Although the emergency measles-rubella vaccination campaign surpassed its target, the government will continue the drive as some children remain outside the coverage, said officials.

A BNP leader was hacked to death in Narayanganj’s Araihazar upazila early yesterday following an alleged dispute over soil cutting, said police.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman last night visited the Pallabi home of eight-year-old Ramisa Akter, who was raped and killed, and assured the grieving family of the government’s support.

Two people were killed after being struck by lightning in Kurigram and Natore districts yesterday.

Around 66.12% of 124 child murders and 59.09% of 308 sexual abuse cases occurred inside the home or family environment

Bangladesh and Morocco have inaugurated the first-ever business-to-business (B2B) meeting platform in Rabat, opening a new corridor for trade, investment, and green innovation linking South Asia with Morocco’s gateway to Africa, Europe, and beyond.

The National Citizen Party will place an alternative budget ahead of the national budget, reflecting people’s expectations, said NCP Convener and Opposition Chief Whip Nahid Islam yesterday.

A Satkhira court yesterday sentenced a man to rigorous life imprisonment over the rape of a four-year-old child in Kaliganj upazila in 2024.

Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin yesterday said holding local government elections would be “challenging”, but assured that there would be “no shortcomings” in the commission’s efforts.

A special court has ordered the seizure of two houses and eight luxury vehicles owned by Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in Virginia, US, along with the freezing of 12 bank accounts held in the names of Joy and his wife, Kristine Overmire Wazed.

Rights organisations yesterday expressed deep outrage and concern over the rape and murder of eight-year-old schoolgirl Ramisa Akter in the capital’s Pallabi on May 19, saying it again exposed serious weaknesses in the country’s child protection system.

The state must immediately recognise victims of enforced disappearance and provide financial support to their families, rights activists, politicians and victims’ families said yesterday.

Sustainable development in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) requires more than traditional farming alone, said speakers at a roundtable yesterday.

Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said laws and government initiatives alone cannot prevent rape, child abuse and killings, calling for a strong social movement to address such crimes.

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday said the government wants to bring former prime minister Sheikh Hasina back to Bangladesh through legal procedures and existing extradition mechanisms.

bKash, a mobile financial service provider, has modernised the library of the historic St Joseph Higher Secondary School, Dhaka, said a press release.

Electricity consumers may face a 13.9 percent increase in retail tariffs in addition to any rise in wholesale electricity and transmission charges, according to the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission’s (BERC) Technical Evaluation Committee.

A week after his appointment, the newly appointed vice-chancellor of Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology (DUET), Prof Mohammad Iqbal, yesterday started work at his office amid ongoing student protests against his appointment.

Father of eight-year-old Ramisa Akter says he is grateful to law enforcers but fears the trial may be delayed by legal complexities

The state’s appeal against the High Court verdict has been sent to the Appellate Division’s full bench, with a hearing fixed for June 9