Initiatives underway for digital surveys, land zoning, and unified digital registration

Patrols intensified along Sonarhat area in Gowainghat

Facility at CU aims to reduce dependence on foreign agencies by delivering oceanic and weather data within minutes

Police file case against 200–250 unidentified people over recent clashes as protests continue

Pledge deeper cooperation on trade, defence, Rohingya crisis and democracy

The Arakan Army, an ethnic armed group in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, committed grave violations of the laws of war amounting to war crimes when it killed and wounded hundreds of Rohingya Muslims and torched their village in 2024, according to a Human Rights Watch report published yesterday.

The holy Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated in Bangladesh on May 28, as the moon of Zilhajj was sighted in the country yesterday evening.

The government is planning to charge 21 profitable Palli Bidyut Samitys (PBSs) higher bulk electricity purchase rates.

A farmer was killed allegedly by his rivals in Magura yesterday following a dispute over establishing supremacy.

The government has taken an initiative to formulate a new law for Rapid Action Battalion, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said yesterday.

An expatriate woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances at her home in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali yesterday.

The government has created a five-year plan that aims to turn Bangladesh into a trillion-dollar economy by 2034 and create 1 crore jobs by 2030, driven by an upsurge in investment.

Two people were killed in road accidents in two districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

Dhaka-12 MP and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Saiful Alam Khan yesterday alleged that extortion of several crore taka takes place every day at Karwan Bazar, and of that amount, a large sum is collected every month from just a few wholesale chicken shops in the city’s largest wholesale market.

A platform of Qawmi madrasa teachers yesterday demanded constitutional amendments to remove secularism and socialism from the fundamental principles of state policy and establish the “Islamic Republic of Bangladesh”.

The World Bank has approved $350 million financing to support Bangladesh in importing liquefied natural gas (LNG), as global fuel markets face volatility.

A section of Jahangirnagar University (JU) students yesterday formed a human chain and rallied demanding the swift arrest and trial of the suspect in the attempted rape of a female student.

A National Coordination Committee, led by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, has been formed to ensure the country’s security and social stability.

Islami Andolan Bangladesh (IAB) yesterday announced its mayoral candidates for the upcoming elections to the two Dhaka city corporations.

The government is set to revive intensive care unit (ICU) services at 10 district hospitals as authorities continue to struggle to provide critical care to a growing number of measles patients amid a spike in cases and deaths.