Police say no evidence found to support suicide claim

India’s Border Security Force (BSF) has taken back 21 people, including women and children who had remained stranded for days near the Panchagarh and Thakurgaon borders, after Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) thwarted repeated attempts to push them into Bangladesh.

The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) of the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) yesterday issued a special weather bulletin warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall across northern and northeastern Bangladesh and adjoining upstream Indian states over the next five days.

Contributions were allegedly made under pressure during Nazrul Islam Mazumder’s leadership at BAB

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

Continued protests by a section of Islami Bank customers have triggered a surge in deposit withdrawals, placing the country’s largest Shariah-based lender under mounting pressure.

The intern and postgraduate doctors yesterday suspended their ongoing work stoppage, ward boycott and class boycott programmes after receiving assurances from the authorities that their key demands would be addressed within seven working days.

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday told parliament that the government has started the process to amend the Cyber Security Act to curb the spread of rumors, misinformation, defamatory content, and AI‑generated deceptive images, videos, and audio on social media.

The government is set to introduce four new books as part of its ongoing revision to school curriculum, Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon said yesterday.

Bangladesh has sought Russia’s support for joining BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), as the two countries discussed strengthening cooperation among Global South nations in international forums, including the United Nations.

Eight more children died from measles and measles-like symptoms across the country in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, taking this year’s death toll to 628.

Finance minister inherited a ruptured economy. Now comes the harder part -- fixing it

Over 9.33 lakh Bangladeshi workers secured overseas employment between July 1 last year and May 31 this year, State Minister for Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Nurul Haque Nur told parliament yesterday.

Bangladesh Bank has taken initiatives to amend the Money Loan Court Act to accelerate the disposal of default loan cases and strengthen the country’s loan recovery framework, Mostaqur Rahman, the central bank governor, said yesterday.

A sharp decline in the effectiveness of the Directorate General of Family Planning (DGFP) programme has left Bangladesh unable to prevent an estimated 15.8 lakh unintended pregnancies and 9 lakh abortions in 2025 compared with the 2022 baseline, according to figures presented at a roundtable yesterday.

Bangladesh risks losing US $17.5 billion in exports after graduating from the Least Developed Country (LDC) category, due to the loss of preferential market access in developed economies, said Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir yesterday.

Independent MP Rumeen Farhana expressed frustration in parliament yesterday over what she described as a serious deterioration in the country’s law and order.

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday said a recent Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB)

Four Bangladeshi women scientists have been recognised in a prestigious Asian publication for their contributions to science, public health and efforts to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

At least four people were killed and eight others injured after a passenger bus collided with a pickup van and plunged into a roadside ditch on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Brahmanbaria’s Sarail upazila yesterday.