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Govt plans to procure the cameras for police to enhance security at voting booths

AGM Shamsul Kamal, founding chief executive officer of the Chittagong Stock Exchange and the Central Depository Bangladesh Limited, breathed his last yesterday at Evercare Hospital.

Plaster is falling off the walls of a newly constructed four-storey academic building at Modhya Bogura Nuria Dakhil Madrasa in Patuakhali’s Dashmina upazila, raising questions about the quality of the construction work.

For more than five years, people from at least 25 villages in two Jamalpur upazilas have been suffering after a bridge over the Jhenai river in Sarishabari upazila collapsed during the 2020 floods.

Bunches of grapes in vibrant shades of red, black and green in the hilly Meghadol village of Sherpur’s Sreebardi upazila have opened new horizons for agricultural entrepreneurs in nearby areas.

Dhaka University Emeritus Professor Serajul Islam Choudhury yesterday urged leftist leaders in the country to unite and lead a social revolution.

The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples was observed across the country yesterday with colourful processions and cultural events.

Despite repeated proposals and directives, the interim government has yet to establish a separate secretariat for the judiciary, a crucial reform to ensure the judiciary’s institutional independence.

A Dhaka-bound Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight experienced a mechanical failure in Singapore yesterday.

As Barishal continues to bear the brunt of the countrywide dengue surge, three more divisions have reported a sharp rise in both infections and fatalities, intensifying concerns over the spread of the mosquito-borne disease.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has congratulated Shaheen Anam, executive director of Manusher Jonno Foundation, on being awarded the Honorary Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) by King Charles III.

Two cousins were killed and another critically injured after a private car lost control and hit a divider near the Mohakhali flyover in Dhaka’s Banani early yesterday.

More than 1,100 sharp weapons were recovered from shops and warehouses in Dhaka’s New Market area last night.

River police recovered two bodies floating on the Karnaphuli River near Patenga Sea Beach yesterday, two days after a fishing trawler capsized in the Bay of Bengal.

The interim government has “strongly” rejected former secretary ABM Abdus Sattar’s “unsubstantiated” corruption allegations against unnamed advisers.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus is scheduled to meet Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in Putrajaya on Tuesday, aiming to strengthen bilateral relations and achieve tangible outcomes in multiple sectors, including trade, investment, and labour cooperation.

Students of Chittagong University’s AF Rahman Hall locked the hall canteen and an adjacent shop yesterday, alleging that they were selling unhygienic and stale food.

A specialised UK Emergency Medical Team arrived in Bangladesh yesterday to provide advanced care to those injured in the tragic aircraft crash at Milestone School and College in Uttara’s Diabari area on July 21.

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman has said almost 99 percent of the reforms the current government is talking about were actually presented to the nation by his party about two and a half years ago.