Highlighting the risks of concentrated wealth and power, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday said that a society would eventually collapse if it experiences such concentrations.

College student Tasnia Islam Prema, who was severely injured in a road accident on the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar Highway in Chattogram’s Lohagara upazila, is battling for her life in the intensive care unit of Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH).

The US’s reciprocal tariff announcement will most definitely impact Bangladesh as its nearest competitors in apparel supply to the American market are facing lower tariffs, said exporters and economists yesterday.

Leaders of seven countries surrounding the Bay of Bengal will be meeting in Bangkok today with the hope of reinvigorating regional cooperation in a largely fragmented world faced with a trade war and a breakdown of multilateralism.

As US President Donald Trump yesterday unfurled his list of tariffs targeting most of America’s trading partners, he repeatedly stressed that each nation’s rate was reciprocal.

Following three major accidents at the same location between Monday and Wednesday, authorities in Chattogram’s Lohagara sub-district have implemented urgent measures to prevent further incidents on the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway.

Restoring confidence in Dhaka-Delhi ties will be the key objective of the meeting between Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bangkok today, diplomatic sources said.

US President Donald Trump yesterday stood in the White House Rose Garden, pointing to an oversized placard with details of levies he is set to impose on imports from America’s trading partners.

A boat carrying around 40 farmers capsized in the Jamuna river in Jamalpur’s Islampur upazila yesterday morning, leaving one person dead and two others missing. The deceased is Billal Mondal, 40, of Kulkandi Madhyapara in the upazila.

Rehearsals for the play had been going on for a month, and the drama was scheduled to be staged this morning at the Raniganj Udayan Sangha grounds

The event, organised jointly by the Cultural Institute of Indigenous Communities, Rangamati Hill District Council, and the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, began today on the premises of the Cultural Institute

The relocation has been a long-standing issue

The incident took place on the Chuadanga-Jhenaidah regional road at Naimail this afternoon

Four others were left injured

A man was arrested in connection with a case filed over raping an eight-year-old child in Khoksa upazila of Kushtia.

Thai prime minister welcomed the BIMSTEC leaders and exchanged pleasantries at the Grand Ballroom of Shangri-La Hotel

The foreign affairs adviser stressed on tangible, and result-oriented cooperation among BIMSTEC member states

One arrested

According to locals, there was longstanding conflict between the two rival groups

Police has arrested a 16-year-old and sent him to court