What immediately catches a visitor’s eye in Shariatpur’s Nalta village is colourful, multi-storey buildings standing out against the rural surroundings.

The group was removed from the zero line early today

Fulbaria, Gabtoli, Mohakhali and Sayedabad terminals will be relocated under a major urban mobility plan

Transport minister says new regulations are being drafted to bring three-wheelers under tighter control

Commuters face major delays

Foreign ministry summoned Pawan Badhe on Monday afternoon to discuss the issue

Khalilur says foreign ministry taking appropriate measures

As erosion advances along Chattogram’s Anwara coast, traders and workers say their livelihoods are disappearing with the sea

Move described as ‘trailblazing’ as Dhaka aims to cut maternal mortality and strengthen primary healthcare system

Officials review ongoing initiatives to improve traffic flow and management system

Dhaka calls for durable implementation and sustained regional stability through dialogue and diplomacy

He left for Dhaka via Colombo after being held by Indian immigration authorities

Jamaat chief says his party will oppose any move to weaken parliament or delay promised constitutional reforms

The government plans to convert all primary schools into single-shift institutions within five years to improve learning outcomes and ensure adequate classroom time, State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Bobby Hajjaj said yesterday.

Heated exchanges erupted twice in the parliament yesterday -- first over Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed’s statement on an expelled Islami Chhatra Shibir leader facing a rape case, and later over remarks by treasury bench MP Manirul Haque Chowdhury over women MPs’ attire.

The government will need an additional one-time allocation of Tk 3,150 crore to clear nearly 44,000 pending applications for benefits from the Teachers’ Welfare Trust and Retirement Board, Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon told parliament yesterday.

Dhaka-14 Jamaat-e-Islami MP Mir Ahmad Bin Quasem voiced dissatisfaction in the parliament yesterday, demanding an explanation as to why his motion on “illegal push-ins and border killings by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF)” was withheld from discussion despite being scheduled.

LGRD Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said media houses have become “representatives of business houses.”

Speakers tell discussion

Despite receiving the highest-ever budgetary allocation in the country’s history, the health sector’s success will ultimately depend on how effectively the funds are utilised, health experts and economists said yesterday.