Police investigating motive behind killing

Bishwabala Tripura, 47, a mother of five from Khagrachhari’s Guimara upazila, knows that keeping a child healthy in the remote hills involves more than simply providing food.

The parliamentary standing committee on law ministry has recommended that the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) include a member from indigenous or disadvantaged communities.

State Minister for Power and Energy Aninda Islam Amit yesterday expressed hope that the country’s power situation will improve noticeably within the next 15 days.

Truck driver Roka Mia still remembers the last phone call from his only son.

Justified and equitable are two very different bars to clear and the cabinet’s approval of the ninth pay scale clears only the first.

The government must first decide how to resettle people who stand to lose their homesteads and agricultural land if coal is extracted through open-pit mining in Phulbari, Dinajpur, said Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday.

Bangladesh is paying its highest spot price for liquefied natural gas (LNG) since the onset of the US-Israeli attacks on Iran, approving a cargo at over $28 per unit as geopolitical supply shocks and domestic infrastructure failures converge to create a severe energy crisis.

The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned to remove, within 15 days, all plastic and other waste dumped along the banks of the Buriganga in Dhaka’s Islambagh, Lalbagh and Kamrangirchar areas.

Construction of a new building for the Noakhali 250-Bed General Hospital remains incomplete more than two years after the original deadline, causing suffering to patients.

Bad loans in the country’s banking sector have surpassed Tk 6 lakh crore once again despite a series of policy support measures for defaulted borrowers, indicating the fragile state of the sector.

Four police personnel were withdrawn yesterday following allegations that a woman was raped on the Kurigram Express train in Bogura.

In its first six months in office, the BNP-led government has not been able to break free from the bureaucratic practices of previous governments, struggling to deliver on its electoral pledge to reform the administration based on merit, competence and experience.

At least 10 homes were swept away by a sudden bout of erosion along the Nabaganga river in Narail’s Kalia upazila recently, leaving residents and traders fearing further damage during the monsoon.

The Anti‑Corruption Commission has launched an investigation into alleged irregularities and corruption at the Ministry of Youth and Sports, naming four officials, including former interim government adviser Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan.

State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Yasser Khan Choudhury yesterday said the media enjoys greater freedom than in the past and that the government does not interfere in its activities.

Iran does not view the “Makkah pact” involving Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Pakistan as something against Tehran, and Bangladesh’s decision does not create concerns for them.

A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against Syed Ashfaqul Haque, former executive editor of The Daily Star, and his wife Tania Khondoker in a case filed over the death of a teenage house help, who fell from their residential building in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur in February 2024.

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi yesterday described Prime Minister Tarique Rahman as “intelligent” and “pro-people”, expressing optimism about stronger ties between the two countries.

A boatman yesterday testified before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 that RAB members took blindfolded detainees deep into the Baleshwar river off Barguna, shot them at point-blank range and dumped their bodies tied to cement sacks.