Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday urged the Special Security Force to ensure that security measures do not isolate him from people, saying public trust and affection remain his greatest source of strength.

A Dhaka court yesterday sent Somoy TV’s former managing director Ahmed Jobaer to jail in a fraud case.

A Myanmar military airstrike has killed seven civilians including a five-year-old child in the country’s conflict-ravaged west, a witness and a rescue worker said yesterday.

Ten years after a major eviction drive cleared Chattogram’s skyline, billboards are making a return to the port city.

Three people were killed in lightning strike incidents in Kendua and Madan upazilas of Netrokona yesterday morning.

A section of BNP lawmakers has expressed disappointment over the controversy surrounding State Minister for LGRD Mir Shahe Alam, saying it has created discomfort within the ruling party and risks damaging the government’s image.

A police couple was sent to jail yesterday after being accused of physically assaulting their domestic help at their residence in Khulna.

Lawmakers from the treasury and opposition benches engaged in a heated argument yesterday after independent MP Rumeen Farhana called the legislature a “parliament of loan defaulters”.

A five-month-pregnant woman was found dead at her parents’ home in Jashore, while the body of a five-year-old boy was recovered from a garbage dump in Chattogram yesterday.

Bangladesh’s health sector is grappling with a severe shortage of health workers, particularly nurses and allied professionals, alongside stark urban-rural disparities in workforce distribution, threatening equitable access to healthcare, according to a government-funded study.

A man was killed and five others injured in a gas cylinder explosion at a market in Faridpur’s Alfadanga upazila early yesterday.

At least 18 students of a government primary school in Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila fell ill reportedly after eating food distributed under the school feeding programme.

Bangladesh Mahila Parishad yesterday called for greater transparency, accountability and effective monitoring in implementing the gender budget 2026-27 to ensure meaningful progress in women’s empowerment and gender equality.

Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon yesterday said the government has taken steps to hold SSC and HSC examinations across the country using uniform question papers.

Land Minister Mizanur Rahman Minu yesterday said a total of 2,81,659 land-related cases remained pending in courts across the country as of fiscal year 2024-25.

Bangladesh is seeking to transform its relationship with Malaysia from labour-centric into a broader strategic partnership focused on trade, education, technology, and regional cooperation as Prime Minister Tarique Rahman makes his maiden foreign visit to the Southeast Asian nation.

National Citizen Party MP Atiqur Rahman Mujahid has accused the government of discrimination in allocating public funds across districts.

The number of measles and suspected measles cases crossed one lakh yesterday, as infections continued to climb despite 1.84 crore children being brought under vaccination coverage a month ago.

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Afroza Khanam yesterday said the government has started feasibility studies to convert existing Short Take-Off and Landing (STOL) ports into domestic airports in eight districts.

Nearly two in three adolescent girls in rural Bangladesh suffer from menstrual disorders, with painful periods affecting their daily lives and education, according to a new study by the icddr,b.