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Request made as Bangladesh awaits reopening of Strait of Hormuz and resumption of maritime movement

India’s Border Security Force (BSF) allegedly attempted to push six men into Bangladesh through the Ramdaspur border in Gomostapur upazila of Chapainawabganj yesterday morning, but the attempt was foiled, said the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).

Opposition MPs burst into protest in parliament yesterday after Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed compared their speeches to those delivered at Shahbagh and Paltan Maidan. 

A man and his son died after being electrocuted while working to irrigate farmland in Gopalganj Sadar upazila yesterday.

Two major bills aimed at strengthening human rights protection and another allowing parents to transfer property while retaining lifetime rights to use it were placed before the Jatiya Sangsad yesterday amid an opposition walkout.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed Bangladeshi film actor Ashraful Haque, popularly known as Don, on a five-day remand in connection with a murder case filed over the death of film star Salman Shah.

Bangladesh would positively consider joining the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement if invited, said Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman yesterday.

President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has appointed High Court judge Justice Md Habibul Gani to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, raising the number of apex court judges to five.

International Crimes Tribunal‑2 yesterday took cognisance of a formal charge against former home secretary Md Jahangir Alam and former joint secretary Dhananjay Kumar Das over alleged crimes against humanity during the July uprising.

Concrete blocks from a crop protection embankment in Mohanganj upazila of Netrokona are allegedly being removed at night and sold or used for personal purposes despite complaints to the authorities.

The government has tasked ministers, state ministers and ruling party lawmakers with overseeing law and order, anti‑corruption and anti‑drug drives, and ensuring good governance, transparency, accountability, development and public welfare across the country.

Residents of Baldia and Sutiakathi unions and nearby areas in Pirojpur’s Nesarabad upazila have been suffering for the past 11 months after a key bridge over the Panchabeki canal collapsed and was left unrepaired.

British screenwriter and producer Jemima Goldsmith has urged the British government to intervene over the treatment of her former husband, ex-Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan, in Pakistan.

Five more children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00am yesterday, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 955 this year.

The 50th death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was observed across the country yesterday.

Rangpur Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mohammad Abdul Mabud yesterday revealed new details of the murder of four members of a family.

Independent MP Rumeen Farhana yesterday criticised the government over the ongoing energy crisis, load shedding and the law and order situation.

Preliminary findings of a comprehensive spatial study by the government have found an alarming decline in the rivers, canals, ponds and wetlands of Dhaka and its surrounding areas over the past 250 years.

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud yesterday said Bangladesh is among Saudi Arabia’s priority countries, stressing the importance of strengthening economic cooperation.