Former minister Abdul Latif Siddique was arrested yesterday in connection with a crimes against humanity case over the May 5, 2013, Shapla Chattar crackdown.

Dhaka University Syndicate has decided to review all appointments of teachers, officers and employees made between January 1, 2009, and June 30, 2024, and initiate action against teachers accused of taking positions against students during the July uprising.

Online advertisements are luring Bangladeshi jobseekers into cyber-scam compounds in Southeast Asia, in what can be viewed as the newest face of a wider trafficking crisis.

Transparency International Bangladesh Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman yesterday said no political force, bureaucracy, or government could restore peace in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), adding that only the Bangladesh Army had the capacity to do so.

The High Court yesterday imposed a Tk 5 crore cost on GPH Ispat Ltd for filing an appeal to remove its name from Bangladesh Bank’s Credit Information Bureau (CIB) defaulters’ list while concealing that the Appellate Division had already passed an order on the same matter.

Remedial support should be integrated into classroom teaching, teacher training, assessment, and the next Primary Education Development Programme, rather than treated as a separate project, educationists and officials said yesterday.

The Election Commission is planning to hold the next presidential election in the last week of August to elect the head of state.

While the government observed a day of national mourning on July 30, 2024, thousands of Bangladeshis turned social media red in a symbolic act of defiance, rejecting the official observance and vowing to mourn only when justice was served.

Mobarak Hossain alias David Emon, an alleged close associate of Chattogram’s fugitive gangster Sazzad Ali alias Boro Sazzad, had allegedly struck a deal to cross into India in exchange for Rs 20,000 (around Tk 26,000).

Police stopped leaders and activists of the National Citizen Party in Bahubal upazila yesterday when they were heading to attend a rally in Habiganj town to protest Tuesday’s attack on party leaders.

Many public health facilities are facing severe shortages of essential medicines, while diagnostic laboratory services remain disrupted.

Every problem can be solved, and once Prime Minister Tarique Rahman visits India, things will move forward constructively, said Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi yesterday.

A criminal network allegedly run by a fugitive top criminal has tightened its grip on Chattogram city and several neighbouring upazilas, with businesses facing escalating extortion demands and armed attacks if they refuse to pay, police and locals say.

Chief Prosecutor Md Aminul Islam yesterday rejected a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report questioning the fairness of proceedings at Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), describing it as “biased”, “one-sided” and influenced by the interests of the accused.

Noakhali Municipality has a 207-kilometre road network across its nine wards, but more than half of its roads remain severely damaged and riddled with potholes, causing regular accidents and widespread suffering among residents.

Researchers at Gazipur Agricultural University (GAU) have secured a patent for a technology that converts jackfruit seeds into a concentrated mineral-rich food ingredient, an innovation that could help improve nutrition and reduce food waste.

Urges govt to allow at least two weeks and ensure meaningful participation by victims and other stakeholders

Consignment of 620 fruits handed over at Akhaura land port

Headmasters attributed poor performance to acute teacher shortages and limited parental involvement

Dinesh Trivedi signals optimism over pending bilateral issues