DU JCD announces hall bodies
The Dhaka University unit of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, on Friday announced its new convening committees for 18 residential halls of the university.
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Govt rejects NOAB statement over press freedom
The interim government strongly rejected the observation of the Newspaper Owners鈥� Association of Bangladesh over press freedom in the country.
AL opens office in Kolkata
Bangladesh Awami League has opened a 鈥榩arty office鈥� and has been operating for months from the office at a commercial complex in a busy suburb on the outskirts of Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal, reported BBC Bangla on Friday.
3 death-row inmates attempt escape from Kashimpur prison
Three death row inmates at the Kashimpur high security central jail in Gazipur attempted to escape by digging through the prison walls using improvised tools, according to prison authorities.
July martyred journalist鈥檚 brother resigns from Sylhet NCP
The National Citizens Party鈥檚 Sylhet district joint coordinator Abul Ahsan Jabur, also elder brother of ATM Turab, a journalist who was martyred during the last year鈥檚 July uprising, resigned from the party on Thursday night.
Car driver鈥檚 throat-slit body found in Natore
A private car driver was found dead with his throat slit beside his vehicle on the Lalpur鈥揃onpara road in Natore鈥檚 Lalpur upazila on Thursday night.
People used to voting for individuals, not symbols, says Hafizuddin
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Major (retired) Hafizuddin Ahmed opposed the introduction of the Proportional Representation system in the next national election, saying that the people in Bangladesh had long been accustomed...
Anisul-led JP faction holds nat鈥檒 council session today
Amid rumours of a split in the Jatiya Party, some senior leaders of the party faction, led by Anisul Islam Mahmud, on Friday announced that the party鈥檚 10th national council session would be held at a community centre at Gulshan in Dhaka today.
2 stabbed to death in Sylhet, Moulvibazar
Two people, including a businessman, were knifed to death by separate assailants in Sylhet and Moulvibazar on Thursday night.
17 arrested in Mohammadpur, Adabar
Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested 17 individuals, including drug traffickers, snatchers, and other criminals, in special drives conducted in Mohammadpur and Adabar areas as part of the ongoing citywide crime control efforts.
707 cases filed, 5,079 held in Dhaka over uprising
Over 700 cases have been filed with 50 police stations across Dhaka till August 5, 2025, in connection with the killing and attempted killing incidents during the July-August mass uprising that toppled the Awami League government.
Politician Moshiur Rahman Jadu Mia remembered
Politicians, academics and professionals on Friday at a commemoration meeting said that Moshiur Rahman Jadu Mia was a true politician who worked for establishing a democratic Bangladesh following ideals of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani.
Inhabitants face healthcare crisis, lone pharmacist serves 70,000 people
Despite being home to nearly 70,000 people, Char Asariadaha union located across the River Padma at Godagari upazila in Rajshahi has a state-run healthcare centre, but there are no doctors, nurses and medicine available at the facility and...
Worker rights not reflected in July Declaration
Speakers at an exchange-of-views meeting on Friday said that the July Declaration presented on August 5 failed to properly reflect the pressing issues of workers鈥� rights.
CUET holds workshop on sanitation for urban low-income communities
The department of civil engineering of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology concluded the two-day training workshop titled Sanitation for Urban Low-income Communities at the seminar room of the department in Chattogram on Thursday.