New facility raises hospital’s total bed capacity to 1,000

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 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.

Review of BBS data finds inconsistencies in national income, industrial figures

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 long-running dispute between two villages turned violent in Kalmakanda

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Rab has tightened security across the country ahead of August 15, citing the risk of sabotage and disruption by organisations whose activities are banned, extremist groups, and criminals.

A four-year-old boy died after a wall of an under-construction building collapsed on him in Dhaka’s Vatara area yesterday afternoon.

Water levels at 11 points in nine rivers across Barishal division are flowing above the danger mark, with the highest recorded at 80 centimetres above the mark, according to Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) data until yesterday afternoon.

The government has asked local and international NGOs to take steps to bring their eligible employees under the Universal Pension Scheme to ensure long-term financial security for workers in the sector.

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.