Japan has provided $3.4 million to the World Food Programme for the Rohingya and host communities in Cox’s Bazar as lifesaving support amid dwindling funding that poses serious risks for the refugees.

A shift in the mindset of political party leaders regarding power and energy supply is essential to ensure a smooth transition to renewable energy, said speakers at a dialogue yesterday.

Former industries minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun, who was in jail custody, died yesterday while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

In the heart of a festive neighbourhood, where drums beat and lights glitter for Durga Puja, one home remains eerily quiet.

Child abuse in Bangladesh has reached alarming levels and is now a serious national crisis, warned the Local Education and Economic Development Organization (LEEDO), a child rights organisation, yesterday.

Rights groups and political parties across the country have demanded an independent investigation into the violence in Khagrachhari that left three indigenous people dead and many others injured.

Thirteen years have passed since the night of horror at Ramu in Cox’s Bazar, when zealots set ablaze centuries-old Buddhist temples, looted homes and spread fear among the minority community.

Women will soon have the legal right to take their children to workplaces, as the interim government has decided to introduce this provision, said Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud, adviser to the planning ministry, at an event yesterday.

BNP senior leader Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday said people will politically reject those who are trying to delay or obstruct the national election.

The government has announced a nationwide 22-day ban, effective from October 4 to 25 this year, on catching, transporting, marketing, and storing hilsa, aiming to protect brood fish during the peak spawning season.

Two toddlers drowned in a pond in Mathabhanga village of Godagari upazila in Rajshahi yesterday.

The Detective Branch of police has arrested two former Awami League MPs, 11 leaders and activists of its affiliated organisations, and the secretary general of the Raushan Ershad-led faction of Jatiyo Party in a series of raids across the capital yesterday.

At least four people were killed and five others injured in two road accidents in Gazipur city yesterday.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday lodged a case against 14 individuals over laundering Tk 40 crore in the name of manpower export to Malaysia.

Amid killings and burning homes, indigenous voices still wait for justice

Rights groups and political parties demand independent investigation

Says conspiracies aim to obstruct polls, pledges inclusion of minority issues in BNP manifesto

Lieutenant Commander Siam-ul-Haque, media officer of the Coast Guard, confirmed the development today

Accused of involvement in killings, attacks on protesters

Expected to outline outcomes of talks with other parties