Rashtra Sanglap Forum also complaints that they disrespected July uprising, its memorial; police say investigation is underway

Families of those killed and injured in the 2024 movement attend the remembrance programme in Dhaka

During the programme, he met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and other senior leaders and signed the condolence book

Encroachment, pollution and embankments choke rivers near Sundarbans; lack of dredging worsens salinity, waterlogging

A Dhaka court yesterday sent a former assistant superintendent of police to jail in a case over the alleged enforced disappearance of Sukhranjan Bali, a prosecution witness in the crimes against humanity trial of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee.

For nearly three years, 112 kilometres of roads across Khulna city have remained unrepaired as the Khulna City Corporation (KCC) and Khulna WASA have been locked in a disagreement over bearing the repair costs under the Khulna Sewerage System Development Project.

Bangladesh Police has proposed renaming its specialised counterterrorism agency, the Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU), and expanding its mandate to cover broader internal security and national stability, prompting concerns among serving officers that the move could dilute its core counterterrorism mission.

Leader of the Opposition and Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman has alleged that constituencies represented by opposition MPs are being deprived of small grants and assistance that ruling party lawmakers receive for development in their areas.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) yesterday said Tk 226 crore has been allocated for research at public universities in the 2026-27 fiscal year, rejecting recent media reports that claimed no budgetary provision had been made for the sector.

A tree plantation programme was held at Safura Khatun Pilot Girls’ High School in Siddhirganj, said a press release.

With a tin roof hanging barely three feet above their heads and radiating heat from the blazing sun, students of Chakratinath Government Primary School attend classes in a makeshift structure on an embankment in Hatsherpur village beside the Jamuna river after severe erosion forced the school to relocate.

Five patients died with measles-like symptoms in 24 hours until 8:00am yesterday, bringing Bangladesh’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 729.

Over the last few months, Subal Deb, a small trader from Jagannathpur municipality in Sunamganj, has been visiting the municipal office every week, seeking a solution to chronic waterlogging in his neighbourhood.

Rainfall is likely to intensify in the southern and central parts of the country from tomorrow as a low-pressure area has formed over the Bay of Bengal and may develop into a depression.

New-Delhi is “closely monitoring” all the developments regarding Dhaka-Beijing relations, India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said yesterday.

A major earthquake could not only cause widespread building collapse in Dhaka but also trigger catastrophic fires through ruptured gas lines, electrical short circuits and other secondary hazards, experts warned.

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T Christensen has called for a celebration of freedom, friendship, and the shared promise of a future with Bangladesh, as the United States of America is all set to celebrate its 250th anniversary of independence.

Speaker of Parliament Hafiz Uddin Ahmed yesterday met his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, in Tehran, according to a Facebook post by Bangladesh’s foreign ministry.

The Askar Dighi, one of the most iconic and ancient reservoirs in Chattogram city, has long been smothered under a thick blanket of water hyacinths, as well as encroachment, pollution, and administrative apathy.

Raihana Bashir, wife of late MR Bashir, passed away yesterday at the age of 84, said a press release.