A student died of electrocution in Chaugachha upazila of Jashore last night

Planning Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud yesterday said it is becoming difficult for the government to safeguard the country’s limited environmental resources, stressing the need for planned extraction of forest resources to ensure sustainability.

The University Teachers’ Network (UTN) yesterday urged the government to stop wholesale case filing, arbitrary arrests, and political harassment in the name of investigating the recent Gopalganj incident.

With the number of dengue cases and deaths on the rise, the health authorities have issued fresh directives to all hospitals, including setting up fever/flu corners in outdoor departments and keeping dedicated beds for dengue patients.

Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury yesterday dismissed mass arrest allegations following the recent Gopalganj unrest.

The management board of Bangladesh Shishu Hospital and Institute has cancelled the appointment of 65 doctors who were recruited on an ad-hoc basis without any official circular.

A Dhaka court has discharged a teenager from a case filed over killing a police constable during quota reform movement in Dhaka’s Jatrabari on July 19 last year.

A total of 20 outdated vehicles were dumped yesterday, marking the beginning of a countrywide drive against vehicles that have exceeded their economic lifespan.

Arsonists yesterday torched two more buses in Dhaka centring a hartal called by the Awami League’s four affiliated organisations, including the banned Chhatra League.

The Sakhipur-Sagardighi road in Tangail has become almost unusable due to the lack of necessary repairs, causing immense suffering to people.

The US is working with Bangladesh’s army and navy to develop an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) capability for Bangladesh, said the US Embassy in Dhaka in a statement yesterday.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday urged members of the Army Headquarters Selection Board to promote officers who have demonstrated capable leadership throughout their military careers while remaining above political ideology.

National Citizen Party Convener Nahid Islam said their party leader Nasiruddin Patwary revealed the truth in Cox’s Bazar, which led to attacks on the party in various places.

The protest took place at the Satmatha Rail Gate area, where a group of local residents participated

National Citizen Party Convener Nahid Islam said the party envisions an inclusive, democratic Bangladesh, one in which all communities can live together with dignity as equal citizens.

The chairman of the International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday expressed dismay when Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam objected to former minister Hasanul Haq Inu speaking in court despite the tribunal chair granting him permission.

The decision was finalised at a syndicate meeting held yesterday.

Stating that Sheikh Hasina can never be forgiven for the killings and brutalities during the July mass uprising, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said his party’s first priority would be to bring her and her associates back to face trial.

Imagine a room full of eight teenage girls huddled around a computer, hands trembling, hearts racing -- all waiting for their SSC results.

Renowned sculptor and painter Hamiduzzaman Khan, whose work etched the spirit of Bangladesh’s Liberation War into the nation’s public memory, is no more. He was 79.