Fellow collectors rescue him after attack in Satkhira range

Even before a new bridge in Tangail’s Basail upazila could be inaugurated, cracks have developed on the approach road at one end, raising questions about the quality of work and materials used in the construction.

Despite major advances in medical science, non-communicable diseases, like diabetes and cardiovascular disease, continue to rise globally, causing nearly 70 percent of deaths worldwide.

The appointment of 14,384 candidates selected as assistant teachers at government primary schools has entered another stage of scrutiny, days after the education minister assured that none of them would be dropped.

Nine-month-old Tariqul from Narsingdi was rushed to a local health facility last Thursday after developing fever and other measles‑like symptoms. The baby was later transferred to Narsingdi District Sadar Hospital.

A total of 25 small, medium and large structures, used illegally as cottages on government land, were evicted during a joint drive by the upazila administration on Sonadia island under Maheshkhali in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday.

The government is set to implement the much-anticipated Padma barrage project at an initial cost of Tk 33,474 crore, aimed at reviving five major river systems and storing 2,900 million cubic metres of water in the Padma river.

Police have arrested a man accused of raping a 10-year-old girl in Kashiani upazila of Gopalganj.

The number of deaths from measles and measles-like symptoms saw a sharp rise yesterday as health authorities adjusted previously unrecorded deaths, taking the total number of confirmed and suspected measles deaths to 409.

A Netrokona court yesterday ordered a DNA test in the widely-discussed rape case in Madan upazila, where a child became pregnant.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday asked the police administration to remain neutral and operate strictly as per the law so that police stations can be trusted by people as reliable support centres in times of need.

Five members of a family, including three children, suffered burn injuries in a suspected gas explosion at a flat in Narayanganj’s Fatullah early yesterday.

The BNP has decided to launch a month-long programme to counter what it says is the opposition’s misleading portrayal of the party as anti-reform, as well as criticism over the government’s handling of the measles outbreak.

The High Court yesterday rejected a bail petition filed by former ISKCON leader Chandan Kumar Dhar, also known as Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, in a murder case.

The attacks on The Daily Star and Prothom Alo were attacks on independent journalism itself, speakers said at The Daily Star’s 35th anniversary celebration in Barishal yesterday.

National Citizen Party (NCP) spokesperson Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain yesterday demanded that the government immediately publish a clear roadmap for the upcoming local government elections.

Jamaat‑e‑Islami lawmaker Syed Zainul Abedin has urged the government not to merge Social Islami Bank PLC (SIBL) with other troubled lenders and to keep it outside the Bank Resolution Scheme.

This season’s mango harvest in orchards across Rajshahi will begin on May 15.

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday said the government would amend laws or enact new ones if necessary to curb mob violence, acknowledging that the existing legal framework is insufficient to fully address “mob culture”.

A total of 27 cattle markets will be set up in the capital ahead of Eid-ul-Azha this year, with 11 under the Dhaka South City Corporation and 16 under the Dhaka North City Corporation, according to officials of the two city corporations.