Correction: An earlier version of this report and its headline said Mizanur Rahman died while in custody. He died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital after securing bail in all nine cases. His lawyer had earlier said he could not be released because bail had not been granted in every case.

Says foreign ministry; Hasina reiterates plans for Dec return

Today marks the 42nd death anniversary of Rear Admiral Mahbub Ali Khan, former chief of naval staff and minister for communications and agriculture.

Today is the 85th death anniversary of Biswakabi Rabindranath Tagore.

A man died after falling from the rooftop of a three-storey building in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur yesterday morning.

National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener and Opposition Chief Whip Nahid Islam yesterday said partisan narratives or visions of history presented at national events narrow the space for opposition and other political parties to participate.

The long-awaited Panchpukuria-Siddhashram bridge over the Halda river in Chattogram’s Fatikchhari upazila remains incomplete even though the stipulated deadline expired last month.

As Bangladesh marked the second anniversary of July Mass Uprising Day, thousands gathered at Suhrawardy Udyan yesterday for an evening of music.

Five patients died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 854 this year.

Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman yesterday said Bangladesh must never again become a “client state”.

Torrential rain triggered landslides in Cox’s Bazar yesterday, killing a seven-year-old Rohingya child at a refugee camp in Ukhiya and disrupting traffic on Marine Drive.

Bangladesh observed July Mass Uprising Day 2026 across the country yesterday, marking two years since the student-led uprising that led to the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government.

The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) yesterday warned that at least 10 districts are at risk of short-term flooding over the next 24 to 48 hours due to heavy rainfall across the country and torrential rain in upstream areas of India.

The world’s eight largest listed oil producers posted combined profits of roughly $93 billion in the three months to the end of June, as the US-Israeli military strikes on Iran disrupted fossil-fuel supply and pushed benchmark crude above $126 a barrel.

Israel’s military resumed strikes on southern Lebanon yesterday despite ongoing talks, blaming a ceasefire violation by militant group Hezbollah as Beirut said at least one person was killed.

India allowing ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to interact openly with the media in Delhi was deeply hurtful to Bangladeshis and detrimental to the development of harmonious ties between Bangladesh and India, the government said last night.

Sand extraction continues unabated along an erosion-prone stretch of the Tetulia river in Patuakhali’s Bauphal allegedly with the backing of a local BNP leader, despite the government’s suspension of quarry leases, locals say.

Every disruption at floating terminals spirals into national gas crisis

The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has arrested Abdul Wahed, 55, former ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami’s Madarganj upazila unit in Jamalpur, in connection with multiple cases over the alleged embezzlement of nearly Tk 400 crore from customers of Al Aqaba Multipurpose Cooperative Society.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday vowed transparent and impartial trials for those accused of atrocities during the anti-fascist movement, warning that attempts to destabilise post-fascist Bangladesh could pave the way for the return of the ousted authoritarian forces.