Government officials, researchers, and public health experts yesterday called for formal recognition and integration of community paramedics into the national health system.

Bangladesh must broaden its tax base, improve public spending, and reduce dependence on borrowing to avoid rising fiscal risks, speakers said at a discussion yesterday.

The government is set to launch its nationwide Vitamin A Plus Campaign on June 28, targeting 2.40 crore children aged six months to under five years -- 58 lakh more than the target set for the measles-rubella campaign for the same age bracket earlier this year.

Nearly 82 lakh people in Bangladesh are addicted to illicit drugs, accounting for 4.88 percent of the country’s population, said Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday.

Holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), is being observed in the country today with due religious fervour and solemnity.

The Editors’ Council has demanded a swift, impartial and credible investigation into the attack on journalists covering a political programme in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi.

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has reportedly taken back at least 16 people after it failed to push the individuals into Bangladesh in two districts since Wednesday.

Nearly 485 X-ray and about 395 ultrasound machines at upazila health complexes across the country are currently out of order, Health Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain told parliament yesterday.

Police in Narsingdi have arrested a man for allegedly tying a brick around a dog’s neck and throwing it into a river after a video of the incident circulated on social media.

China has pledged its full support for the management of the Teesta and other rivers in Bangladesh as the two countries signed at least 13 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) yesterday covering political, economic, and strategic cooperation.

Youth groups, women and community-based organisations from the coastal belt yesterday placed a 10-point declaration, calling for loans on easy terms for vulnerable communities and special investment in women-led climate adaptation and the blue economy.

India has announced the resumption of tourist visas for Bangladeshi citizens from June 28, nearly two years after they were suspended following the 2024 political changeover.

The Chattogram City Corporation has cancelled a proposed Tk 30,000 crore monorail project after the Egyptian embassy warned that the person behind the initiative had no affiliation with the two leading Egyptian construction firms with which the city corporation had signed an MoU.

As much as Tk 12,633.2 crore was paid in bribes during the period of the interim government in service sectors, up 15.9 percent from 2023, found the Transparency International Bangladesh’s (TIB) latest National Household Survey.

A youth was allegedly beaten to death by a mob over accusations of stealing mobile phones from worshippers during Fajr prayers at a mosque in Munshiganj’s Sreenagar upazila yesterday morning.

Kishoreganj-4 BNP MP and freedom fighter Fazlur Rahman yesterday demanded that the allowance for freedom fighters be set at least one taka higher than that provided to any other group, including July uprising activists and the families of those martyred in the movement.

The two sides seek stronger ties in development, trade and water-resource management

Police acted after a video showing a brick tied to the animal’s neck spread on social media

Ties must be based on dignity, equality, public welfare and shared interests, he says

Applications to open on June 28 through five visa centres