Climbs three places from a year ago, but still ranks among the world's least powerful passports

Addressing rumours that she had fled the country, then-prime minister Sheikh Hasina told nearly 450 business leaders gathered at her office on July 22, 2024, “Sheikh Hasina does not flee”.

Marking the first anniversary of the Milestone School and College tragedy that claimed 36 lives, mostly children, speakers yesterday called for declaring July 21 as “Burn Awareness Day” to promote nationwide awareness and help prevent burn injuries.

As part of preparations for local government elections, the Election Commission (EC) yesterday finalised a set of recommendations to amend laws governing the country’s five tiers of local government -- union parishads, municipalities, upazila parishads, city corporations and zila parishads.

Bangladesh is once again considering issuing a sovereign bond to raise funds from international investors, but economists warn the country may not yet be ready

Year after year the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has been battling to keep the airspace surrounding Dhaka’s airports clean of buildings that exceed the height limit.

Seventeen senior police officials are likely to be sent into forced retirement over alleged allegiance to the Awami League, family ties to the party, roles in manipulating the 2014 and 2018 elections, repression of the opposition, and corruption.

Measles continues to kill nearly four children and hospitalise more than 800 people every day, even as both the government’s response and public attention appear to have waned.

Four more children died with symptoms consistent with measles in the last 24 hours until 8:00am yesterday, bringing Bangladesh’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 797.

The aspirations of the July uprising had been betrayed, said writer-researcher Altaf Parvez yesterday alleging that Bangladesh had returned to its old economic, political and administrative order.

The 40-bed paediatric ward at the 250-bed Patuakhali General Hospital is struggling to cope with a surge in seasonal illnesses, with 176 children currently admitted -- more than four times its capacity.

The aspirations of the July uprising had been betrayed, said writer-researcher Altaf Parvez yesterday alleging that Bangladesh had returned to its old economic, political and administrative order.

Three people, including two women, were killed and another injured after a truck crushed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Mymensingh yesterday morning.

The appointments of three new members to the board of trustees of BRAC University were approved recently, said a press release.

A rare mangrove forest in Barguna’s Taltali upazila is facing growing pressure from unregulated tourism and attempts at unplanned development, raising concerns over the future of the fragile coastal ecosystem.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday expressed deep concern over what it described as the ruling party’s “unilateral use” of its parliamentary majority to introduce bills as supplementary business in violation of the Rules of Procedure, and pass them without meaningful scrutiny or debate.

The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) does not include issues that are political in nature, said Indra Mani Pandey, the regional body’s secretary general, yesterday.

Judges of International Crimes Tribunal-1 are likely to visit two alleged secret detention centres in Dhaka, known as Aynaghar, where victims of enforced disappearance were allegedly held and tortured for years.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman may reassign ministerial portfolios or appoint new ministers if he feels any cabinet member is not performing satisfactorily, said his Information and Broadcasting Adviser Zahed Ur Rahman yesterday.

Says pre-case mediation has cut new case filings by 62pc under pilot project