Dr Tahmeed Ahmed, executive director of icddr,b, has been named to the 2025 TIME100 Health list -- the annual list by TIME magazine recognizing 100 most influential individuals in global health – published yesterday. 

The government has established a second International Crimes Tribunal to expedite ongoing trials and address the increasing number of cases filed over atrocities committed during the July mass uprising, said a gazette issued last night.

The National Robotics and Technology Festival “MIE Robolution 1.0” has begun at Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (Cuet), celebrating innovation and technology.

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday said those who were once involved with the Awami League but did not support or participate in its misrule, and had already distanced themselves from the party, are welcome to join BNP.

Mohammed Irfan Syed (Poltu), son of former finance minister M Syeduzzaman, passed away from a heart attack on May 5. He was 60, said a press release.

The Tangail town protection embankment is under threat due to indiscriminate soil lifting from the Poulee river, a branch of the Jamuna.

The Supreme Court yesterday fixed May 27 for delivering verdict on an appeal challenging the death penalty of Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War.

The High Court yesterday started delivering its verdict on the death references and appeals in the 2001 Ramna Batamul carnage case, which left 10 people dead during Pahela Baishakh celebrations in Dhaka.

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) yesterday rejected the bail petition of Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, former energy adviser to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in a case filed for crimes against humanity during the July mass uprising.

Three advisers yesterday visited the third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka to witness the progress of the major infrastructure project.

The media must first prove its integrity and public value before seeking recognition in the Constitution as the fourth estate, said Amar Desh Editor Mahmudur Rahman yesterday.

The government wants to see positive competition among newspapers, said Information and Broadcasting Adviser Mahfuj Alam yesterday.

Without effective action, around 1.9 crore people in Bangladesh could be displaced by slow-onset climate disasters by 2050, said Professor Tasneem Siddiqui at a workshop yesterday.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has directed the National Consensus Commission (NCC) to finalise the action plan for the second phase of discussions with political parties without delay.

First Joint Committee Meeting on Defence Cooperation held

During a view exchange meeting with the Bida Executive Chairman in Chattogram today, several Chattogram-based businesses and political leaders urged the government to ensure support for local investors at the same time as it continues to pursue foreign direct investment (FDI)

BRAC Bank today denied the allegations of involvement in a data breach after the Election Commission (EC) suspended its access to the National Identity (NID) verification server over suspected leakage

A Dhaka tribunal today sentenced three people to death and five others to life in jail in a case filed over a triple murder in Munshiganj in 2021

Three people were killed after a mini truck collided with a low-bed trailer truck from behind on the Dhaka-Tangail highway in Mirzapur upazila of Tangail this afternoon

Several faculty members resign as students protest demanding VC's removal