Josna Samadder, 36, a breast cancer patient from Wazirpur upazila in Barishal, is seeking financial assistance to continue her treatment.

Several journalists from broadcast media and online news portals yesterday questioned the need for a bicameral parliament, arguing that it would impose significant financial and administrative costs.

Three young Bangladeshi squash players from the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan (BKSP) will compete in a Professional Squash Association (PSA) tournament in Lahore, Pakistan, with sponsorship from Ispahani Group and ABC Real Estate.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir yesterday said Bangladesh and India will overcome their existing challenges through dialogue and discussion, expressing optimism about positive outcomes in the near future and a visit by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to India.

More than 1,000 ponds have disappeared across Barishal district over the past decade due to rampant filling, encroachment, pollution and unplanned development, according to a Department of Fisheries survey conducted in January.

Construction of a 200-metre road leading to Alexandra Castle in Mymensingh remains incomplete four years after work began, causing difficulties for students, teachers, guardians and others who use the road.

The death toll from measles and measles-like symptoms has crossed 1,100, with five more deaths reported in the 24 hours until 8:00am yesterday.

A Narayanganj court yesterday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping a 10-year-old girl in Bandar upazila in 2022, while police in Tangail arrested another man in a case filed over the rape of a 14-year-old girl with a mental disability, according to our correspondents.

Speakers at a conference condemned the failure to constitute the Information Commission for more than two years despite legal obligations, expressing concerns over the independence and impartiality of the proposed commission.

Despite the Dhaka University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) executive committee’s term expiring nearly two years ago, no initiative has been taken to hold a fresh election.

The recent civil nuclear cooperation agreement between Bangladesh and the US will not affect the operation of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, Prime Minister’s Information and Broadcasting Adviser Zahed Ur Rahman said yesterday.

The University Press Limited (UPL) yesterday protested the forcible closure of its Banglabazar outlet on Monday, saying it had faced various forms of pressure under successive governments but had consistently resisted them while upholding its professional standards and publishing principles.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is considering increasing the government grant for this year’s Durga Puja to Tk 5 crore from the Tk 4 crore sought by the Hindu Religious Welfare Trust.

Rights advocates call for the commission’s independent reconstitution as a national survey highlights poor public awareness of the RTI Act

Shafiqur Rahman meets Yao Wen at opposition leader’s official residence on Minto Road

The prosecution yesterday submitted formal charges to the registrar of the International Crimes Tribunal against 19 people, including former state minister Kamal Ahmed Majumder and former Jubo League general secretary Mainul Hossain Khan Nikhil, over alleged crimes against humanity committed in Mirpur during the July-August 2024 uprising.

The government is reviewing the cases of 817 candidates selected as assistant teachers at government primary schools and expects to determine by October 1 how many remain unresolved, Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon said yesterday.

The government has taken its first major step towards introducing a monorail system in Dhaka, primarily as a feeder service to improve last-mile connectivity for metro rail passengers.

Three days after the attack, Radda MCH-FP Centre resumed vaccination services on its premises yesterday, providing routine EPI immunisation and measles-rubella vaccination.

At least eight dengue patients died and 2,036 others were hospitalised in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.