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.

Father claims she was tortured after marriage; police say family is preparing to file a case

Expresses outrage over rising violence against children

Five women, including a 90-year-old, were injured as attackers allegedly vandalised a house in Sharankhola

Minimum fare set at Tk 32 following fuel price hike

Police say the body was found near Laboni Point early today

Road safety, transport discipline and expanded cooperation in roads, bridges, waterways and railways discussed at Secretariat meeting

Complaint filed; accused husband on the run

DCs urge formulation of sexual harassment law at conference

Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad administers oath at Secretariat office

Ward-level leaders expelled after CCTV footage links them to tender box snatching at RDA office

Victim was threshing paddy using a paddle thresher machine connected to an electric motor

Asks EC, govt to justify cancellation of nomination for women’s reserved seat