Hilsa production is declining after a steady rise over two decades due to water pollution from three power plants located near the Hilsa Sanctuary, siltation of rivers and overfishing, raising concerns about the much-loved fish’s sustainability and affordability.

The Appellate and High Court divisions of the Supreme Court have disposed of more than 98,700 cases in the first eight months of the current year.

With the current Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) set to complete its one-year term today, Islami Chhatra Shibir has begun preparations for the next election, while Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal is focused on forming its new central and university committees.

A court in Habiganj yesterday sentenced two men to death for raping and murdering a girl in Nabiganj upazila, Habiganj, in 2021.

The government is set to introduce electric trains for the first time in Bangladesh on the 52km Narayanganj-Dhaka-Joydebpur route.

Three children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00am yesterday, raising the combined number of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 1,022 this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Alleged collusion among dealers and retailers to hike fertiliser prices by “creating an artificial shortage” through hoarding and supply control is causing discontent among farmers, according to a report prepared by the Special Branch of the police.

Four people, including the bride’s brother and sister, were killed and seven others injured when a lorry hit a microbus carrying relatives returning home after a wedding programme in Karnaphuli upazila in Chattogram early yesterday.

Three teachers of a madrasa in Gazipur have been arrested for allegedly beating two students and burning them with a hot iron.

PM Tarique to leave for New York on Sept 21 to attend UNGA, he says

Courtesy meeting covered shared heritage, cultural relations and mutual interests

Born on June 26, 1940, in undivided Bengal’s Kushtia, Ketaki Kushari Dyson graduated in English Literature from Presidency College in 1958

In a bid to prevent road crash fatalities, all public and private hospitals will be legally obligated to provide immediate treatment to road crash victims without asking preliminary questions under the proposed “Road Safety Act, 2026”.

The traditional boat race returned to the Titas river in Brahmanbaria yesterday after a two-year suspension allegedly following objections from madrasa students.

Some low-lying areas in Chapainawabganj have been inundated as water levels in the Padma, Mahananda and Punarbhaba rivers continued to rise yesterday due to an onrush of water from upstream, leaving over 4,000 families waterlogged.

A man and his nephew were killed when lightning struck them while they were fishing in Changnoagaon haor in Karimganj upazila of Kishoreganj yesterday.

More than 1,25,000 residents of Bagerhat municipality are facing worsening waterlogging as the town’s canals remain clogged and narrowed by encroachment, waste dumping and years of siltation.

Tech Global Institute called upon the government to withdraw the current draft of the Cyber Protection Act, 2026 and open a meaningful, time-bound consultation process involving civil society, media practitioners, legal experts, technologists, and other relevant stakeholders before taking further steps.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed 24 leaders and activists of the Awami League and its associate bodies on 10-day remand each in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act over their alleged involvement in a procession in Dhaka’s Gulshan area on Friday afternoon.

Syed Taki Mohammad, popularly known as Buddan Saheb, a prominent Urdu poet and social worker of Old Dhaka, passed away at his Sat Rowza Mohalla residence at 8:00pm on Friday. He was 76, said a press release.