At least two dengue patients died while 445 others were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Police recovered bodies of two men from the Lohalia river in Patuakhali yesterday.

The government is working to recruit at least 4,000 assistant sub-inspectors (ASIs) before the upcoming national election.

A sudden outbreak of diarrhoea has struck Natore Municipality, infecting around 147 people in the 24 hours till 2:00pm yesterday.

The Anti-Corruption Commission has approved a case against 10 individuals, including two sons of S Alam Group Chairman Saiful Alam, over allegations of evading nearly Tk 75 crore in taxes.

The interim government must ensure a conducive environment for elections and a smooth transition of power amidst “a complex landscape of governing and administrative requirements”, said South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) yesterday.

Increasing parliamentary seats in line with the country’s population and guaranteeing at least one-third women’s participation through direct elections are crucial for effective representation, said speakers at an event yesterday.

BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury yesterday said Bangladesh is gradually going downhill as it has failed to move to a democratic order even a year after the mass uprising.

Among the 179 candidates contesting 25 posts in the Jahangirnagar University Central Students’ Union (Jucsu) polls, 26 are from minority backgrounds.

Imtiaz Ahmed, a master’s student of the International Relations Department at Chittagong University, has been fighting for his life at the ICU of Parkview Hospital in the port city since Sunday.

The meeting took place around 9:00pm at Khaleda Zia's residence in Gulshan

Public Security Division and Security Services Division have been merged into a single unit

Case filed against 95 named individuals and 1,000 unidentified people

Candidate is a Mass Communication and Journalism student at Rajshahi University

Protesters also torch GM Quader effigy, demand justice for attack on Nur

Mandatory dope test samples can be submitted until tomorrow morning

No lottery system for civil service postings, says senior secretary to public administration ministry

Students, staff and security personnel bitten

Selection will be based on cumulative results from class seven

Appeals challenge HC acquittal of Tarique Rahman, Lutfozzaman Babar and 47 others