The prime minister formally opened the celebration at 10:00am by releasing balloons and pigeons on the college campus

Environmental protection is no longer a luxury but a prerequisite for Bangladesh’s national and food security, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Abdul Awal Mintoo said yesterday.

The ongoing spell of heavy monsoon rain has damaged crops, including paddy and summer vegetables, in Chattogram and other regions, raising fears of fresh agricultural losses.

Many hospitals, fire stations and other critical facilities remain vulnerable, threatening emergency response after a major quake

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has expressed dissatisfaction over the response of lawmakers, BNP leaders and activists, and some government officials to the floods and landslides in the Chattogram region and hill districts.

There was a time when family-planning slogans echoed across Bangladesh, on television screens, in newspaper pages, and at village doorsteps.

The government has announced a 10-point measure to support people affected by floods and landslides in the Chattogram region, including opening 1,057 shelters, allocating Tk 2.15 crore and 3,450 tonnes of rice for five districts, and deploying the army where necessary, said Prime Minister’s Adviser Mahdi Amin.

Three more children died in Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar yesterday as floods, fuelled by incessant rain and relentless hill torrents from upstream, continued to devastate lives and livelihoods across the Chattogram region.

A Reuters report yesterday said ousted Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina, facing a death sentence, told the news agency that she and her senior Awami League colleagues plan to return from exile in India around December and surrender to Bangladesh court.

National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener and Opposition Chief Whip Nahid Islam yesterday said if ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina returns to Bangladesh, it would be so that the verdict against her can be carried out.

More than a quarter of posts in Bangladesh’s civil administration remain vacant, hampering the ability of many government institutions to provide the expected services to people.

Principal secretary to PM attends event as chief guest

Committee also appoints chairpersons for its standing committees

Her two sisters were rescued in critical condition

Police say locals stopped the group in Sreepur and seized a banner and microbus from the scene

Bangladesh and China have discussed ways to strengthen existing technological and military cooperation and further advance the strategic partnership between the two countries.

At least 19 government doctors have been served show-cause notices for allegedly engaging in business without approval and holding ownership stakes in a private hospital in Chapainawabganj.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court verdict that scrapped parts of the 15th amendment to the constitution, which had abolished the caretaker government system, and restored the provision for holding referendums on certain constitutional amendments.

The upgrade of the 47.48km Jashore-Jhenaidah highway to a four-lane corridor under the Western Economic Corridor and Regional Enhancement (WeCARE) Phase I project has made little progress, with officials attributing delays to land acquisition and compensation.

Renewable energy policies should go beyond setting power generation targets and explicitly address the needs, participation, and rights of women and marginalised communities, speakers said at a policy dialogue yesterday.