Medical wastes from different hospitals and diagnostic centres across Chattogram city are being routinely collected and disposed of without proper segregation, raising serious public health risks, including the spread of infectious diseases.

A suspected armed robber was killed in a gun attack by a rival gang at the Nayapara Registered Rohingya Camp in Teknaf early yesterday.

The annual two-day urs at the shrine of Hazrat Shah Khaza Sharfuddin Chishti located at the High Court premises in Dhaka was held on a limited scale this year as the traditional large gathering was postponed.

A man was stabbed to death while trying to stop a land dispute between two brothers in Barguna’s Amtali upazila yesterday.

Leaders of the Chittagong University Central Students’ Union (Cucsu) yesterday heckled a faculty member who is said to be aligned with the Awami League and handed him over to the proctor’s office.

Road development work in front of Gobardhanpur Government Primary School in Narendrapur village of Moulvibazar’s Kamalganj upazila has been disrupting academic activities and posing health risks to students.

A photography exhibition titled “Drishtite Srishti”(Creation in Sight), the first solo show by photographer Sowrav Das, opened at the Zila Shilpakala Academy in Chattogram yesterday.

A 21-year-old youth died after ingesting poison in Derai upazila of Sunamganj, with his family alleging that a creditor assaulted him and provoked him to take poison over unpaid dues.

An unidentified young man was beaten to death on suspicion of theft in Kurigram Sadar upazila early yesterday.

Brent Christensen, a career foreign service official, was sworn in as the new US Ambassador to Bangladesh on Friday.

The accident occurred around 8:00pm

Bangladesh’s reciprocal tariff rate on exports to the United States may see further reduction from the current 20 percent, bringing it more in line with regional competitors, as both governments move to strengthen bilateral trade ties, according to a statement from the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing yesterday.

Sustaining the democratic process and ensuring accountability at every level, at any cost, is essential to bringing meaningful changes to the country, BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman said yesterday

Any political party that seeks democratic transformation must ensure an environment for free speech, editors and senior journalists said yesterday.

Twelve women from diverse backgrounds were honoured yesterday for their exceptional contributions to nation-building at the bti-The Daily Star Stellar Women 2025 Gala.

Three members of a family from Fatikchari upazila of Chattogram were killed in a fatal road accident in Oman on Friday night, the authorities said, quoting family members.

After nearly three months of talks, alliance leaders say they are now cautiously optimistic about reaching an understanding across all 300 constituencies.

Gas supply to thousands of homes in different parts of the capital came to a complete or partial halt yesterday morning after a key valve on a distribution line burst.

A total of 51 aspirants, including AHM Hamidur Rahman Azad, assistant secretary general of Jamaat, and independent candidate Tasnim Jara, regained their candidacy yesterday as the Election Commission began reviewing appeals against returning officers’ decisions.

The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has detained three individuals, including an alleged shooter, in connection with the murder of Swechchhasebak Dal leader Azizur Rahman Musabbir.