The attack on Wednesday evening left eight homes in ashes, forcing families to depend on neighbours for food and shelter while living in constant fear

The government will sit with political parties and other stakeholders next week to discuss what should be in the proclamation of the July uprising, Adviser Mahfuj Alam said yesterday.

The controversy arose on December 22 during the opening day of the Rangpur Information Fair, organised by the Rangpur District Administration and the Committee of Concerned Citizens.

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday said the people of Bangladesh have not reacted positively to India's decision to extend former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's visa.

Khaleda’s lawyers tell SC

Khaleda was admitted under the supervision of Patrick Kennedy, a consultant gastroenterologist and hepatologist

Rizwana said this at a virtual meeting to finalise the management plan, highlighting its significance in achieving a resilient blue economy.

The leaflets called for the announcement of the July Declaration, which includes a seven-point demand.

BNP Chairper-son Khaleda Zia's lawyer, Kayser Kamal, told the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday that the High Court's verdict in the Zia Orphanage Trust case was politically motivated, aiming to bar her from elections.

The air ambulance ferrying the former prime minister departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:47pm

ASM Abdur Rob, president of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, yesterday at a programme said if chanting “Joy Bangla” is considered a crime, he should be hanged.

He said the then prime minister Sheikh Hasina had given a green signal to law enforcers to arrest him in a false case filed with the International Crimes Tribunal

UK’s Treasury Minister Tulip Siddiq, responsible for tackling financial crime, lived in a Hampstead flat gifted to her family by an ally of her aunt Sheikh Hasina, the recently ousted prime minister of Bangladesh, reports UK-based newspaper The Sunday Times.

Khaleda is set to leave Dhaka for London at 10:00pm Tuesday

The interim government will hold talks with the political parties soon and prepare the draft of the July uprising proclamation based on the outcome of the dialogues, Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam told a press conference at the Foreign Service Academy yesterday.

BNP leaders have called on students to unite and focus on their studies to build a prosperous and discrimination-free Bangladesh, while reflecting on the lessons from the downfall of autocratic regimes.

Nitya Sarkar, 50, a carpenter of Kalai Rishipara area of ​​Gala union of the upazila, was accused by Harirampur Upazila BNP Organising Secretary Md Delwar Hossain Dulal

The younger generation should understand that India’s participa-tion in Bangladesh’s Liberation War was primarily to protect its own interests, particularly the Seven Sisters region, said Sarjis Alam, chief organiser of Jatiya Nagorik Committee, yesterday.

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Shayrul Kabir Khan, a member of the BNP Media Cell, confirmed to The Daily Star that the meeting is scheduled to be held at 8:00pm