Bangladesh and the United States have discussed concerns with traffickers exploiting legal recruitment fees to trap migrant workers in debt-based coercion.

Chairman of Grameen Bank, Khandaker Mozammel Haque passed away at Square Hospital early yesterday. He was 74.

Bangladesh has sought stronger support and cooperation from Asean nations for safe and sustainable return of Rohingyas to Myanmar and reintegration with their society.

Md Golam Sarwar, senior joint secretary to law and justice division of the law ministry, has been given responsibility of secretary of the division till further order.

As of Wednesday, more than 500,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have been jointly registered by the Bangladesh authorities and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

Four persons were killed and another injured in road accidents in two districts during the last two days.

To mark World Breastfeeding Week 2019 (August 1-7), the International Labour Organization (ILO) has reiterated its commitment to supporting and promoting breastfeeding in workplace.

Muggers killed a cattle trader on a running truck in Rajshahi on Wednesday night and snatched Tk 2.50 lakh from him.

As the two city corporations grapple with the dengue outbreak in the capital, the need to use effective insecticides has made the headlines over the last few weeks. However, finding the right mosquitocide requires testing, and field-testing requires standardised samples of mosquitoes.

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday said the government would take all legal steps for implementation of the gazette notification on the ninth wage board award.

Two Japanese citizens were held with 30 gold bars -- weighing around 12 kilogrammes -- at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early yesterday.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed two separate cases against 12 persons including Maj (retd) MA Mannan, former chairman of Bangladesh Industrial Finance Company Limited (BIFC), for allegedly misappropriating around Tk 43.4 crore from the non-banking financial institution.

Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) yesterday initiated a crash programme to eradicate mosquitoes from the port city.

With dengue situation getting worse every day, speakers at a discussion yesterday urged the government to ensure that people in rural areas are well informed about nearby facilities where they can seek treatment during Eid holidays.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) yesterday fined four hospitals in the capital’s Uttara area after Aedes larvae and breeding grounds were found on the premises of the institutions.

Just five months into its last tariff hike, Chattogram Water and Sanitation Authority (CWasa) is mulling to increase water tariff yet again by more than 60 percent, in an apparent bid to bridge the gap between production cost and existing price.

The 89th birth anniversary of Bangamata Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib was observed with due respect in the capital and elsewhere in the country yesterday.

Raising awareness on dengue

A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-2) yesterday sent 48 boys to the Juvenile Correction Centre in Tongi for six months each for their alleged involvement in various crimes.

Outgoing Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia yesterday said police were never used politically.