Experience from Ducsu, Jucsu polls to be applied in national election: Home adviser

Says student union elections offer valuable testing ground
18 September 2025, 13:14 PM

Netrokona union-level BNP leader sent to jail over robbery charges

Expelled by union unit of BNP hours after arrest
18 September 2025, 12:41 PM

Some retired officers brought back to lead police units in state’s interest: Home adviser

IGP, Rab DG, DMP commissioner and SB chief all serving on contract
18 September 2025, 12:22 PM

'If BNP really trusts the people, why should PR be a problem?'

Islami Andolan Bangladesh questions BNP’s stance on PR, calls for referendum
18 September 2025, 12:17 PM
18 September 2025, 11:55 AM

Delimitation row: Protesters besiege election office in Bagerhat for third day

They also blocked the main gate of the office staging a sit-in there
18 September 2025, 09:28 AM

Media reforms still elusive, Nahid tells tribunal

Now political parties, corporates hold sway, he says
18 September 2025, 09:11 AM
18 September 2025, 06:37 AM

Tulip still a Bangladeshi voter, holds NID

Prothom Alo collaborated with The Times on the documents related to Tulip's Bangladeshi citizenship
18 September 2025, 06:02 AM

Karnaphuli police warn house owners against renting to banned organisations

A video of the announcement went viral on the social media platform Facebook.
18 September 2025, 03:51 AM

Kamal Ahmed joins Star as consulting editor

He led the Media Reform Commission under the interim government headed by Professor Muhammad Yunus
17 September 2025, 21:14 PM

22% of sex trade victims minors in Bangladesh

At least 22 percent of victims of commercial sexual exploitation (abuse of a person, or a minor, through sexual activities in exchange for money, goods, or other benefits) in Bangladesh are children, said speakers at an event yesterday.
17 September 2025, 21:03 PM

No security threat centring Durga Puja

Home Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury yesterday assured that there is no security threat centring the upcoming Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of Bangladesh's Hindu community.
17 September 2025, 20:23 PM

Act now to stop Gaza genocide

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman has called upon the international community to take immediate and decisive action against what he terms the Israeli genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
17 September 2025, 18:31 PM

Govt to reclaim khas land to save farmland

The government has taken an initiative to identify and reclaim khas land across the country in a bid to stop the use of agricultural land for infrastructure projects.
17 September 2025, 18:24 PM

Free, fair and festive polls in February

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus yesterday reaffirmed his government’s commitment to holding a free, fair, transparent, and festive general election in early February next year, ahead of Ramadan.
17 September 2025, 18:14 PM

‘Punish those involved in July atrocities’

Nahid Islam, one of the key student leaders who spearheaded the July uprising, yesterday demanded that not only political leaders but also members of the police, military, and other state forces involved in killings and enforced disappearances be punished.
17 September 2025, 18:10 PM

Delimitation row: Protesters besiege election office in Bagerhat for 2nd day

Demonstrators in Bagerhat yesterday besieged the election office for the second consecutive day demanding reinstatement of the district’s previous four constituencies.
17 September 2025, 18:04 PM

Consensus talks: Parties split over referendum and constitutional order

Consensus talks on implementing constitutional reforms outlined in the July Charter remained fruitless for the third consecutive day yesterday, with political parties failing to agree on how to move forward.
17 September 2025, 18:02 PM

Skeleton of missing Cumilla auto-rickshaw driver found after 36 days

Police say prime suspect confessed to killing 18-year-old Mehedi Hasan to steal his vehicle
17 September 2025, 18:02 PM