Local Govern-ment, Rural Develop-ment and Coopera-tives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday stressed the need to strengthen the institutional capacity of village courts and recruit women into the village police force to ensure justice at the grassroots level.

More than three years have passed since the death of Naogaon’s Sultana Jasmine in Rapid Action Battalion custody, but no criminal case has been filed yet.

A newly-built Tk 38 crore facility at Chowgachha Upazila Health Complex in Jashore remains largely unused for lack of approval, even as patients continue to crowd the corridors of the existing 50-bed hospital.

In remote Tipar Bazar village under Lalmonirhat’s Aditmari upazila, evenings that were once quiet and dark are now filled with poetry recitations, songs and lively discussions.

Unico Hospital yesterday organised a roundtable titled “Updates in Management of Valvular Heart Disease: Enhancing Awareness and Care”, aimed at updating healthcare professionals on the latest diagnostic approaches and treatment strategies for valvular heart disease.

BRAC has announced plans to create at least 10 lakh jobs and provide legal assistance to more than one lakh women in Bangladesh over the next five years.

The High Court, in the full text of a recently released verdict, observed that prenatal gender detection directly facilitates sex-selective abortion, discrimination against female children, demographic imbalance and violence against women.

The Election Commission (EC) is set to introduce major changes to the education section of the National Identity (NID) registration form, allowing citizens to specify madrasa qualifications as well as advanced academic degrees.

China’s Exim Bank has expressed interest in financing the Teesta river management project, Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Humaiun Kobir said yesterday.

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) forecasted heavy to very heavy rainfall in Rangpur, Mymensingh, and Sylhet divisions over the next 72 hours from 10:00am yesterday.

Irregular migration may become the key sticking point in efforts to further improve Dhaka-Delhi ties, which were under severe strain during the Yunus-led interim government rule.

Four children drowned in Hatiya and Kabirhat upazilas of Noakhali in the last two days.

Police officials last night placed a series of demands before Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed, including increasing the number of emergency hotline 999 call-takers, modernising forensic laboratories, and procuring new vehicles for the force.

Police yesterday arrested a man for raping a 14-year-old speech-impaired girl in Mymensingh’s Haluaghat upazila.

Almost half of the 60 children who died from confirmed measles were below nine months of age, government data showed, meaning they were not yet eligible for routine vaccination.

Those taken to the DGFI office said the day’s operations centred on one man: S Alam, a feared figure during the AL’s 2009–2024 rule due to his ties to Sheikh Hasina and her family

Bangladesh’s relations with India are guided by ties with New Delhi on the basis of sovereign equality, not political changes in any Indian state, he says

Police visit sites, no complaints filed

Full verdict says the earlier judgement failed to properly consider evidentiary deficiencies

Feasibility study has already been completed, he says