Victims treated at DMCH's emergency dept

Two sides identify priority areas for enhanced cooperation

National Citizen Party (NCP) Spokesperson Asif Mahmud yesterday alleged that the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIO) made his confidential bank information public in an official journalists’ group with “malicious intentions” to assassinate his character.

Health Minister Sardar Sakhawat Hossain yesterday announced a nationwide campaign to eliminate brokers from government hospitals.

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday said the government will soon start compiling a list of extortionists, beginning in Dhaka, and take steps to bring them under the law.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is expected to formally launch the Farmer Card programme on April 14, marking Pahela Baishakh -- the beginning of Bangla New Year 1433, officials said yesterday.

Teachers, students, and guardians of Olipur Government Primary School in Shayestaganj upazila of Habiganj have been enduring severe hardship for the past two years due to the absence of toilet facilities.

With Eid-ul-Fitr drawing closer, Chattogram’s shopping malls and traditional markets are buzzing with eager crowds. From the fancy outlets of Nasirabad to the narrow wholesale lanes of Teri Bazar, shoppers are hunting for the perfect festive clothing.

Two members of the Bede community were killed in a “mob beating” in Louhajang upazila, Munshiganj, early yesterday following allegations of theft.

Dhaka North City Corporation Administrator Safiqul Islam Khan yesterday directed officials to prioritise work in three key areas, including strengthening mosquito control activities across the DNCC area.

The government yesterday transferred 10 superintendents of police (SPs), appointing new SPs to six districts in a fresh reshuffle of the police administration.

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday postponed its verdict in a crimes against humanity case involving the killing of two people and the shooting of two others in Rampura during the July 2024 uprising.

Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon yesterday called for strengthening the role of the University Grants Commission (UGC) to improve the quality of higher education and develop internationally recognised universities in the country.

Bangladesh’s economic growth is being slowed down by a “time poverty crisis”, with women contributing nearly five to seven times more hours than men on unpaid care and domestic work, experts and policymakers said at a seminar yesterday.

A father broke down before the International Crimes Tribunal-2 yesterday as he recounted his final phone call with his 22-year-old son, Osman Patwari, who sought forgiveness before joining the July uprising in Lakshmipur and said they might never meet again.

Advocate suggests such affidavit holds no legal weight

Police recover knife, 133 empty shotgun cartridges, 2 slingshot rifles during raid

Statement recorded under Section 164 of the CrPC

Offer prayers seeking eternal peace for departed souls

Pre-pilot phase to cover nine upazilas across eight divisions in the next 45 days