Police have arrested five individuals in connection with the brutal murder of journalist Asaduzzaman Tuhin in Chaurasta area of Gazipur city. The police have been conducting raids since early Friday (August 8) and have arrested the five people. Gazipur Metropolitan’s Basan Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md. Shaheen Khan said that five people have been arrested from different areas of Gazipur ...

National Consensus Commission (NCC) will soon begin a fresh round of consultations with political parties after holding discussions with policy experts, in order to finalise how the reform proposals outlined in the upcoming July National Charter will be implemented, Vice President of the Commission, Professor Ali Riaz, said on Friday. Speaking at a press conference at LD Hall of Jatiya ...

The interim government led by Nobel Laureate Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus completes its first year in office today, August 8, 2025. The administration assumed power exactly a year ago following the ouster of Sheikh Hasina’s regime in a massive popular uprising on August 5, 2024, which left many students and civilians dead or injured. Since taking office, the interim government ...

Rushanara Ali, MP for Bethnal Green and Stepney, has resigned as Labour’s homelessness minister. The news comes hours after it was reported that Ali allegedly gave her tenants four months’ notice in November 2023. This notice reportedly stated that their £3,300-a-month lease would not be renewed. The property was later found to be listed at £4,000 per month. The former ...

The second phase of the interim government officially began this week, with Chief Adviser Dr. Arafat Rahman announcing that ensuring a free, fair, and peaceful 13th National Parliamentary Election is now the administration’s highest priority. Speaking at the weekly Advisory Council meeting held at the Secretariat on Thursday, the Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus reflected on the conclusion of the ...

A government homelessness minister evicted four tenants from an east London townhouse before hiking the rent by hundreds of pounds per month, it has been reported. Rushanara Ali, 50, is said to have increased the rent on the four-bedroom property from £3,300 to £4,000 after telling the previous tenants their lease would not be renewed. The occupants at the home, ...

Rangpur Begum Rokeya University’s former vice chancellor Prof Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah has been arrested. A team of Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested him from Mohammadpur area in the capital on Thursday in a case field by Anti-Corruption Commission, Mohammad Nasirul Islam, joint commissioner of DB police, confirmed. The police official added, “We arrested him as per the requisition from ...

Not long ago, sunscreen felt like something fancy we would see in beauty tutorials or celebrity skincare routines. Most of us didn’t think of it as a must-have. But the more we learned, the more it became clear that this little bottle is actually one of the most important things we can do for our skin. Whether we are men, ...

Actress Dur-e-Fishan Saleem has spoken out about body image, self-confidence, and the pressures of showbiz, saying that fitness doesn’t mean being thin—it means feeling healthy and confident. In a recent interview, she said she is happy with her natural body type and has never felt the need to change herself for the industry. Dur-e-Fishan, who is known for her fuller ...

A three-member team from Barlekha Government Degree College in Moulvibazar has secured first place at the national level in a graffiti competition held to commemorate the spirit of the July 2024 mass uprising. The team comprising Moazzama Labiba Binte Hamid, Amina Sultana, and Nusrat Jahan Riya — all second year science students — participated in the “24-er Range: Graffiti and ...