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The High Court has observed that the establishment of an independent and separate secretariat under the Supreme Court is necessary to ensure the judiciary’s autonomy and integrity.

The Constitution of 1972 was not responsible for authoritarian rule, lack of accountability, or arbitrariness in past years; rather, it was repeatedly misused by those in power, said constitutional expert Dr Shahdeen Malik yesterday.

The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) yesterday raised the price of aviation fuel (Jet A1) for domestic and international flights amid escalating tensions in the Middle East.

Sonia Akhter was trying to cool down her nine-month-old daughter, Tasnia, who seemed restless with measles and fever at the dedicated measles ward of Bangladesh Shishu Hospital and Institute in the capital.

Parliament yesterday passed 14 bills, including the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which makes it mandatory to inform the family within 12 hours of arresting a person.

Bangladesh will emphasise stability and continuous development of bilateral relations based on dignity, mutual trust, and shared interests during Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman’s visit to India, the foreign ministry said yesterday.

While treasury and opposition lawmakers clash on the parliament floor over the July charter implementation order, the two sides are also holding back-channel talks outside the assembly hall to end the stalemate.

In blatant disregard of a High Court directive, the hills of Cox’s Bazar continue to be stripped bare and the soil sold off by the truckload to brick kilns and construction sites.

The government yesterday appointed journalist Kamal Uddin Shabuj as the managing director and chief editor of state-run news agency Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS).

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has sought the backing of UN Secretary-General António Guterres for a deferral of Bangladesh’s graduation from the least-developed country (LDC) category, as the issue moves through the multilateral system.

Parliament yesterday passed 14 bills, including the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which makes it mandatory to inform the family within 12 hours of arresting a person.

The long queues at filling stations across the country do not seem to be abating, with the lines getting longer in some places, even though the fuel stock became slightly healthier compared with last week’s.

Foreign minister meets India’s national security adviser with speculation over security and political issues

At the Tengragiri Crocodile Breeding Centre in Taltali upazila of Barguna, not a single hatchling survived in the past 13 years of breeding efforts, with each dying soon after being hatched under unclear circumstances.

A group of youths beat a man to death over suspicion of stealing an easy-bike in Abhaynagar upazila of Jashore yesterday afternoon.

Police yesterday recovered the body of an auto-rickshaw driver from a cornfield in Islampur upazila of Jamalpur.

The Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party alliance has announced weeklong programmes demanding the government convene a session of the Constitutional Reform Council for implementing the referendum verdict and preventing “the return of fascism”.

Chief adviser of the immediate past interim government, Prof Muhammad Yunus had travelled to London to hand over the “trophy” of the 2024 July–August movement to Tarique Rahman and return with an election date, State Minister for LGRD Mir Shahe Alam said yesterday.

Brahmanbaria-2 MP Rumeen Farhana yesterday strongly criticised the government for appointing party-linked figures to key positions, including the governor of Bangladesh Bank and vice chancellors of several public universities.