When Ripon Bepari sent his entire salary -- about $200 -- home in early February, he had no idea that the next month would be any different.

The government has formally requested the US to allow Bangladesh to purchase Russian oil, similar to the arrangement provided to India, to address potential supply shortages and reduce the economic impact of the surge in crude oil prices amid the US-Israel war on Iran.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday urged ministers and ruling party lawmakers to exercise restraint in their conduct and public remarks, warning that careless statements or behaviour could undermine the government’s message at a politically sensitive moment.

A day before the first session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad begins, Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman has urged the BNP MPs to take oath as members of the Constitution Reform Council.

The price of broiler chicken, a primary protein source for low-income people, has risen in the capital’s markets due to alleged supply shortages, intensifying consumer hardship amid soaring inflation.

A fire broke out at a Buddhist temple in Chattogram’s Raozan upazila early yesterday.

A 15-year-old SSC candidate was killed after being gored by a bull in front of her school in the Lohagara upazila of Chattogram yesterday.

A tribunal in Jamalpur yesterday sentenced three men to death for gang-raping a woman after tying her husband to a tree in 2023.

Two children were killed yesterday after an old boundary wall collapsed on them while they were playing beside a neighbouring house in Dhaka’s Badda.

The High Court yesterday granted permanent bail to former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque in a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.

International Crimes Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Aminul Islam yesterday warned that appropriate legal action will be taken if allegations are proven against any prosecutor.

Health Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain yesterday expressed hope that the national e-Health Card will be launched by June to make the country’s healthcare stronger, more integrated, and effective.

Nearly a week after the chairman and two commissioners of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) resigned, the government has yet to begin the formal process of forming a search committee to appoint a new commission.

In a scene never witnessed before in Bangladesh’s parliamentary history, the maiden sitting of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad is likely to begin today with the speaker’s chair vacant for a brief period.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday called on people to adopt preventive measures against dengue and chikungunya, announcing that a nationwide cleanliness drive will start on March 14 to safeguard people from the deadly mosquito-borne diseases.

Dr Lutfun Hossain, a retired professor of the Department of Fisheries Biology and Genetics at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) and former dean of its Faculty of Fisheries, passed away at a hospital in Dhaka on Tuesday, aged 84.

A bridge built over the Louhajang river in Tangail municipal town at a cost of Tk 4 crore has remained unused for five years due to the absence of approach roads, forcing residents to rely on risky makeshift ladders or take long detours.

A man was hacked to death during a factional clash between two local BNP groups in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram on Tuesday night.

Operations to start July 1

Unnatural death case filed