Additional fuel requests from Bangladesh met, says MEA spokesperson

Seeks prayers after successful heart procedure

President Mohammed Shahabuddin underwent a successful stent implantation procedure yesterday the UK.

Titu Nakti is relieved that his 11-month-old son, Tamzid, is finally going home to Madaripur after a week-long battle with measles at a Dhaka hospital. Yet, a newly acquired debt casts a shadow over the relief.

What began as a mother’s demand for justice -- claiming her son was shot during the July uprising -- was in fact a scripted plot driven by vendetta.

The government is reviewing the trade agreement signed with the US instead of moving immediately towards cancellation, said Zahed Ur Rahman, the prime minister’s information and broadcasting adviser.

The High Court yesterday granted former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque six months’ ad-interim bail in two murder cases filed over incidents during the July uprising, paving the way for his release from jail.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday said Dhaka University’s low standing in international rankings is largely due to politically influenced teacher recruitment, insufficient emphasis on academic performance, and a lack of research.

Police have arrested six people, including the alleged main suspect, over the fatal shooting of a young man in Chattogram’s Bayezid Bostami.

Authorities in eastern Libya have recovered the bodies of three migrants -- including two Bangladeshis -- from the Mediterranean coast near Bishr in northeastern Libya.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) yesterday launched a source segregation initiative to improve waste management in the capital.

Inspector General of Police Ali Hossain Fakir has said the police service, once used as a “muscle force” during the Awami League regime, has now managed to restore its own image.

Dhaka South City Corporation has initiated plans to modernise Sayedabad Inter-District Bus Terminal, aiming to restore discipline in the capital’s public transport system and ease traffic congestion.

The nuclear fuel loading at unit-1 of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) has been successfully completed.

Jamaat-e-Islami spent Tk 4.49 crore during the 13th national election, according to the party’s expenditure statement submitted to the Election Commission yesterday.

Ataur Rahman, one of the most influential figures in Bangladesh’s theatre movement, passed away at the age of 84 following complications from multiple organ failure after a recent fall.

The government has announced a comprehensive nationwide security and monitoring plan ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, focusing on safe travel, prevention of extortion, cattle market security, fair prices for sacrificial animal hides, and uninterrupted public services during the holiday period.

Speaker of the parliament Hafiz Uddin Ahmad yesterday said the July Museum will inspire future generations by preserving the history of resistance against autocracy.

Opposition Chief Whip in the parliament and National Citizen Party Convener Nahid Islam yesterday said people would take the responsibility of protecting the country’s borders if the government fails to ensure national security.

The Election Commission has begun drafting a unified code of conduct for elections to all five local government tiers, with provisions to ban posters and increase security deposits for the polls, likely to be held later this year.