Victims of grave human rights violations and their families yesterday urged the government to retain the enhanced powers granted to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), warning that any move to dilute the new ordinance would render the rights body “toothless” once again.

The Farmers’ Card will be launched on a pre-pilot basis by April 14 this year, with around 25,000 farmers in nine upazilas of eight districts set to get the benefit.

Jamaat-e-Islami does not oppose the reciprocal trade agreement with the US at this moment, arguing that certain aspects of the deal are important for Bangladesh and thus should continue.

Bangladesh yesterday secured two LNG cargoes from the international spot market after failing to attract bidders for two consecutive days, although at more than double the normal rate.

Fifteen individuals, including late BNP chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia and late Milestone College teacher Maherin Chowdhury, and five institutions have been selected for this year’s Swadhinata Padak, the country’s highest state honour.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday urged the BNP-led government to place anti-corruption and good governance at the top of its reform agenda, saying visible control and prevention of corruption is a precondition for delivering its wider pledges.

The government has extended the upcoming Eid‑ul‑Fitr holidays by a day to include March 18.

Experts and politicians have raised alarm over the fact that women made up only around four percent of the candidates in the 13th national election.

Many local landowners feel they are not being compensated fairly

Many travellers from 21 districts will use the Dhaka-Tangail-Jamuna Bridge highway, widely known as the gateway to the north.

Eight Fire Service units currently working to control fire

Deceased was organising secretary of Debiganj upazila AL

Jamaat-e-Islami has demanded that Syeda Rizwana Hasan, a former adviser to the interim government, and Khalilur Rahman, former security adviser who currently serves as the country’s foreign minister, be questioned and put on trial over allegations of “election engineering”.

A haunting message scrawled on the wall of a secret detention cell has revealed the grim reality of enforced disappearances, a survivor told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday.

The government has decided to place 133 ordinances -- issued during the tenure of the interim government -- before Parliament.

Over 10 lakh cases are currently pending in the country’s Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunals, with over 10,000 rape cases remaining unresolved for more than five years.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam yesterday reiterated that it’s not “extortion” if registered associations for transport owners and workers collect funds for organisational welfare.

Data from more than 1,200 BRIDGE Returnship applicants also points to unfavourable work environments, higher education and social expectations

The Supreme Court chamber judge yesterday stayed the High Court orders that on February 26 granted ad-interim bail to Selina Hayat Ivy, former mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation, in five cases, including four over murder, filed in connection with the July uprising.

The International Crimes Tribunal-2 yesterday fixed April 9 for delivering the verdict in the crimes against humanity case over the killing of Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayed during the July 2024 uprising in Rangpur.