At least 200 trees, planted nearly three decades ago, have allegedly been uprooted during embankment and road renovation in Mirzaganj upazila of Patuakhali, prompting allegations against the Water Development Board (WDB) and a contractor, with local beneficiaries claiming financial losses.

Bangladesh will likely have to pay an additional $1.07 billion, or about Tk 13,134 crore, in LNG subsidies during the April–June quarter if global prices remain elevated, according to a new study by a US-based international non-profit.

A group of locals allegedly snatched three suspects from police custody in Narayanganj’s Fatullah yesterday afternoon, shortly after their detention over a reported looting incident.

The social welfare ministry has drawn up an ambitious plan to implement the Family Card programme, a major electoral pledge of the new government, involving an outlay of Tk 1,34,000 crore over four years.

Police yesterday recovered the body of a six-year-old girl, Jannat, from a paddy field in Kalmakanda upazila of Netrokona, a day after she went missing.

The recently passed cyber security bill is still a repressive and vague one, and its use to arrest for social media content is a matter of concern, speakers said yesterday.

Five farmers were killed in separate lightning strikes in three districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondent and a news agency.

In a major policy shift, the government has decided to take primary healthcare services in 12 city corporations and 23 municipalities from the Local Government Division and give them to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Faruk Hossain, a retired member of the Bangladesh Army and resident of Jagadishpur village under Jashore’s Chowgachha upazila, has found success in bitter gourd cultivation by adopting modern farming practices.

Bangladesh yesterday formally sought China’s involvement and support in the Teesta River Comprehensive Management and Restoration Project (TRCMRP) as the two countries reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening their comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, reports BSS.

Indiscriminate razing of natural dunes and hill slopes, as well as illegal extraction of silica sand and alluvial soil, is continuing unabated in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar, raising alarm over potentially severe damage to the environment, biodiversity, and infrastructure.

The University of South Florida (USF) has decided to award posthumous doctoral degrees to Zamil Ahmed Limon and Nahida Sultana Bristy, the two Bangladeshi PhD students who were brutally killed by Limon’s roommate in Florida.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule questioning the legality of the Election Commission’s decision to cancel the candidacy of National Citizen Party (NCP) Joint Convener Monira Sharmin for women’s reserved seat in the 13th National Parliament.

Seven more children died from measles and measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours to 8:00am yesterday, taking the total number of confirmed and suspected measles deaths to 324.

The International Crimes Tribunal-2 yesterday asked former minister Hasanul Haq Inu’s defence counsel to withdraw his client’s written statement and resubmit it with corrections, after the prosecution said parts of the statement amounted to contempt of court.

The armed forces, deployed in July 2024 to assist the civil administration during the quota reform protests, are set to return to the barracks from June 6 in phases.

Bangladesh and China have pledged a comprehensive strategic partnership to deepen cooperation in trade, investment, connectivity and development.

A Rohingya man was shot dead at a refugee camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar yesterday afternoon.

Health Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain yesterday said the government is procuring vaccines on a large scale to strengthen the country’s immunisation programme.

Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) yesterday expressed deep outrage and grave concern over the rising incidents of sexual violence against children in madrasas, demanding immediate formation of sexual harassment committees in the institutions.