Unicef Bangladesh yesterday said it had warned the interim government, both in writing and during meetings with health ministry officials, several times about the shortage of measles vaccines that could lead to an outbreak.

At least nine people were killed in road accidents in Bagerhat, Sunamganj, Thakurgaon and Panchagarh in last two days.

UN and its partners, in close coordination with Bangladesh government, yesterday appealed for $710.5 million to meet the most critical needs of Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char, as well as local host communities.

The government will form an advisory committee to prepare final proposals on media reform, Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon said yesterday.

The government has approved procurement worth Tk 94.95 crore for the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre (NTMC), which is on a one-year life extension.

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced Bidisha Ershad, former wife of late Jatiyo Party chairman and former president Hussain Muhammad Ershad, to two years’ imprisonment in a fraud case.

The government is in talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over a new three-year loan programme to replace the existing arrangement, whose terms are in conflict with the ruling BNP’s election pledges.

Newly appointed Dhaka Metropo-litan Police Commis-sioner Mosleh Uddin Ahmed yesterday said the political identity of criminals would not be considered under any circumstances.

After the Padma Barrage project was approved last week, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday announced that the BNP government would start work on a Teesta management project as well to address water shortages, protect agriculture, and reduce climate-related risks.

With three days left before the official opening of makeshift cattle markets in Dhaka, sacrificial animals, particularly bulls, have started arriving at temporary markets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.

People should not have to pay for the authorities’ inefficiency, failures, and system losses, consumers said at a hearing on the Power Development Board’s tariff hike proposal yesterday.

Leader of the Opposition and of Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman yesterday criticised the government for the dissolution of the Supreme Court Secretariat through the removal of 15 judges and their subsequent attachment to the law ministry.

Bangladesh and US are opening new chapters of strategic cooperation as the two countries celebrate the enduring friendship, Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said yesterday.

A six-member Bangladesh delegation has reached Kolkata for talks and a visit to the Farakka flow measurement site

The siblings had spent years working in Oman to lift their family from hardship; today, they returned together for burial

Tarique Rahman says the projects will help protect agriculture, store monsoon water and reduce climate-related risks

Ismail Haque went missing while fishing in Dinajpur’s Biral

Police say the incident occurred at an under-construction building in Sarail upazila

Speakers at pre-budget briefing warn of weak implementation, inequality and rising climate risks in water and sanitation sector

Intelligence reports warn of possible protests before Eid