Authorities in Chattogram have repeatedly failed to keep Patenga sea beach free of illegal shops and other structures, with encroachments returning within days of eviction drives.

Bangladesh had the seventh-highest number of cholera cases among 47 countries that reported the infection in 2025, with more than 22,000 cases, according to the World Health Organization’s latest annual cholera report.

The defence counsel for Mozammel Haq Babu, former managing director and editor-in-chief of Ekattor TV, yesterday told the International Crimes Tribunal-2 that his client had been suffering from prostate cancer since 2023 and sought a fresh medical examination to assess his current condition.

Seven idols being sculpted for Durga Puja at a temple in Jamurki Paschimpara in Tangail’s Mirzapur upazila were vandalised by unidentified miscreants.

Police have arrested a couple for allegedly confining and torturing their house help at their flat in the capital’s Dhanmondi.

A critical step in the commissioning of Unit-1 of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant has been completed with the successful 16 MPa high-pressure test of its Pressure Operated Relief Valve (PORV/POSV) system.

The Election Commission is yet to fix a timeline for the upcoming union parishad elections or make a final decision on deploying the army during the polls, EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said yesterday.

A 45-year-old man was injured during an altercation with a former Jubo Dal leader in the capital’s Banglamotor area last night.

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday said the government has taken no formal decision to launch a joint operation, but coordinated drives against crime, extortion, and drugs will continue and be intensified.

Dhaka South City Corporation Administrator Abdus Salam yesterday warned that street vendors illegally occupying roads and footpaths would be evicted, with their goods confiscated and legal action taken against them.

Thanks government and PM for continued support for army's modernisation, capacity building

At least 50,000 residents of four unions under Sirajganj’s Kazipur and Jamalpur’s Sarishabari upazilas have long been suffering in their commute due to the absence of a concrete bridge over the Sujuni canal in West Kumariabari village of Munsurnagar union.

The government should reflect workers’ concerns, experiences and demands in Bangladesh’s climate policies and national position for COP31, speakers said yesterday.

A fellow protester answered Mahamudur Rahman Saikat’s phone after he was shot during the July uprising and urged his family to rush to a city hospital or risk never finding his body, his sister told the International Crimes Tribunal yesterday.

Meaningful media reform in Bangladesh has stalled despite calls for stronger professional standards and an independent Media Commission, leaving young journalists to work in an industry facing structural problems and declining public trust, speakers said yesterday.

The father of Mariam Khatun, whose death led to a suicide abetment case against Satkhira-4 MP Gazi Nazrul Islam and his first wife Maksuda Begum, has reached an out-of-court settlement with the accused, saying he has no objection to their being granted bail.

President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday urged China to increase investment in Bangladesh and further enhance cooperation in creating conditions for the safe, dignified and sustainable repatriation of the Rohingyas.

Dhaka was among Asian cities where ozone pollution reached “extremely poor” levels this year, according to a study by the European Union’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS).

A police vehicle was vandalised and three Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) garbage trucks were allegedly set on fire during an eviction drive in Dhaka’s Mirpur-10 yesterday.

The Bangladesh-US civil nuclear deal essentially allows government agencies, regulators, officials, and companies in this sector to explore means of cooperation.