Speakers urge authorities to ensure justice and dignity for marginalised workers

Traders seek compensation, blame poor drainage

The prime minister formally opened the celebration at 10:00am by releasing balloons and pigeons on the college campus

The ongoing spell of heavy monsoon rain has damaged crops, including paddy and summer vegetables, in Chattogram and other regions, raising fears of fresh agricultural losses.

Many hospitals, fire stations and other critical facilities remain vulnerable, threatening emergency response after a major quake

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has expressed dissatisfaction over the response of lawmakers, BNP leaders and activists, and some government officials to the floods and landslides in the Chattogram region and hill districts.

There was a time when family-planning slogans echoed across Bangladesh, on television screens, in newspaper pages, and at village doorsteps.

The government has announced a 10-point measure to support people affected by floods and landslides in the Chattogram region, including opening 1,057 shelters, allocating Tk 2.15 crore and 3,450 tonnes of rice for five districts, and deploying the army where necessary, said Prime Minister’s Adviser Mahdi Amin.

Three more children died in Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar yesterday as floods, fuelled by incessant rain and relentless hill torrents from upstream, continued to devastate lives and livelihoods across the Chattogram region.

A Reuters report yesterday said ousted Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina, facing a death sentence, told the news agency that she and her senior Awami League colleagues plan to return from exile in India around December and surrender to Bangladesh court.

National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener and Opposition Chief Whip Nahid Islam yesterday said if ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina returns to Bangladesh, it would be so that the verdict against her can be carried out.

More than a quarter of posts in Bangladesh’s civil administration remain vacant, hampering the ability of many government institutions to provide the expected services to people.

Environmental protection is no longer a luxury but a prerequisite for Bangladesh’s national and food security, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Abdul Awal Mintoo said yesterday.

Principal secretary to PM attends event as chief guest

Committee also appoints chairpersons for its standing committees

Her two sisters were rescued in critical condition

Police say locals stopped the group in Sreepur and seized a banner and microbus from the scene

The United States said Wednesday it will delist Syria as a state sponsor of terrorism, a decades-old designation that severely impeded investment, in a new vote of confidence in leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.

The Election Commission yesterday sought information from the Local Government Division on the number of local government bodies eligible to go to polls.

Dhaka’s only designated playground for persons with disabilities has remained largely unused despite being restored and inaugurated two years ago with much fanfare.