Three people were killed after an unidentified vehicle hit their motorcycle in Faridpur’s Bhanga yesterday. The accident occurred near Madhabpur bridge around 1:30am, said Bhanga Highway Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Helaluddin.
The health ministry yesterday reconstituted the managing board of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, appointing global health expert Dr Halida Halum Akhter as the new chairman.
At least eight people were injured and ten motorcycles were set on fire after a clash broke out between rival BNP factions in the Rakhaliachala area of Gazipur’s Kaliakoir upazila yesterday evening.
The home ministry has launched a departmental inquiry against Deputy Inspector General Mohammad Abu Sufian over allegations of sending an obscene video clip and disturbing messages to a junior female colleague through his Facebook Messenger.
The government has decided to award four women the Rokeya Padak in recognition of their significant contributions in their respective fields.
Today is the 13th death anniversary of eminent educationalist, diplomat, and intellectual Prof Khan Sarwar Murshid.
For the past year and a half, 60-year-old Rasheda Begum visited the Rayerbazar graveyard every Thursday. As she stood near the rows of unnamed graves, she prayed for the souls of the 114 unidentified victims of the July uprising.
Police arrested Shaukat Mahmood, a senior journalist and secretary general of Janata Party Bangladesh, in Dhaka’s Malibagh yesterday in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Despite the fall of the authoritarian government on August 5, people expected corruption to come down, but it continues in different forms, said Iftekharuzzaman, executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh.
The Anti-Corruption Commission has launched an investigation against former president Abdul Hamid over allegations that he caused a loss of Tk 24 crore to the state through spending on decoration and beautification in Dhaka’s Nikunja-1 area.
The businesses are seeking repayment periods ranging from five to 15 years
The Election Commission has wrapped up the bulk of its preparations to conduct the national polls and the referendum, a rare twin political exercise slated for February.
At least two dengue patients died while 516 others were hospitalised in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.
Mothers of children with thalassaemia experience depression at twice the rate of the urban Bangladeshi adult population, along with significantly higher levels of anxiety and stress, according to a cross-sectional study.
Seven national and international organisations have formed a coalition to advance equality and justice, creating a countrywide platform aimed at ensuring that the rights, protection and well-being of women and children feature prominently in election manifestos of political parties.
The prosecution yesterday urged the International Crimes Tribunal-1 to frame charges against 13 accused, including deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, over their alleged involvement in a series of enforced disappearances carried out between 2015 and last year.
The Supreme Court’s Post Creation Committee, at its first meeting yesterday afternoon, decided to create 489 new posts to run the SC Secretariat.
Mobile phone traders have suspended their blockade in front of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) until tomorrow after the regulator agreed to reform the National Equipment Identity Register (NEIR) system.
Despite legal indemnities, digital censorship and corporate pressure, the media in Bangladesh have gradually built a counter-narrative that exposed the fragility of the energy sector’s development model, according to a study by the Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network.
Following the July political transition, Planning Adviser Prof Wahiduddin Mahmud has outlined three priorities for Bangladesh -- establishing representative democracy, ensuring economic growth, and promoting development that reduces inequality and supports social justice.
Bangladesh still lacks an effective protective shield for children at the family and community levels, leaving them highly vulnerable to violence and abuse, speakers warned at a roundtable yesterday.
