Mobarak Hossain, 60, a farmer from Kurigram’s Phulbari upazila, was seen standing in Balarhat market with a sack of freshly harvested betel nuts.

The government yesterday carried out a major reshuffle in the police administration, transferring or assigning new responsibilities to 21 senior officers of the Bangladesh Civil Service (Police) cadre.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed Anowar Hossain of Lakshmipur’s Raipur on a two-day remand in a case filed over the arson attack and vandalism on The Daily Star’s office in Dhaka.

Amid growing public concern over a persistent rise in violent crime, police have moved to strengthen their organisational capacity and internal coordination to improve law enforcement nationwide.

For nearly 25 years, more than 200 black-faced langurs have lived along the Maheshpur border in Jhenaidah. Divided into at least six groups, they roam villages including Bhabanagar, Swaruppur, Chapatala, Talsar, Shyamkur, and Kusumpur.

Health Minister Sardar Sakhawat Husain yesterday questioned the logic behind opposition Jamaat-e-Islami lawmakers’ protest against the government’s decision to cancel Ad-din Medical College Hospital’s licence.

BNP lawmaker AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon yesterday proposed temporarily demonetising the Tk 500 and Tk 1,000 banknotes to bring people’s cash savings back into the banking system.

Community leaders urge the government to retain long-standing exemptions, citing limited incomes and poor access to basic services

ONE Bank PLC has celebrated the academic achievements of students from various institutions across Sylhet under its long‑standing scholarship and recognition programme

Another 201 candidates have been recommended for non-cadre posts

An argument over seating at the makeshift venue escalated into a clash involving local weapons, police say

Polling centres likely to increase for union parishad elections; EC says no decisions to be made without consulting political parties

State asked to explain in two weeks why he should not be granted bail

Forest department's role questioned; environmentalists warn of long-term ecological damage

Education minister says authorities face a Tk 7,176 crore funding shortfall despite steps to speed up payments

Power authorities blame electricity supply shortfall for the outages

Tarique Rahman asks officials to develop it into a modern, self-reliant space research institution

The nationwide programme follows the measles-rubella campaign, where officials reported achieving 103% vaccination coverage

The Narcotics Control (Amendment) Bill, 2026 and the Cyber Security (Amendment) Bill, 2026 were placed in the Jatiya Sangsad yesterday.

Bangladesh has secured about $3.11 billion in emergency budget support from four development partners, including the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, this month to cushion the economic fallout from the US and Israel’s war on Iran.