Slow-onset shocks like river erosion are now a major driver of full household migration in coastal areas, with 27.41 percent of complete relocations linked to erosion, according to new research by the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS).

Across the villages in and around Shibpur in Narsingdi, a fierce guerrilla force rose during the Liberation War. Formed at the initiative of the Purbo Bangla Somonnoy Committee of communist revolutionaries and led by leftist student leader Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, it came to be known simply as the Mannan Bhuiyan Bahini.

After months of talks, National Citizen Party, Amar Bangladesh Party (AB Party) and Bangladesh Rastro Songskar Andolan have formed a new alliance ahead of February’s national polls.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s condition remains unchanged, with her medical board keeping her under close observation at the capital’s Evercare Hospital.

In a dig at Jamaat-e-Islami, BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday said the nation saw how the party killed hundreds of thousands and violated countless mothers and sisters during the Liberation War.

The businesses are seeking repayment periods ranging from five to 15 years

The Election Commission has wrapped up the bulk of its preparations to conduct the national polls and the referendum, a rare twin political exercise slated for February.

Following the July political transition, Planning Adviser Prof Wahiduddin Mahmud has outlined three priorities for Bangladesh -- establishing representative democracy, ensuring economic growth, and promoting development that reduces inequality and supports social justice.

Bangladesh still lacks an effective protective shield for children at the family and community levels, leaving them highly vulnerable to violence and abuse, speakers warned at a roundtable yesterday.

Even after 21 months since the inauguration of Cox’s Bazar railway station, locker service is yet to be made available for passengers, leaving many tourists disappointed.

Police yesterday recovered six locally-made firearms from a grave in Noakhali’s Begumganj upazila following a call to the national emergency service 999.

In Chattogram city, medical emergencies often force families into desperate searches for blood for life-saving transfusions.

A daylong free medical camp, organised by the Chittagong University Central Students’ Union (Cucsu) with support from Chattogram Metropolitan Hospital, was held on the university campus yesterday.

Police yesterday recovered the bloodied bodies of a freedom fighter and his wife in Rangpur’s Taraganj upazila.

Three people were killed after an unidentified vehicle hit their motorcycle on the Dhaka-Barishal highway in Faridpur’s Bhanga upazila early yesterday.

At least two dengue patients died while 516 others were hospitalised in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

Mothers of children with thalassaemia experience depression at twice the rate of the urban Bangladeshi adult population, along with significantly higher levels of anxiety and stress, according to a cross-sectional study.

Seven national and international organisations have formed a coalition to advance equality and justice, creating a countrywide platform aimed at ensuring that the rights, protection and well-being of women and children feature prominently in election manifestos of political parties.

The prosecution yesterday urged the International Crimes Tribunal-1 to frame charges against 13 accused, including deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, over their alleged involvement in a series of enforced disappearances carried out between 2015 and last year.

The Supreme Court’s Post Creation Committee, at its first meeting yesterday afternoon, decided to create 489 new posts to run the SC Secretariat.