Abdul Malek, a former driver of Directorate General of Health Service, was sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment yesterday for amassing wealth worth Tk 1.5 crore illegally and concealing wealth statement of Tk 93 lakh to the Anti-Corruption Commission.

The National Citizen Party (NCP) has agreed to 113 of the 166 key reform proposals that the National Consensus Commission has collated from various reform commissions.

The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has submitted its probe report in the case filed over the shooting of six protesters and the subsequent burning of their bodies in Dhaka’s Ashulia on August 5, 2024.

A battery-run rickshaw driver was murdered in Narayanganj's Fatullah yesterday.

Akhtar Hossain, convener of the Sylhet district unit of the Students Against Discrimination, got bail yesterday, hours after he was sent to jail over an alleged attack on an iftar party organised by the National Citizen Party in Sylhet.

The target for 2025 is a 50 percent reduction in tuberculosis incidence rate compared to that of 2015.

Stating that people are the “real capital of politicians”, BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday urged political parties to focus on public issues and demands alongside state reforms.

Addressing the students injured during the July uprising, Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman yesterday assured them that the army would always be by their side and advised them never to lose morale.

Another fire broke out in the Teisher Chila-Shaplar Beel area of the Chandpai Range under the Eastern Sundarbans Forest Division, hours after the fire near Tepar Beel area under Kolomteji Camp had been brought under control.

The Election Commission has failed to complete National Identity Card (NID) corrections within the promised three-month timeframe, with officials now stating that the backlog of applications will take at least another six months to clear.

At least eight people died and seven others were injured in separate road collisions in five districts yesterday.

The government will combat misinformation and disinformation through its actions and by establishing its own narrative, said Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan.

The Civil Aviation Ministry’s draft directive prohibiting travel agencies from buying or selling tickets through other agencies has sparked criticism, with industry leaders warning of severe business disruptions.

After more than two years, the government is going to reintroduce the feeding programme for students of all government primary schools in 150 poverty-ridden upazilas by next month with an aim to increase school attendance and reduce the dropout rate.

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health concern in Sylhet, with an alarming rise in cases among children, particularly in tea plantation areas, experts have warned.

They were shot dead on the streets. Some took their last breaths in makeshift clinics, their bloodied bodies carried by strangers. Others called home in their final moments, whispering words of love and fear before falling silent.

The Bangladesh Tree Protection Movement yesterday demanded the immediate cancellation of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway’s link road from FDC to Palashi, citing severe environmental damage.

A life-term convict has gone into hiding shortly after the Supreme Court chamber judge stayed the High Court order that granted him bail in a case filed over the rape of a five-year-old girl in Dinajpur

'They have set an example by their actions, showing how every organisation and individual can play a role in preventing violence against women,' says Sabnam Faria

On March 18, the president removed Justice Khizir Hayat, who was also among the 12 HC judges barred from judicial proceedings last year, for "misconduct and incapacity" as per the recommendation from the SJC