Review of BBS data finds inconsistencies in national income, industrial figures

The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) converted part of the Mithachhara canal in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila to facilitate the construction of a power plant, disrupting the key waterway’s natural flow and threatening local livelihoods and the environment.

President Donald Trump’s administration has accused dozens of countries, including Bangladesh, of helping China evade US tariffs, depriving the US Treasury of tens of billions of dollars in annual revenue.

The government has sent seven assistant superintendents of police (ASPs) and 49 inspectors into mandatory retirement from public service.

The long-running dispute between two villages turned violent in Kalmakanda

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State-appointed defence counsels for Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader and six others yesterday urged the International Crimes Tribunal-2 to discharge their clients, arguing that the prosecution had failed to prove the charges beyond reasonable doubt.

Rab has tightened security across the country ahead of August 15, citing the risk of sabotage and disruption by organisations whose activities are banned, extremist groups, and criminals.

A four-year-old boy died after a wall of an under-construction building collapsed on him in Dhaka’s Vatara area yesterday afternoon.

Water levels at 11 points in nine rivers across Barishal division are flowing above the danger mark, with the highest recorded at 80 centimetres above the mark, according to Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) data until yesterday afternoon.

The government has asked local and international NGOs to take steps to bring their eligible employees under the Universal Pension Scheme to ensure long-term financial security for workers in the sector.

The e-bail bond system has been introduced in 12 more districts to reduce hassles in the bail process, bringing the total number of districts where the digital system is operational to 28.

Information Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon yesterday stressed the importance of coordinated efforts by the government, the media, and all relevant stakeholders to effectively counter misinformation and disinformation.

A Chandpur court yesterday sentenced a youth to death and another to life imprisonment for the murder of a gold trader in the district’s Matlab South upazila.

The government is moving to bring battery-powered and motorised rickshaws in Dhaka under a structured regulatory framework, with plans to designate specific factories to produce approved vehicles and curb unauthorised manufacturing, DSCC Administrator Md Abdus Salam said yesterday.

Dhaka University has formed a three-member committee to examine allegations that some of its teachers were involved in “secret activities against the state”, according to a press release issued by the DU Public Relations Office yesterday.

Fifteen years on, the road crash that killed filmmaker Tareque Masud, cinematographer Mishuk Munier and three others still haunts those who survived it.

NCP Convener and Opposition Chief Whip Nahid Islam yesterday blamed the ongoing power and fuel crisis on the government’s lack of planning and delays in approving fuel purchases, alleging the situation was being used to benefit favoured business groups.

At least two dengue patients died and 693 others were hospitalised across Bangladesh in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s India visit, sought by both Dhaka and New Delhi, hinges on India’s assurance that ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina will not be allowed to engage in activities from its territory that could create instability in Bangladesh, diplomatic sources said.