Bangladesh’s coal-fired power plants have, for the first time, outpaced gas-based generation, marking a major shift in the country’s power mix amid declining domestic gas supply and stagnant LNG imports.

At least 12 people, including a child, died and eight others were injured in lightning strikes during thunderstorms yesterday across seven districts -- Gaibandha, Bogura, Natore, Panchagarh, Thakurgaon, Jamalpur, and Sirajganj.

Experts at a roundtable yesterday called for placing nutrition at the core of the health, climate, and development agendas of Bangladesh and for adopting a multi-sectoral approach to address malnutrition.

A section of ruling BNP lawmakers yesterday expressed anger at several ministers, saying they were not receiving satisfactory responses regarding development work in their constituencies.

The government has decided to take swift and strict action after several primary school students reportedly fell ill after consuming food under the school feeding programme in Chapainawabganj and Madaripur.

Thursday’s nationwide alert for potential militant attacks on key installations came after police detected communications between several alleged Neo‑JMB members, according to intelligence findings.

An appeal has been filed with the Election Commission (EC) challenging the nomination of BNP candidate Madhabi Marma for a reserved women’s parliamentary seat.

Internationally acclaimed Indian photographer Raghu Rai, who photographed the Bangladesh Liberation War, died of cancer in New Delhi yesterday.

Growers across Rangpur are hopeful of a bumper harvest of Haribhanga mango, with trees now laden with fruit and advance orders already flowing in, just weeks after nor’wester storms lashed orchards in the region and dampened their spirits.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman told parliament yesterday that fuel rationing imposed on emergency response agencies and service providers has been withdrawn.

Journalist leader Syed Abdal Ahmed has been appointed as the principal information officer (PIO) of the Press Information Department (PID) on a contractual basis.

The Jatiya Sangsad yesterday passed the Members of Parliament (Remuneration and Allowances) (Amendment) Bill, 2026, scrapping the duty-free car benefit for MPs to reduce state expenditure, increase transparency and accountability, and ensure equality at par with citizens.

At Chandana Chowrasta in Gazipur, one of the country’s busiest intersections, a newly built Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) station is raising serious safety concerns due to the absence of lifts and inadequate safe access.

State Minister for Informa-tion and Broadcas-ting Yasser Khan Choudhury yesterday cautioned the opposition not to invite danger through their actions in a way that may allow fascists to raise their heads in Bangladesh once again.

Candidates recommended for Primary Assistant Teacher Recruitment-2025 staged a sit-in at Shahbagh in Dhaka yesterday, demanding appointment letters.

The newly constituted Board of Directors of Biman Bangladesh Airlines yesterday stressed the need for service development, fleet expansion, safety standards, and future strategic plans to turn the national flag carrier into a profitable venture.

The government has asked the housing and public works ministry to conduct a study on relocation of the Secretariat to Sher-e-Bangla Nagar instead of building a new 21-storey high-rise at its current site.

Opposition Leader Shafiqur Rahman and State Minister for Shipping Razib Ahsan locked horns at the parliament yesterday over the number of July martyrs.

Anticipating protests from opposition parties over the ongoing fuel crisis across the country, ruling BNP leaders are considering launching counter political campaigns while urging the administration to step up vigilance against fuel oil hoarding.

The High Court yesterday granted the government-formed taskforce six more months to submit its full report on the killings of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi.