Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday called upon the President Guard Regiment (PGR) to strike a balance between ensuring his security and maintaining public access, saying security arrangements should never make people feel detached from the head of government.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s recent visit to China has opened a new chapter in Bangladesh-China relations while triggering renewed scrutiny in New Delhi over Beijing’s expanding footprint in Bangladesh and the Bay of Bengal region.

A man was beaten to death on suspicion of theft in Hathazari of Chattogram yesterday.

Relentless noise pollution in Dhaka city takes heavy toll on children; experts urge strict enforcement of rules, awareness

A Chattogram court yesterday sent a madrasa teacher to jail on charges of raping a male student in Boalkhali upazila of Chattogram.

At a time when the country is grappling with a rising burden of cancer and heart and kidney diseases, a major government project aimed at decentralising specialised treatment facilities beyond Dhaka remains incomplete even after seven years.

The government has transferred nine police officers, including the superintendent of police (SP) of Faridpur, in a fresh reshuffle in the Bangladesh Police.

Bangla Academy President Abul Quasem Fazlul Huq passed away yesterday at the age of 86.

For nearly two years, Tarakandi Community Clinic in Pogoldigha union under Sarishabari upazila of Jamalpur has remained effectively closed, depriving around 8,000 local residents of essential healthcare services.

The government has sent 33 senior police officials, including 14 deputy inspector generals (DIGs), 18 additional DIGs, and a superintendent of police, on forced retirement “in public interest”.

The floating fruit market at Banarupa Samata Ghat in Rangamati town has become a vibrant trading hub, drawing hundreds of local growers and wholesale buyers twice a week during the peak harvest season.

Two people were arrested yesterday in Barishal in connection with the alleged assault of a real estate company’s managing director and coercing him into signing a cheque and several stamp papers.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam yesterday reaffirmed Bangladesh’s commitment to the implementation of the “Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration” as a GCM (Global Compact for Migration) champion country.

The government plans to introduce minimum learning standards for students from class one to class five across government primary, private, and English-medium schools, while allowing each stream to retain its distinct identity.

A Feni court yesterday sentenced two men to life imprisonment and another to 10 years in prison for raping a woman and her mother in Daganbhuiyan upazila in 2018.

Seven patients died with measles-like symptoms in 24 hours until 8:00am yesterday, bringing Bangladesh’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 738 this year.

All government primary schools have been asked to keep three books -- two on late president Ziaur Rahman, former prime minister Khaleda Zia, and one written by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.

The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs is planning to separately observe “Private University Resistance Day” on July 18 and “Madrasa Student Resistance Day” on July 24 to mark the July uprising.

The investigation into the Awami League over allegations of committing crimes against humanity is currently ongoing, Chief Prosecutor Md Aminul Islam of the International Crimes Tribunal said yesterday.

At least 438 people were killed and 561 injured in 472 road accidents across Bangladesh in June, according to a report released by the Road Safety Foundation (RSF).