China will not withdraw or use any water from the Yarlung Zangbo river, where a hydropower project is underway, Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen said yesterday.

A total of 32 agricultural markets were constructed across seven districts of Rangpur division to enable farmers to sell their produce directly to consumers,

People continue to suffer due to the lack of approach roads to a bridge built over the Louhajang River in Tangail Sadar upazila.

The Election Commission has sent letters to all divisional commissioners and deputy commissioners seeking information on officials responsible for conducting the last three national elections.

The “July Memorial Museum” (July Smriti Songrohoshala) was inaugurated at the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) building yesterday to honour the martyrs and injured of the July uprising.

A series of training flight crashes, both military and civilian, have claimed the lives of at least 15 pilots and civilians over the past two decades, before the F7 jet crash in Dhaka’s Uttara yesterday.

Siblings Aryan Ashraf Nafi and Tania Ashraf Nazia lie side by side at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, their small bodies covered in bandages.

Bangladesh needs to enhance its capacity to negotiate climate change issues on global platforms like the Conference of Parties (COP), said speakers at a discussion yesterday.

Toll may rise; around 170 injured, many critically; ISPR says ‘mechanical failure’ caused BAF training plane to plunge into Uttara school

The move comes following yesterday's Air Force fighter jet crash at Milestone School and College in Uttara's Diabari that left at least 22 killed and 169 injured

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday assured an investigation into the Bangladesh Air Force aircraft that crashed into a building of Milestone School and College in the capital’s Uttara.

Flight Lieutenant Towkir Islam Sagar, whose FT-7 jet crashed into Milestone School & College yesterday, was of the 35 squadron, 76 BAFA course.

One person died of Covid-19 in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, while three new infections were recorded during the same period, according to data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Mahreen Chowdhury, 46, a coordinator of Milestone School and College in Dhaka’s Uttara, died yesterday after sustaining 80 percent burns while trying to escort students outside after a Bangladesh Air Force training jet crashed into one of the school buildings.

A total of 5,206 candidates have passed the written test (MCQ type) of the 48th special Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) exams, according to the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC).

A bridge built over a canal connected to the Maliji River on the Ramsuna-Baishkahania road in Mymensingh’s Chhandhara union under Phulpur upazila has become a serious hazard for commuters.

8 bodies handed over to family

The bodies of three people who were killed in last week’s violence centring a political rally in Gopalganj were exhumed yesterday for post-mortem examinations, five days after burial.

Bangladesh is preparing to submit its formal proposal to the United States as negotiations for a tariff reduction deal gain momentum.

Emphasiaing the urgency of reaching a national consensus within the next 10 days, National Consensus Commission Vice-President Prof Ali Riaz has said they feel obligated to complete the National Charter, popularly known as the “July Charter”, by July 31.