Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman yesterday called for integrating modern and Islamic education, saying the separation between the two limits the role students can play in society.

The expected shift in political parties’ conduct and electoral democracy has not materialised despite the July uprising two years ago, while women’s once-visible political participation has steadily faded in the post-July period, speakers said yesterday.

Say experts; hospitals report rising admissions

At least 17 people were killed in a suspected suicide bombing outside a police station in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, a rescue group and a regional police official said, as the country battles widening insurgencies.

Police recovered the body of an unidentified man from a pond in Begumganj upazila of Noakhali yesterday.

A CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver was killed and another injured in a head-on collision with a pickup on Kabirhat-Sonapur road in Kabirhat upazila, Noakhali yesterday.

A farmer was killed after being struck by lightning in Dinajpur’s Biral upazila yesterday.

Bangladesh has sought India’s cooperation to ensure that deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, or any individual associated with the Awami League, cannot use Indian territory to deliver political speeches or engage in activities aimed at creating instability in Bangladesh.

A man handed his 20-year-old son over to police after the youth was allegedly caught attempting to rape a six-year-old girl in Jashore’s Manirampur upazila on Sunday.

Over 3,000MW of loadshedding recorded yesterday

Residents of Barguna yesterday laid siege to the local office of West Zone Power Distribution Company Limited (WZPDCL), demanding an end to frequent load shedding and implementation of a seven-point charter to resolve the district’s electricity crisis.

It began with a question that resonated with millions of young Bangladeshis competing for scarce government jobs: should merit take a back seat to quotas?

Residents of Santhia municipality in Pabna have long faced a shortage of safe drinking water, while a purification plant built at a cost of Tk 7.61 crore has remained unused for the past five years.

Dhaka is positive about signing civilian nuclear energy cooperation with the US, State Minster for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam said yesterday.

Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Humayun Kabir yesterday said stronger institutional partnerships and knowledge sharing with China would be crucial for long-term development of Bangladesh.

The central and grassroots leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami and the National Citizen Party (NCP) have questioned the alliance’s future after Jamaat decided to contest the local government elections on its own.

The government would provide the money if the offender’s resources are insufficient

First consignment enters after nine-month halt to ease soaring prices

Dhaka says political activities from Indian territory could undermine recent progress in bilateral relations

The district administration says the conduct amounts to inefficiency and misconduct under public service rules