Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury yesterday said Malaysia has reopened its labour market for Bangladeshi workers from Monday following the prime minister’s recent foreign visit.

Residents across Pirojpur district are struggling with access to safe drinking water, forcing many to rely on untreated water from rivers, canals and ponds despite the health risks.

A total of 46,39,476 cases remain pending across all levels of Bangladesh’s judiciary as of March 31, 2026, Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman told the parliament yesterday.

A total of 5,21,922 posts were vacant in government service as of June 30, 2025, while 14,64,350 officials and employees were in service, said State Minister for Public Administration Abdul Bari at parliament yesterday.

One more child died from measles-like symptoms across the country in the past 24 hours, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The government is planning to begin Union Parishad elections in October, with the schedule likely to be announced in August, Prime Minister’s Information Adviser Zahed Ur Rahman said yesterday.

A Dinajpur court yesterday sent five people, including a central leader of Jubo Shakti, the associate body of the National Citizen Party (NCP), to jail after rejecting their bail petitions in a case filed over the alleged abduction of a man and an attempt to extort money from him.

The Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party alliance has demanded the immediate formation of a Constitution Reform Council to implement the July National Charter, and warned that Bangladesh could face political conflict if the verdict of the referendum is not implemented.

The parliament yesterday passed the Public Examinations (Offences) (Amendment) Bill, 2026, introducing a provision for up to two years’ imprisonment for examiners who deliberately award excessively high or low marks in public examinations, including the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exams.

Police arrested a man in Faridpur yesterday afternoon for allegedly killing his wife, Barna Khanam, 28, and attempting to conceal her body following a family dispute in Gopalganj’s Kashiani upazila.

Heavy rain, coupled with rising tidal waters, submerged large parts of the port city once again, bringing fresh misery to residents even as officials insisted the situation had significantly improved.

Detectives have arrested two persons for their alleged involvement in the explosion at a National Citizen Party rally in Savar on Monday night.

At least six people died and four others were injured in separate incidents triggered by heavy rains, including landslides and a wall collapse, in three districts yesterday.

Dhaka University yesterday took a policy decision in principle to introduce a separate English-medium curriculum-based question set in the KA Unit admission test.

The government has plans to identify and take action against those in the administration who worked to prolong the fascist regime, State Minister for Public Administration Abdul Bari told parliament yesterday.

Jatramohan Barman, 77, experienced a lifetime of losses due to the Dharla river’s erosion.

A martial arts instructor arrested in Jatrabari allegedly used combat training as a cover to recruit youths for extremist activities aimed at establishing a “caliphate”, investigators said.

Foreign affairs adviser says merit should weigh heavily as the UN prepares to choose António Guterres’ successor

Proposal to be placed before Central Admission Committee in August for final approval

Sent to parliamentary standing committee on law ministry for review