Left parties urge govt to scrap deal with DP World, oppose aid passage to Rakhine

The press briefing was held in support of a two-day Dhaka-Chattogram road march
25 June 2025, 10:53 AM

Ishraque demands public apology from Asif Mahmud

He further alleged that Asif had claimed a BNP leader from Cumilla had provoked and supported him financially and logistically during the protests
25 June 2025, 10:17 AM

Freedom fighters' council forms ad-hoc committee, Naeem Jahangir made convener

The committee was approved in the council's 98th meeting
25 June 2025, 09:40 AM

Consensus commission revises National Constitutional Council

The council will now exclude the president and chief justice as its members
25 June 2025, 09:28 AM

Aedes larvae found in 31% Barguna town homes

A government study has found Aedes mosquito larvae in 31 percent of the samples collected from homes in Barguna town.
24 June 2025, 21:15 PM

9 hurt as pro-BNP factions clash at Nagar Bhaban

At least nine people were injured as two factions of the BNP-backed Shramik-Karmachari Union clashed at Dhaka South City Corporation's headquarters, Nagar Bhaban, yesterday.
24 June 2025, 18:57 PM

36-day programme announced for July uprising anniversary

The interim government has chalked up 36 days of events to commemorate the martyrs of the July Uprising as part of observing one year of the mass movement that toppled the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government on August 5, 2024.
24 June 2025, 18:42 PM

‘July fighters’ to receive allowance from next month

The July fighters of the student-people uprising will get an allowance from next month, said Liberation War Affairs Adviser Faruk-e-Azam.
24 June 2025, 18:42 PM

46 pushed in thru Sylhet, Lalmonirhat borders

India’s Border Security Force (BSF) pushed 39 Bangladeshi nationals back into the country through border areas in Sylhet’s Jaintapur upazila and Sunamganj’s Chhatak upazila early yesterday morning, according to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).
24 June 2025, 18:20 PM

Govt warns of strict action against mob attacks

The government yesterday warned that mob attacks in any form will not be tolerated and vowed to bring all involved to justice regardless of whether civilians or law enforcement members are responsible.
24 June 2025, 18:13 PM

Court orders seizure of S Alam couple’s foreign assets

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the freezing and confiscation of foreign assets of S Alam Group Chairman Mohammad Saiful Alam and his wife Farzana Parveen in three countries.
24 June 2025, 18:09 PM

Woman killed in elephant attack

A woman was killed in an attack by wild elephant at Chhaiyrakhali in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Monday night.
24 June 2025, 18:00 PM

Father, daughter killed in road crash

A father and his daughter were killed in a road accident in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila yesterday.
24 June 2025, 18:00 PM

Recent drownings raise concern

In a shocking video that went viral recently, a tourist was seen struggling against strong waves to save his son from drowning in the sea in front of a beach resort in the Kolatoli area of Cox’s Bazar.
24 June 2025, 18:00 PM

A 200-year-old hub for jackfruit trade

Even before dawn breaks in mid-summer, the Brahmanbazar wholesale market in Kulaura upazila bursts into life. Buyers and sellers crowd the area, haggling over the price of ripe jackfruit, their sweet aroma filling the air.
24 June 2025, 18:00 PM

State-appointed lawyers must be capable, independent

Toby Cadman, special adviser to the chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), yesterday said judges must ensure any state-appointed defence lawyer has the necessary experience and ability to represent an accused properly and independently.
24 June 2025, 18:00 PM

China hopes for free, fair election in Bangladesh

Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sun Weidong yesterday expressed hope for a free and fair election in Bangladesh and conveyed its willingness to work with the country’s future government.
24 June 2025, 18:00 PM

‘Bekar, Janata, Nagorik’

Ahead of the upcoming 13th national parliamentary election, a total of 147 political parties have applied for registration with the Election Commission (EC), several of them with rather unusual names.
24 June 2025, 18:00 PM

‘No one can take law into own hands’

Reaffirming their party’s stance against the culture of mob violence, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday said no one has the right to take the law into their own hands.
24 June 2025, 18:00 PM

Law enforcers preparing to maintain order during upcoming polls: home adviser

Govt is determined to ensure a peaceful and credible national election, he says
24 June 2025, 14:04 PM