The move will allow parties in cases under specified laws to seek mediation as an alternative to conventional court proceedings

Object found beside mosque hours after pipe bombs and bomb-making materials were recovered from a nearby Shyampur flat

Twenty ice factories struggle to meet demand as fishermen face soaring prices and prolonged delays at fishing ports

Two children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00am yesterday, raising the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 880 this year.

Despite more than two weeks of protests by female students of Dhaka University demanding changes to restrictions on entering their residential halls at night, the university authorities have yet to take any visible initiative to address the issue.

The High Court yesterday started hearing the death reference and appeals in the case over the rape and murder of eight-year-old Asiya in Magura in March last year.

Speakers at an event yesterday called for repairing the country’s broken human-capital chain to build a stronger economy.

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday said all citizens living in Bangladesh should be identified as “Bangladeshis”, not as indigenous people, saying the issue had already been settled through political consensus and the constitutional framework.

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi yesterday held a one-on-one meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, a day after meeting Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.

Bangladesh needs urgent and coordinated action to tackle its worsening energy crisis, experts said yesterday, calling for a stronger focus on domestic resources, renewables, and energy-sector reforms.

A bus carrying students of Jagannath University (JnU) came under attack by locals in Singair upazila of Manikganj yesterday afternoon, leaving at least 10 students and the driver injured, according to university authorities.

Smokers increasingly switch to cheaper brands

Once considered little more than firewood or fencing material, jute sticks have emerged as a profitable agricultural by-product, creating a thriving trade and providing livelihoods for farmers, traders, labourers and boatmen.

Bangladesh could generate more than 3,600 megawatts peak (MWp) of electricity from rooftop solar panels, according to a new assessment by the state-owned Infrastructure Development Company Limited (Idcol).

Health officials said they recorded 756 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts in the past 24 hours till yesterday morning.

A Mohila Dal leader has been expelled after allegations surfaced that she took money from poor women, promising Family Cards, a key BNP scheme to support vulnerable families.

Police yesterday arrested two men for allegedly raping a 60-year-old visually impaired woman in Jhalakathi.

Leaders of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Bangladesh have committed to help facilitate and mobilise an additional $5 billion in investment over the next five years through existing members and prospective American companies considering investment in the country.

Detectives have arrested five people, including the prime suspect, in connection with the attempted murder of BNP activist Alamgir Hossain in Pallabi.

MPs will be barred from voting against their party line in the August 20 presidential election.