School meals must be nutritious, safe and of high quality, said Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday, stressing that there should be no compromise on food standards.

For farmers racing against the crop calendar, fertiliser is becoming a source of anxiety.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has directed authorities to address problems in the fertiliser distribution system and ensure that farmers get fertiliser on time and without hassle.

Conditions for Rohingya repatriation remain absent as the crisis enters its 10th year, while shrinking aid, insecurity and prolonged displacement deepen uncertainty for refugees and host communities.

With the 12 lakh-strong Rohingya refugee population growing and international funding shrinking, Bangladesh faces a mounting burden of hosting the persecuted minority from Myanmar.

Journalists’ group condemns state minister’s remarks as ‘unprofessional’ and warns they could discourage scrutiny of govt officials

Xi expressed his readiness to work with Fakhrul to carry forward the traditional friendship

Foreign affairs state minister avoids directly answering whether he renounced British citizenship

HCI delegation stresses quality education, skills development for refugees during visit to Camp-4 in Cox’s Bazar

Protesters question how lethal hydrogen sulphide was present despite certification

Syngenta Bangladesh Limited has signed a memorandum of understanding with CAB International (CABI) to enter a strategic collaboration aimed at advancing sustainable agriculture.

In the sweltering heat of the afternoon sun on a Friday, men, women, and children of all ages made a long queue in front of the Shaheed Minar on the Gurudayal Government College campus in Kishoreganj, each carrying plastic bottles and other discarded plastic waste.

Leader of the Opposition and Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday said the 2024 mass uprising should not be seen as the “final battle”, but as a “rehearsal for the final battle” ahead.

At least five dengue patients died while 839 others were hospitalised in the 24 hours till yesterday morning, marking the highest single-day hospitalisation count so far this year.

The Liberation War Affairs ministry has taken an initiative to establish a new directorate for welfare of families of victims of enforced disappearance, murder and extrajudicial killing over the past 17 years.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday directed members of the navy and air force selection boards to consider officers for promotion based on professional competence and merit, keeping political ideology and personal likes or dislikes aside.

For at least a million awaiting cataract surgery, main challenge is access, and for rural women, hurdles remain steepest

The launch of the government’s flagship programmes reflects its commitment to fulfilling electoral promises, but six months is far too short to deliver the relief people expected, Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said.

The government is working to hold a soft opening of the third terminal at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on December 16, newly appointed Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister M Rashiduzzaman Millat said yesterday.

Newly appointed Information Minister Andaleeve Rahman Partho yesterday said ensuring people’s right to information is one of the government’s key responsibilities.