The civil administration appears to be weighed down by excessive appointments of top-tier officials beyond sanctioned posts, a contentious practice known as supernumerary promotion.

Two children drowned in a pond in Subarnachar upazila of Noakhali yesterday.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus reached Rome yesterday to attend the funeral of Pope Francis.

Pledging to build a land of justice, a new political party -- “Janata Party Bangladesh” (People’s Party Bangladesh) -- was launched yesterday under the leadership of noted actor and road safety activist Ilias Kanchan.

The interim government has decided to set up a land-based LNG terminal to ensure smooth gas supply to the country’s factories.

The article accused the law and justice adviser of meeting with a senior Lashkar-e-Taiba operative in the aftermath of the recent Pahalgam massacre in Jammu and Kashmir

9 hospitalised in 24 hours

The CHT Affairs Secretary said this at the 24th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Police reached the hospital around 11:30pm and recovered the body.

'Jabbarer Boli Khela' to take place today

The chief adviser is expected to return to Dhaka in the early hours on Monday

No casualty was reported

A rare slow loris was rescued from a dog attack in Sreemangal, Moulvibazar yesterday.

Senior Judicial Magistrate Asad Uddin Md Asif issued the warrants after taking into cognisance a charge sheet submitted by the Department of Environment (DoE)

The rescue operation took place 12:15am onwards on Thursday in the Kodalia area of Mollahat upazila in Bagerhat district

The United States Trade Representative (USTR), the US government’s chief trade negotiation body, wants to see Bangladesh’s work plan on narrowing the bilateral trade gap before the Trump administration makes a call on reciprocal tariffs.

Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, adviser to the LGRD and sports ministries, has issued a public apology after it was revealed that his father had obtained a contractor’s licence.

Based on private electricity producers’ request, the Power Development Board (PDB) asked Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) to nearly triple its import of furnace oil to around 500,000 tonnes a month so that the electricity demand in the summer can be met.

Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin yesterday said reforms that are urgent before the next election and within the Election Commission’s jurisdiction will be implemented by the EC itself.

Doctors must ensure transparency in their engagements with pharmaceutical companies and diagnostic centres to regain public trust and restore the image of the profession, senior physicians and officials said yesterday.