In a country where millions depend on tubewells for their daily drinking water, a silent killer continues to flow through the pipes -- arsenic.

Election Commission officials got back their authority to select polling centres for the next parliamentary election.

If his life had not been so cruelly cut short, Faraaz Ayaz Hossain would have been a young man just waiting to enter his 30s. Would he, like his brother Zaraif, be working in his grandfather’s business alongside his mother Simeen Rahman, the current CEO of Transcom Group, who has had to live these nine years with the worst burden any parent could carry?

Today is the fifth death anniversary of Latifur Rahman, founder chairman and CEO of Transcom Group, a well-known and highly respected business conglomerate in Bangladesh.

Though protests had already begun in response to a High Court verdict reinstating quotas in government jobs, it was on July 1, 2024, that the movement for reforms to the quota system truly took shape.

Health experts and officials said the next two to three months will be crucial

Police are grappling with operational challenges as more than 400 key posts have remained vacant over the past 10 months, impairing the force’s ability to combat crime. 

Two passengers were killed and four others injured after a truck hit an easybike at Hogladanga intersection on the Khulna-Satkhira highway yesterday.

Two individuals were sent to jail yesterday in connection with the rape of a 10-year-old girl in Faridpur. The girl’s mother filed a case against Omar Ali, 48, and Md Jewel, 24, with Faridpur Kotwali Police Station.

Members of the Santal community in Gaibandha yesterday observed the historic “Santal rebellion day” in Gobindaganj upazila with various programmes commemorating the uprising and highlighting the ongoing struggles for land rights of indigenous communities.

Sixty eminent citizens yesterday urged political parties to reach a consensus on forming the proposed upper house of the Jatiya Sangsad through a proportional representation (PR) system.

Free medical camps have been set up in Moulvibazar and Satkhira in memory of the late Latifur Rahman, chairman of Transcom Group, and his grandson, Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain.

Jagannath University has approved a Tk 297.82 crore annual budget for 2025-26 fiscal year.

The Directorate General of Health Services is sending a team of medicine specialists to train local doctors in Barguna on managing dengue patients more effectively amid a sharp rise in dengue cases and deaths in the district.

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives and Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud has said the government wants to appoint students in part-time jobs in its different offices.

Today marks the 104th founding anniversary of Dhaka University. To commemorate the day, the university will hold colourful processions and discussions on campus.

The second Abul Mansur Ahmad National Speech Competition has been announced by Abul Mansur Ahmad Smriti Parishad and Tarkajaal to honour the legacy of the renowned journalist, politician and litterateur.

On Sunday, June 22, Zubayer Hossain, a third-year student of Anthropology department at Jahangirnagar University, died reportedly after being denied timely ambulance support. He had long suffered from haemophilia.

The day's events began around noon with a tribute and one-minute silence at the Katamor area

Students of Government Brojomohun (BM) College in Barishal have been staging their demonstration for the fifth consecutive day today demanding immediate resolution of the 15-point demand, which includes infrastructural development on campus..Following the demonstration, all academic and ad