Bangladesh is seeking to transform its relationship with Malaysia from labour-centric into a broader strategic partnership focused on trade, education, technology, and regional cooperation as Prime Minister Tarique Rahman makes his maiden foreign visit to the Southeast Asian nation.

National Citizen Party MP Atiqur Rahman Mujahid has accused the government of discrimination in allocating public funds across districts.

The number of measles and suspected measles cases crossed one lakh yesterday, as infections continued to climb despite 1.84 crore children being brought under vaccination coverage a month ago.

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Afroza Khanam yesterday said the government has started feasibility studies to convert existing Short Take-Off and Landing (STOL) ports into domestic airports in eight districts.

Nearly two in three adolescent girls in rural Bangladesh suffer from menstrual disorders, with painful periods affecting their daily lives and education, according to a new study by the icddr,b.

A police officer yesterday told International Crimes Tribunal-2 that former Barishal superintendent of police AKM Eshanullah threatened officers that they would lose their jobs if they failed to arrest two BNP-linked leaders who were later killed in an alleged staged “crossfire” in 2015.

No child among Bangladesh’s 59 million children is growing up safe from climate hazards, and nearly nine in ten face three or more such hazards at the same time, according to Unicef’s Children’s Climate Risk Report, published on June 16.

Independent MP Rumeen Farhana has raised concerns over revenue targets, rising debt dependence, a weak investment climate, a fragile banking sector, and low allocations for education and health in the proposed 2026-27 budget.

At least 65 workers of a ready-made garment factory in Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur fell ill after drinking water yesterday morning and were admitted to the Kaliakair Upazila Health Complex.

On the occasion of her birthday, actress Ferdousi Mazumder spent an afternoon surrounded by some of her youngest fans.

A scrap trader was hacked to death at his home in Munshiganj’s Louhajang upazila early yesterday.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday urged the Special Security Force to ensure that security measures do not isolate him from people, saying public trust and affection remain his greatest source of strength.

A Dhaka court yesterday sent Somoy TV’s former managing director Ahmed Jobaer to jail in a fraud case.

A Myanmar military airstrike has killed seven civilians including a five-year-old child in the country’s conflict-ravaged west, a witness and a rescue worker said yesterday.

Ten years after a major eviction drive cleared Chattogram’s skyline, billboards are making a return to the port city.

Three people were killed in lightning strike incidents in Kendua and Madan upazilas of Netrokona yesterday morning.

A section of BNP lawmakers has expressed disappointment over the controversy surrounding State Minister for LGRD Mir Shahe Alam, saying it has created discomfort within the ruling party and risks damaging the government’s image.

A police couple was sent to jail yesterday after being accused of physically assaulting their domestic help at their residence in Khulna.

Lawmakers from the treasury and opposition benches engaged in a heated argument yesterday after independent MP Rumeen Farhana called the legislature a “parliament of loan defaulters”.

A five-month-pregnant woman was found dead at her parents’ home in Jashore, while the body of a five-year-old boy was recovered from a garbage dump in Chattogram yesterday.