Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday said the current government will work to establish a liberal democratic state system grounded in moral standards and dignity, so the country can advance in education, literature, the arts, science and technology.

Bangladesh will compete with Cyprus for the presidency of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) for the 2026-2027 term after Palestine withdrew its candidature, according to a diplomatic source.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has expressed concern about whether newly appointed Bangladesh Bank Governor Mostaqur Rahman can discharge his duties independently and be free from conflicts of interest.

Bangladesh’s newly appointed central bank governor has signalled a potential shift towards monetary easing, marking a sharp departure from his predecessor’s hawkish stance, as he seeks to revive sluggish economic growth and support the private sector.

Preparations have intensified within the ruling BNP and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami over nominations for the reserved women’s seats in the 13th national parliament as both parties step up internal consultations ahead of the final allocation.

In the first formal cabinet meeting yesterday, the government approved a proposal to waive agricultural loans of up to Tk 10,000, including interest, as part of the ruling BNP’s election pledge.

Police yesterday recovered the body of a teenage girl from a crop field in Narsingdi’s Madhabdi upazila.

At 2:12pm, a Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) truck was parked by the roadside under Kazipara Metro Station in Dhaka.

Six of the 15 people injured in a blast at an unauthorised LPG filling station in Cox’s Bazar are undergoing treatment in critical condition at Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH), district authorities said yesterday.

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday described the circumstances surrounding the ouster of the Bangladesh Bank governor as the “formal beginning of a government-backed mob culture”, calling it unfortunate and completely unacceptable.

Police trying to arrest killers

Efforts underway to identify victim, say police

In a new recount by the Election Commission, 10.74 lakh votes cast in the referendum on February 12 have been revised, leading to a correction in the total number of votes.

Karuna Mondal, a 55-year-old homemaker from Shukdara village in Batiaghata upazila of Khulna, has spent over 40 years involved in farming. For nearly all of that time, she has dedicated herself to collecting and preserving indigenous seeds, many of which have disappeared from mainstream agriculture.

Two people were killed in separate road accidents in Thakurgaon’s Baliadangi upazila and Panchagarh’s Debiganj upazila on Wednesday.

A Chattogram court yesterday sentenced a man to life imprisonment and fined him for abducting and raping a college girl in 2017.

A man was shot dead by miscreants in the Afilgate area of Khulna yesterday afternoon.

State Minister for Health and Family Welfare MA Muhit yesterday announced that the government will recruit one lakh health workers to improve healthcare services at the grassroots.

Around 100 individuals were detained in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur and Adabor during a four-hour special drive from Wednesday night as police intensified action against teen gangs, extortionists and criminal groups.

Rights organisation Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) yesterday expressed concern over a reported police directive instructing field officers to re-arrest leaders and activists of a banned political party in other cases after they secure bail.