The Bangladesh Coast Guard is making an all-out effort to identify and arrest the ‘godfathers’ behind drug trafficking and smuggling, said its Director General Rear Admiral Md Ziaul Hoque yesterday.

The Anti-Corruption Commission got three new commissioners yesterday. Ending the longest vacancy in the watchdog’s history, they joined 168 days after the previous commissioners quit.

The High Court yesterday summarily rejected a writ petition challenging the constitutional validity of Article 70 and seeking a stay on the election schedule.

A grand reception awaits Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in India if he decides to visit, and such a meeting could help resolve any bilateral issue, the Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh said yesterday.

Police on Monday night arrested four school students over the death of ninth-grader Munif Ahmed Shan, 15, whose body was recovered from Chattogram’s Patenga area on Saturday.

The artificial intelligence-based automated fine system on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway will help bring discipline and curb extortion, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said yesterday.

As many as 690 prisoners who escaped from jails across the country during the July uprising remain at large, while the identities of 166 of them are yet to be confirmed, Inspector General of Prisons Syed Muhammad Motahar Hussain said yesterday.

The government is determined to renegotiate the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty, which expires in December, with India while preserving the rights of the Bangladeshi people, Water Resources Minister Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee said yesterday.

The Chief Prosecutor’s Office of the International Crimes Tribunal has asked Bangladesh’s National Central Bureau (NCB) to take steps to secure an Interpol red notice against former army chief Gen (retd) Aziz Ahmed.

Bangladesh has objected to Myanmar’s latest statement on the Rohingya crisis, saying it misrepresents figures and identity. Dhaka stressed that Rohingyas are not “Bengalis” but an ethnic group Myanmar itself recognised until recently.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday launched a programme to distribute 20,000 raincoats among tea workers in Sylhet division, an initiative of the Ministry of Social Welfare supported by private companies.

In commemoration of the 77th birth anniversary of eminent playwright Selim Al Deen, Dhaka Theatre and Bangladesh Graam Theatre commenced a three-day programme yesterday at Shilpakala Academy.

Jamaat-e-Islami has described the BNP-led government’s performance over the past six months as a failure, saying that it has been unable to deliver on its electoral pledges.

The government is set to introduce an advanced Structural Health Monitoring System (SHMS) on a pilot basis for four major bridges to improve structural safety, enable real-time monitoring, and extend the lifespan of key transport infrastructure across the country.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday stressed simplifying tax management and collection procedures, making them free from corruption and harassment, and transforming the NBR into a trusted, people-friendly institution so that people feel comfortable paying taxes voluntarily.

Fifteen women drivers and 24 conductors are set to begin operating BRTC’s newly launched women-only “Pink Bus” service today, starting their professional journey on roads in Dhaka and adjoining areas.

A dialogue, organised by Center for Health, Implementation and Policy Sciences (CHIPS), on equitable access to medical oxygen was held at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) yesterday, said a press release.

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