Three-day festival to showcase traditional sweets, Tangail sarees and local products

Tourism resumes alongside fishing as Forest Department stresses conservation

Khalilur is scheduled to remain on the visit from August 31 to October 21

Four children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, raising the country’s combined number of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 967 this year.

President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday pledged to ensure justice for victims of enforced disappearances, saying Bangladesh would never again allow “Aynaghar” or secret detention centres to exist.

Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) yesterday sent a set of recommendations on the draft National Human Rights Commission Act, 2026, to the parliamentary standing committee on the ministry of law, justice and parliamentary affairs, calling for measures to ensure an effective, independent and impartial NHRC.

Battery-run rickshaws will not be allowed to operate on Dhaka’s main roads, while registered e-rickshaws carrying up to four passengers will be permitted to run on internal roads, State Minister for LGRD Mir Shahe Alam said yesterday.

The government is giving top priority to preventing the spread of dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases, said LGRD Minister Abdul Moyeen Khan at a meeting at the secretariat yesterday.

The Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP) has expressed concern and protested against the alleged damage to sand dunes and the coastal environment caused by the construction of a coastal road from Sugandha Point to Sayeman Beach Resort in Cox’s Bazar.

The National Committee for Observing the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances has demanded a strong, victim-friendly law and an independent mechanism to investigate allegations of enforced disappearance.

The government is considering further reductions in airfares for hajj pilgrims as Biman Bangladesh Airlines expands its routes and increases revenue, said Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister M Rashiduzzaman Millat yesterday.

Enacting or amending digital laws alone will not protect citizens’ rights unless authorities prevent misuse, ensure accountability and hold technology platforms responsible for harms caused by their services, speakers said at a roundtable yesterday.

A retired schoolteacher died yesterday after falling into an empty elevator shaft of a building in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh.

US war on Iran could cause a 30% price hike this year

A key bridge on the main road connecting at least six villages in Maharajpur and Kumrabaria unions of Jhenaidah Sadar upazila has remained without repairs since it collapsed a year ago, causing thousands of locals to suffer.

Bangladesh sees no risk in joining the Mecca pact, as the country will continue to maintain balanced relations with various international partners, said Humaiun Kobir, state minister-1 for foreign affairs.

Three people were killed and three others injured as a covered van hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw coming from the opposite direction on the Kishoreganj-Bhairab Highway in Katiadi upazila of Kishoreganj yesterday.

A dispute over opposition representation in parliamentary standing committees brought the treasury and opposition benches into a fresh confrontation in the House yesterday.

A tourist, her two sons and their car driver were allegedly beaten by employees of Gazipur Safari Park on Saturday after they complained about garbage inside a tourist bus.

Production suffers, cooking at home stalls, power generation plummets