The 80th birthday of former BNP chairperson and prime minister Khaleda Zia will be observed today with a series of programmes announced by the party.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is likely to visit India between August 20 and 25, with Dhaka and New Delhi discussing the specific dates within the timeframe, diplomatic sources said.

It was like any other day. On August 14, 1975, the president’s office carried out its routine functions. Officials exchanged pleasantries, ministers held meetings, decisions were taken and instructions were given.

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The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) converted part of the Mithachhara canal in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila to facilitate the construction of a power plant, disrupting the key waterway’s natural flow and threatening local livelihoods and the environment.

President Donald Trump’s administration has accused dozens of countries, including Bangladesh, of helping China evade US tariffs, depriving the US Treasury of tens of billions of dollars in annual revenue.

The government has sent seven assistant superintendents of police (ASPs) and 49 inspectors into mandatory retirement from public service.

A UN Security Council monitoring report has expressed concerns that the Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) may be trying to establish cells in Bangladesh.

The BNP government has restored economic stability and made progress in several development and social welfare programmes during its first 180 days in power, according to its own assessment.

Just as the Summit LNG terminal resumed feeding the national grid yesterday, Excelerate Energy’s terminal went offline following another technical fault, prolonging the severe gas shortage that has stifled economic activities.

The long-running dispute between two villages turned violent in Kalmakanda

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The e-bail bond system has been introduced in 12 more districts to reduce hassles in the bail process, bringing the total number of districts where the digital system is operational to 28.

Information Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon yesterday stressed the importance of coordinated efforts by the government, the media, and all relevant stakeholders to effectively counter misinformation and disinformation.

A Chandpur court yesterday sentenced a youth to death and another to life imprisonment for the murder of a gold trader in the district’s Matlab South upazila.

The government is moving to bring battery-powered and motorised rickshaws in Dhaka under a structured regulatory framework, with plans to designate specific factories to produce approved vehicles and curb unauthorised manufacturing, DSCC Administrator Md Abdus Salam said yesterday.

Dhaka University has formed a three-member committee to examine allegations that some of its teachers were involved in “secret activities against the state”, according to a press release issued by the DU Public Relations Office yesterday.

Fifteen years on, the road crash that killed filmmaker Tareque Masud, cinematographer Mishuk Munier and three others still haunts those who survived it.

NCP Convener and Opposition Chief Whip Nahid Islam yesterday blamed the ongoing power and fuel crisis on the government’s lack of planning and delays in approving fuel purchases, alleging the situation was being used to benefit favoured business groups.

At least two dengue patients died and 693 others were hospitalised across Bangladesh in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.