The court also issued a rule asking the state to explain why Hafizur should not be granted permanent bail

Of them, 20,795 get EC approval

Before his departure, the Bhutanese prime minister was accorded a static guard of honour in line with state protocol

A total of four individuals have been made accused in the case

A suspected robber was killed in a mob beating during a robbery attempt in Pirojpur Sadar upazila early yesterday.

Rashel Chakma of Kalindipur in Rangamati has been suffering from kidney disease for nearly two years and requires dialysis twice a week. His mother, Usha Chakma, said since Rangamati General Hospital has no dialysis facility, Rashel must travel to a private hospital in Chattogram for treatment.

Md Alamgir Hossain, manager of Morium Bhaban in Chattogram’s densely populated Akbar Shah area, spends three consecutive nights every week waiting by the motor switch for water from Chattogram Wasa.

The Association of Travel Agents of Bangladesh (ATAB) and Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) yesterday demanded immediate cancellation of the Travel Agency (Registration and Control) Ordinance 2025.

The High Court yesterday directed the local administration of Chattogram to shut down all illegal brick kilns in the district in 15 days and to submit a compliance report before it.

Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdh-ury yesterday said the government has detected no signs of security risks ahead of the upcoming national election.

Prolonged delay in construction of the Panguchi Bridge has been causing immense sufferings to around four lakh residents of Morrelganj and Sharankhola areas of Bagerhat.

Once a vibrant and self-reliant agrarian village with around 350 families, Char Montola, a shoal in Kurigram's Chilmari upazila, has disappeared from the map as the Brahmanputra devoured it entirely following two years of intensified river erosion.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening cooperation at bilateral, regional, subregional and international levels with a shared goal of promoting peace and prosperity.

Top government officials yesterday weighed whether the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre, long criticised for allegedly enabling the former Awami League government’s crackdown on dissent, should be abolished.

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday reacted sharply to a defence plea that several army officers accused in two enforced disappearance cases be permitted to appear virtually.

Currently under close medical observation at Evercare Hospital

Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman yesterday said the army would extend full cooperation to the government and the Election Commission in the upcoming national election.

International Crimes Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam yesterday warned defence counsel Nazneen Nahar, who is representing Maj Gen (relieved) Ziaul Ahsan, that she herself could face charges.

Three people were injured yesterday in an attack on those protesting the arrest of baul singer Abul Sarker in Manikganj.

Bangladesh is projected to lose around $8 billion in exports after graduation