Shafiqur Rahman calls for unity, urges end to war amid looming energy crisis

Strong blooms across orchards have fuelled hopes of a bumper harvest, though farmers remain wary of storms

26 bodies recovered so far; uncertainty lingers over missing man

Suspects arrested with a foreign-made revolver

Foreign minister says rising fuel prices and turmoil around the Strait of Hormuz are hitting poorer nations hardest

Police, army personnel deployed to restore order

Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Riaz Hamidullah has underscored the strategic and people-centric importance of India-Bangladesh ties amid a shifting global order.

Casualties occurred in 342 road accidents between March 16 and 26

Only 12 of the 116 private kitchen markets operating under the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) are legally registered, while the remaining 104 continue to operate without oversight, often encroaching on footpaths or land owned by government agencies and private individuals.

Construction of “Swadhinata Smarak”, the first Liberation War monument on Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) campus, remains incomplete even after 13 years, despite the change of five vice-chancellors at the university.

Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister and freedom fighter Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku yesterday said the Liberation War was not fought to establish a religion-based state.

Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman has called for intensified global efforts to confront slavery and oppression, urging renewed international action while addressing a UN General Assembly commemorative meeting.

Dr Zubaida Rahman, spouse of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, joined the closing session of the “Fostering the Future Together: Global Coalition Summit” at the White House in Washington, DC on Wednesday.

At least 3,500 homes and crops on 4,043 hectares of land sustained significant damage in a spell of nor’westers and hailstorms over the past week across Thakurgaon Sadar upazila.

Nearly half of the fishermen in Bhola are being deprived of the government’s rice assistance amid the ongoing ban on fishing.

The officer-in-charge (OC) of Hatirjheel Police Station and an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) have been withdrawn from their posts following the forced shutdown of a Nobin Fashion showroom in Dhaka’s Moghbazar before Eid-ul-Fitr.

Bangladeshis in Saudi Arabia whose visit, Umrah or final exit visas expired on February 25 but have not left the kingdom nation yet have been asked to depart by April 18.

A college student was chased from his home and shot dead by assailants in Bagerhat’s Chitalmari upazila yesterday afternoon.

Lt Gen (retd) Sheikh Mamun Khaled, former chief of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI), was arrested yesterday and placed on a five-day remand in connection with a murder case linked to the July uprising.

The Kalurghat–Chaktai road and dyke project in Chattogram has remained unfinished for nine years despite four deadline extensions.