The just-concluded local elections in Britain have shaken the UK’s political landscape, weakening the ruling Labour Party, fuelling the rise of the right-wing Reform UK,

A writ petition was filed with the High Court yesterday seeking Tk 2 crore in compensation for each family of the 352 children who died from measles and measles-like symptoms across the country.

The trial of former DSCC mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, former minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak, and 26 others is set to begin on June 8 in a crimes against humanity case over the killing of nine people in Mohammadpur during the July uprising.

Dhaka South City Corporation yesterday launched its first pre-monsoon Aedes mosquito larvae survey under its own management to prevent mosquito-borne diseases, including dengue and chikungunya, in the capital.

Three children among those buried after the Kapasia killings

Third stop of month-long divisional tour follows events in Chattogram and Khulna

Three officials will visit South Korea from May 29 to June 5

Police suspect premeditated murder after body found floating in Gazipur’s Kapasia upazila

Also seeks specialised treatment units and probe committee involving WHO, Unicef and IEDCR

Verdicts on four other bail petitions due tomorrow

Authorities say all listed illegal cottages, shrimp and crab farms, and other encroaching structures will be removed in phases

Tarique urges police to ensure no fascist force can ever use them against people

Four-day programme to conclude on May 13, with welfare events, award ceremonies and conferences scheduled

Current world order is changing rapidly, he says

The body of Nahida Sultana Bristy, the Bangladeshi PhD student brutally murdered in Florida last month, was laid to rest at her village home in Madaripur Sadar upazila yesterday.

Just a week ago, 20-year-old Murshida Akter gave birth to a baby boy at a small health centre in a remote char area of Chowhali Upazila, where childbirth often comes with as much fear as joy.

The business interests of media owners pose one of the greatest threats to editorial independence in Bangladesh, speakers said at a conference yesterday.

The government has launched an investigation to determine whether negligence was a factor in the measles deaths and, if so, who is responsible, said Health Secretary Quamruzzaman Chowdhury yesterday.

The BNP has taken an initiative to make ministers accountable not only in parliament but also before the party’s grassroots leaders, party sources said.

Imports from the US have more than doubled in the first four months of the year, as Bangladesh scrambles to shrink the bilateral trade deficit.