Weeds have swallowed the courtyards, plaster peels from the walls, and garbage lies scattered across the floors. Once buzzing with students, two dormitories at Rangpur’s historic Carmichael College now stand abandoned, locked away for nearly 15 years.

Maj Gen (retd) Ziaul Ahsan had kept weapons and ammunition seized in the 10-truck arms haul at RAB-8 in Barishal without maintaining any official record, a former RAB officer told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday.

Noted children’s author, journalist and lyricist Akhtar Hossain died yesterday around 1:00pm while undergoing treatment at Bangladesh Medical University in Dhaka. He was 81.

The Election Commission has finalised 42 electoral symbols for the upcoming Union Parishad elections.

Eight more people died of dengue and 1,782 were hospitalised in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Awareness of several key government support programmes among persons with disabilities is below 20 percent, according to a new study.

The tentative timeline for local government elections was delayed due to students’ annual examinations in November and December, along with other practical considerations, not government pressure, said Election Commissioner Anwarul Islam Sarkar yesterday.

A six-year-old boy drowned in a pond in Jashore Sadar upazila on Wednesday afternoon.

Ashraf Ali, 22, a student of Brindavan Government College in Habiganj, had left for Cambodia pursuing work to turn the wheel of his family’s fortune.

A 12-year-old girl was allegedly abducted at gunpoint, threatened with death, and raped in Jashore’s Abhaynagar upazila, said police.

Academic and administrative activities remained suspended at Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) yesterday as students continued their shutdown for the third consecutive day, demanding the reinstatement of Prof Abu Sadat Muhammad Sayem as vice chancellor and cancellation of the new gazette appointing Prof Sheikh Shariful Alam as VC.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has called for five urgent global actions to tackle climate change and ensure a just and equitable transition, including meeting the 1.5-degree Celsius target and ensuring predictable climate finance.

Hundreds of patients relying on Mymensingh’s only government facility dedicated to tuberculosis (TB) treatment must travel elsewhere for X-rays.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has ordered 11 more jets, taking its Boeing order book to 25 aircraft and pushing ahead with the biggest fleet expansion in its history, as negotiations continue for 10 Airbus planes.

The Coast Guard seized 30 tonnes of urea fertiliser and arrested two men early yesterday while the consignment was allegedly being loaded onto a cargo boat for smuggling to Myanmar from Sitakunda in Chattogram.

Air-conditioned bus operators on several inter-district routes have increased fares by Tk 100 to Tk 200 per seat following the latest fuel price hike, even as passengers complain of weak regulatory oversight.

A Netrokona court sent a 33-year-old man to jail yesterday in a rape case filed in Mohanganj upazila.

Bangladesh can expect five digital banks after the central bank yesterday gave the go-ahead to five entities as part of its efforts to make banking more accessible, technology-driven and inclusive.

Dismissals follow convictions and sentences in crimes against humanity cases

Bangladesh, Pakistan premiers stress mutual respect, cooperation and regular dialogue