
DB police arrest 37-year-old man in Gazipur a day after accomplice was held
20 October 2025
Bodies of 16 Rupnagar fire victims handed over to families after DNA identification
Each victim’s family received Tk 25,000 in burial assistance from the ministry
20 October 2025
Police suspect jealousy behind Jobayed’s murder after detaining female student
Family alleges Bangshal police delayed accepting their case
20 October 2025
BSF pushes back nine Bangladeshis through Jashore border
Men, women and children handed over to BGB after flag meeting; later sent to Chougachha Police Station
20 October 2025
Add indigenous voices to nat’l youth policy
Speakers at a discussion yesterday called for a review of the National Youth Policy 2017 to make it more inclusive for indigenous youths.
19 October 2025
Jagannath University at 20: Steeped in history, strained by struggles
Jagannath University (JnU), one of Bangladesh’s oldest and historic institutions of higher learning, marks 20 years as a full-fledged public university today.
19 October 2025
Car showroom owners protest extortion, threat
A reign of terror has gripped car showroom owners in the capital.
19 October 2025
Univ teachers’ network slams July charter, Yunus speech
The University Teachers’ Network (UTN) yesterday said the much-publicised July National Charter signed on October 17 failed to give any hope to the people and frustrated many of the July uprising stakeholders.
19 October 2025
Metro rail now runs an hour longer
The Dhaka metro rail extended its operations by one hour from yesterday, with trains now running half an hour earlier in the morning and half an hour later at night..According to Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), the first train now departs at 6:30am instead of 7:10am, while the
19 October 2025
UN Peacekeepers: Nearly 1,400 Bangladeshis to return due to fund cuts
Almost 1,400 Bangladeshi peacekeepers deployed in various UN missions will be sent home by mid-2026 due to severe fund cuts by donor countries, especially the US, which has reduced funding globally since the Trump administration.
19 October 2025
July charter: Draft special order likely by week’s end
The National Consensus Commission is working on a special order that would authorise a referendum on implementing the just-signed July National Charter.
19 October 2025
Encroachment, pollution choking the Boral
Rampant encroachment and indiscriminate pollution have long been choking the Boral River in the Chalan Beel area of Pabna’s Chatmohar upazila by restricting its natural flow.
19 October 2025
Paranganj in M’singh: Hospital still not fully functional after 22 years
The Paranganj Hospital in Mymensingh, built to provide healthcare services to people of remote shoal areas, has remained largely non-functional even 22 years after its establishment.
19 October 2025
Motorcade of AK Azad attacked in Faridpur
The motorcade of former independent MP from Faridpur-3 AK Azad came under attack, allegedly by a group of Jubo Dal activists, in Faridpur Sadar upazila yesterday.
19 October 2025
Festival ends but Lalon’s legacy lives on
As the three-day event marking the 135th death anniversary of Fakir Lalon Shah drew to a close yesterday, a note of farewell lingered in the air at his Akhra Bari in Cheuriya, Kushtia.
19 October 2025
JnU student found dead in Old Dhaka
A Jagannath University student’s body was found on the staircase of a house in Armanitola area of Old Dhaka yesterday.
19 October 2025
Jamaat, NCP in a war of words
Jamaat-e-Islami and National Citizen Party yesterday traded barbs over the former’s demand for a proportional representation system.
19 October 2025
One held over JnU student murder in Old Dhaka
Female student detained; police continue hunt for others
19 October 2025
Journo assaulted inside Khaleda’s Gulshan office
Daily Amar Desh journalist Jahidul Islam was physically assaulted by BNP activists at the party chairperson’s Gulshan office yesterday.
19 October 2025
NCP bent on getting shapla, EC won’t budge
National Citizen Party once again reiterated its demand for shapla (water lily) as its electoral symbol yesterday and sought a written explanation from the Election Commission regarding the policies or criteria for inclusion or exclusion of symbols.
19 October 2025