Police hold talks with factory workers and management while traffic stays suspended

A five-month-pregnant woman was found dead at her parents’ home in Jashore, while the body of a five-year-old boy was recovered from a garbage dump in Chattogram yesterday.

Bangladesh’s health sector is grappling with a severe shortage of health workers, particularly nurses and allied professionals, alongside stark urban-rural disparities in workforce distribution, threatening equitable access to healthcare, according to a government-funded study.

A man was killed and five others injured in a gas cylinder explosion at a market in Faridpur’s Alfadanga upazila early yesterday.

At least 18 students of a government primary school in Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila fell ill reportedly after eating food distributed under the school feeding programme.

Bangladesh Mahila Parishad yesterday called for greater transparency, accountability and effective monitoring in implementing the gender budget 2026-27 to ensure meaningful progress in women’s empowerment and gender equality.

Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon yesterday said the government has taken steps to hold SSC and HSC examinations across the country using uniform question papers.

Land Minister Mizanur Rahman Minu yesterday said a total of 2,81,659 land-related cases remained pending in courts across the country as of fiscal year 2024-25.

Bangladesh is seeking to transform its relationship with Malaysia from labour-centric into a broader strategic partnership focused on trade, education, technology, and regional cooperation as Prime Minister Tarique Rahman makes his maiden foreign visit to the Southeast Asian nation.

National Citizen Party MP Atiqur Rahman Mujahid has accused the government of discrimination in allocating public funds across districts.

The number of measles and suspected measles cases crossed one lakh yesterday, as infections continued to climb despite 1.84 crore children being brought under vaccination coverage a month ago.

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Afroza Khanam yesterday said the government has started feasibility studies to convert existing Short Take-Off and Landing (STOL) ports into domestic airports in eight districts.

Nearly two in three adolescent girls in rural Bangladesh suffer from menstrual disorders, with painful periods affecting their daily lives and education, according to a new study by the icddr,b.

A police officer yesterday told International Crimes Tribunal-2 that former Barishal superintendent of police AKM Eshanullah threatened officers that they would lose their jobs if they failed to arrest two BNP-linked leaders who were later killed in an alleged staged “crossfire” in 2015.

No child among Bangladesh’s 59 million children is growing up safe from climate hazards, and nearly nine in ten face three or more such hazards at the same time, according to Unicef’s Children’s Climate Risk Report, published on June 16.

Independent MP Rumeen Farhana has raised concerns over revenue targets, rising debt dependence, a weak investment climate, a fragile banking sector, and low allocations for education and health in the proposed 2026-27 budget.

At least 65 workers of a ready-made garment factory in Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur fell ill after drinking water yesterday morning and were admitted to the Kaliakair Upazila Health Complex.

On the occasion of her birthday, actress Ferdousi Mazumder spent an afternoon surrounded by some of her youngest fans.

A scrap trader was hacked to death at his home in Munshiganj’s Louhajang upazila early yesterday.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday urged the Special Security Force to ensure that security measures do not isolate him from people, saying public trust and affection remain his greatest source of strength.