State Minister for Land and Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Barrister Mir Mohammad Helal Uddin yesterday inaugurated Bangladesh’s first satellite ocean observation facility at Chittagong University (CU).

Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) yesterday condemned the hateful, abusive, and degrading online campaign targeting lawmaker Barrister Rumeen Farhana.

A highway police vehicle was vandalised after a clash broke out between police and local three-wheeler workers in Cumilla’s Burichang upazila yesterday, following the reported injury of an auto-rickshaw driver during an altercation with a police officer.

A prosecution witness yesterday told the International Crimes Tribunal-2 that police prevented him and another youth from taking injured student Imam Hasan Bhuiyan Tayim to the hospital after he was shot in Jatrabari during the July 2024 uprising.

Police have arrested two individuals, including a local Jubo Dal leader, in connection with the killing of Swechchhasebak Dal leader Billal Hossain Talukdar.

The Supreme Court yesterday received the death reference of the case filed over the rape and murder of eight-year-old schoolgirl Ramisa Akter.

Steps are underway to gradually expand the fund of Bangladesh Startup Investment Company PLC (BSIC) to Tk 1,000 crore to strengthen the country’s venture capital industry and attract greater private and international investment, said ICT Minister Faqir Mahbub Anam yesterday.

Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury yesterday said the oil, gas, electricity, and fertiliser sectors alone will require an additional subsidy of about Tk 42,600 crore by June as per preliminary estimates due to the recent unrest in the Middle East.

Rape survivors will continue to be denied justice unless rape laws are reformed, evidence rules enforced, the ban on the two-finger test implemented, and justice-sector professionals trained to handle survivors with sensitivity, speakers said yesterday.

Bangladesh’s climate policies recognise gender concerns, but weak implementation, poor coordination, limited data and inadequate financing continue to keep women and marginalised communities away from climate decision-making processes that directly affect their lives, speakers said at a roundtable yesterday.

Outlay to focus on economic recovery, jobs and electoral pledges amid high inflation

Family says 69-year-old Mobarak Hossain has cognitive problems; police are trying to trace him

Proposal was discussed during Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman’s meeting with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow

Milon says government is reviewing market-driven courses but has no plan to remove traditional disciplines

Information adviser says individuals cannot use banned party name or slogans in campaigns

The embassy highlighted several surprising commonalities between the two countries to build a case for why Bangladeshis should adopt Norway as their second team.

Joint project with China’s Second Institute of Oceanography to provide real-time marine and meteorological data

Forest officials say the animals were being kept for trafficking; suspect to be produced before court today

Police say no evidence found to support suicide claim

Illegal sand extraction from hills, streams and agricultural land in Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar continues unabated despite sustained administrative campaigns, causing significant environmental damage and revenue losses.