Protected forestland and riverbanks are being illegally occupied in the Char Signboard area of Kachipara village under Patuakhali’s Rangabali upazila, allegedly to cultivate watermelon by building an embankment.

Patient admissions at the only 20-bed Chest Disease Hospital in the Rangpur division have remained suspended since June after the stoppage of dietary supply for inpatients.

For Shafiqul Islam and Mukta Begum, the wait began on the morning of August 5, 2024, for their only son -- and it never ended, until yesterday.

Six journalists were awarded the Disability Equality in the Media Fellowship in recognition of their reporting on disability inclusion and rights in Bangladesh yesterday.

The Digital Security Act (DSA) was widely used by politicians and government officials to settle personal disputes with journalists and to harass and intimidate them, according to a new study on the law.

There is no truly democratic political party in Bangladesh, as politics has become a business driven by nomination trade, said Badiul Alam Majumdar, secretary of Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik, yesterday.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said his party would prioritise the establishment of a free and independent media sector if voted to power in the next national election.

Rajuk Chairman Riazul Islam yesterday announced that approximately 300 small and large buildings in Dhaka have been identified as vulnerable following the recent earthquakes.

The government has finalised the list of superintendents of police (SPs) for all 64 districts ahead of the 13th national election.

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday said an unelected government cannot take decisions that have long-term implications.

Outrage grew over the arrest of Baul Abul Sarkar and the attacks on other artistes in Manikganj, as citizens and rights organisations warned yesterday that the government’s inaction could institutionalise religious extremism.

Two traders were stabbed and robbed of around Tk 1.48 lakh by a group of muggers in Dhaka’s Uttara early yesterday, police and family members said.

Aviation and Aerospace University, Bangladesh (AAUB) became champion in the International Light Aircraft Design Competition organised by the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), UK, on November 10, said a press release.

Remarks made in Chattogram sparked criticism

Four decades after its inception in 1984, Bandarban municipality still has no permanent waste management facility.

Former inspector general of police AKM Shahidul Hoque’s counsel yesterday told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 that the chief of the investigation agency had allegedly asked his client “why he was not promoted” during interrogation, an inquiry the lawyer termed entirely unrelated to the case.

Selection done through manual lottery at chief adviser's residence

Jamaat’s Khulna metropolitan unit says final decision rests with central leadership

More than half of households in Bangladesh’s coastal belt report struggling to cope with rapid climate change, citing a lack of adequate disaster-protection infrastructure, according to a new World Bank survey.

The High Court, in the full text of a verdict, has observed that the government, not the manufacturing companies, will fix the prices of all life-saving medicines under the Drug and Cosmetics Act, 2023.