Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday asked a group of top businesspeople to increase investment in production of agricultural products and agro-processing industries in northern districts and other remote areas.

The government presented wrong information in parliament to justify the repeal of NHRC-related ordinances, the “immediate past” commissioners of the National Human Rights Commission alleged yesterday.

Two more patients died of confirmed cases of measles in the last 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

Eminent jurist and former law minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed was laid to rest at Azimpur Graveyard in Dhaka yesterday, as people from across professions paid their final respects, his son Barrister Mahbub Shafique told The Daily Star.

The Bangladesh Public Service Commission yesterday unveiled a one-year reform report, outlining a set of measures aimed to strengthen the public recruitment system, improve efficiency, cut delays, digitise recruitment, and ensure fair and transparent government hiring.

Ignoring concerns raised by environmentalists, the government has constructed a around 20-foot-wide road through Osmani Udyan, connecting Fulbaria’s Phoenix Road with Abdul Gani Road to facilitate vehicular movement towards the Secretariat.

The Kakina Zamindarbari, a historic palace located in Kakina village under Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat, was once a centre of wealth, education, culture, and self-governance in the region.

The first morning of the Bangla New Year carries a distinct atmosphere. The light feels softer, the air holds a quiet promise, and unspoken hope weaves through the melody of the morning raga.

Women under the Upazila Network Committee of Cooperative Societies in Pabna have demanded breastfeeding corners and women-friendly facilities in all local offices, citing difficulties faced by mothers visiting service centres with infants.

A Meherpur court yesterday sentenced a man to life term rigorous imprisonment for raping a child.

A man died at Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital early yesterday, a day after he was hacked in Nalchhity upazila of Jhalakathi.

Renowned baul singer Maharaj Abul Sarkar was released from Kashimpur High Security Central Jail-2 in Gazipur yesterday morning.

Farmers across the haor region of Kishoreganj are rapidly shifting from paddy to maize cultivation, citing lower risks from early floods, reduced production costs and higher market returns, officials and growers say.

Students of Fordabad Adarsha High School in Brahmanbaria have been deprived of their only playground for nearly two decades, as the field has been used as a timber market since 2004, allegedly with the approval of school authorities.

Dhaka requested New Delhi to ensure that deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina does not do anything to destabilise Bangladesh using the soil of India, said Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Humaiun Kobir.

The University Teachers’ Network and Amrai Pari Paribarik Nirjaton Protirodh Jote (WE CAN) have expressed deep concern and strongly condemned a recent attack on a gathering in the capital’s Shahbagh, as well as the growing incidents of mob violence across the country.

This Pahela Baishakh marks the 25th year of the gruesome bomb blasts at Ramna Batamul in Dhaka during Bangla New Year celebrations that left 10 dead and scores injured.

Outgoing Indian envoy Pranay Verma meets Speaker, Deputy Speaker

BGB takes initiative for flag meeting for immediate repatriation

Open letter based on misconceptions, says Asaduzzaman