Bangladesh’s climate policies recognise gender concerns, but weak implementation, poor coordination, limited data and inadequate financing continue to keep women and marginalised communities away from climate decision-making processes that directly affect their lives, speakers said at a roundtable yesterday.

Outlay to focus on economic recovery, jobs and electoral pledges amid high inflation

Parliament yesterday saw fiery exchanges as treasury and opposition lawmakers sparred over the controversy surrounding Islami Bank.

An elderly man was hacked to death at Sharmapur village in Jashore’s Monirampur upazila on Monday night following a dispute linked to the alleged harassment of his granddaughter.

Bangladesh and Russia are in talks to increase labour recruitment from Bangladesh to up to 100,000 workers within the next year.

Two people were killed in separate incidents of violence in Pabna town on Monday.

The BNP has assigned its reserved-seat women MPs to constituencies won by opposition parties as part of a strategy to keep the ruling party active in areas where it has no elected lawmaker.

A capped langur and 12 turtles were rescued, and a suspected wildlife trafficker was arrested during a raid in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Monday, forest officials said.

The Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday presented a Tk 8,39,505 crore shadow budget ahead of the national budget for fiscal year 2026–27, which is scheduled to be placed in parliament tomorrow.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested a former bank official on allegations of using a customer’s returned credit card for years and carrying out transactions worth more than Tk 17 lakh.

The government has taken up a Tk 344 crore project to expand the Bangladesh Shishu Hospital and Institute, as the country’s largest children’s hospital struggles to meet rising demand for treatment, particularly during measles and dengue outbreaks.

Family says 69-year-old Mobarak Hossain has cognitive problems; police are trying to trace him

Proposal was discussed during Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman’s meeting with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow

Milon says government is reviewing market-driven courses but has no plan to remove traditional disciplines

Information adviser says individuals cannot use banned party name or slogans in campaigns

The embassy highlighted several surprising commonalities between the two countries to build a case for why Bangladeshis should adopt Norway as their second team.

Joint project with China’s Second Institute of Oceanography to provide real-time marine and meteorological data

Forest officials say the animals were being kept for trafficking; suspect to be produced before court today

Police say no evidence found to support suicide claim

Police yesterday arrested a man over allegations of sexually abusing a five-year-old girl in Munshiganj’s Gajaria upazila.