LGRD Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday told parliament that nearly Tk 20 crore has been allocated for constituencies represented by opposition lawmakers.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday said the government would implement the Teesta barrage master plan at any cost, treating it as a matter of national priority.

Residents across large parts of Dhaka face serious risks during a major earthquake, as much of the city stands on hazardous, liquefaction-prone soil, experts have warned.

Fund crisis forces cutback in slope stabilisation work, leaving thousands at risk

Rights body calls for accountability in both incidents

Prolonged outages disrupt studies, household life and shrimp farming

The centuries-old Shahjibazar market supports thousands of families across 15 villages with a low-cost rural trade

Hundreds surround an Al-Arafah Islami Bank outlet in Kalapara after finding deposits missing from their accounts

Ten people were reportedly brought to the zero line before resistance forced the BSF to take them back into India

Nearly 1km stretch sinks as locals allege construction flaws

He is doing exercise and receiving regular leg therapy

Maternity leave should not be used as a population-control mechanism, petitioner said earlier

Char areas inundated, road damaged forcing families to move as authorities prepare relief

Tarique Rahman says lower costs would help expand access to digital services across all sections of society

Sixteen teachers were expelled for failing to rejoin after study leave, while another was removed over misconduct and violation of government service rules

Opposition Leader and Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman has rejected the idea that any single individual was the “mastermind” behind the July uprising.

Four more patients died of suspected measles across the country in the last 24 hours until 8:00am yesterday, bringing Bangladesh’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 712.

The Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) yesterday called upon the government to take appropriate measures to relocate all illegal chemical warehouses and hazardous industrial establishments from Old Dhaka and other residential areas to safe locations within a fixed timeframe.

The Election Commission (EC) yesterday said it was gearing up preparations to conduct local government elections, targeting October as the possible timeline, starting with the union parishad polls.

Criticising Jamaat-e-Islami’s role in the Liberation War, two top BNP leaders in parliament yesterday said Jamaat has yet to apologise for its anti-independence stance and there is still time for it to reconsider its position.