Information Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon yesterday said the youth are the main driving force of new civilisation in the era of rapidly changing technology.

Both sides pledge stronger ties in trade, defence, energy

Warn of tougher movement if restrictions not withdrawn

Family says Arati Munda had described physical abuse in videos; Hong Kong police are investigating her death

Watchdog says key stakeholder recommendations ignored

Proposed agreement would target construction, halal and agricultural sectors as Thailand considers Bangladesh a fifth source country

At SDG conference, they call for accessible transport, skills support and more jobs

The move will allow parties in cases under specified laws to seek mediation as an alternative to conventional court proceedings

Object found beside mosque hours after pipe bombs and bomb-making materials were recovered from a nearby Shyampur flat

Twenty ice factories struggle to meet demand as fishermen face soaring prices and prolonged delays at fishing ports

A key section of the Angorpota-Dahagram road, the only major road connecting Dahagram union, an area surrounded by India under Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat, has collapsed under the force of the Teesta river’s strong current.

During the tiffin break at Victoria High School in Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal, a group of students were doing something that has become quite unusual these days: reading for pleasure.

“Every night we go to bed fearing our house could disappear into the river before morning,” said Anhar Mia, standing beside a cracked flood protection embankment in Moulvibazar’s Kamalganj upazila.

Speakers at an event yesterday stressed the need to recognise and protect indigenous peoples’ traditional knowledge, land rights and cultural heritage, saying indigenous women play a central role in preserving and passing on such knowledge across generations.

The third session of the 13th Parliament will begin on August 27 after a 43-day recess following the prorogation of the second session.

The “Feroza Begum Memorial Lecture and Scholarship Award 2026” was held yesterday at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of Dhaka University, honouring the legacy of legendary Nazrul Sangeet singer Feroza Begum.

Two children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00am yesterday, raising the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 880 this year.

Despite more than two weeks of protests by female students of Dhaka University demanding changes to restrictions on entering their residential halls at night, the university authorities have yet to take any visible initiative to address the issue.

The High Court yesterday started hearing the death reference and appeals in the case over the rape and murder of eight-year-old Asiya in Magura in March last year.

Speakers at an event yesterday called for repairing the country’s broken human-capital chain to build a stronger economy.