Econo-mist Prof Abul Barkat was shown arrested yesterday in a fresh murder case linked to the July uprising.

The test operational process of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant has been temporarily halted after a technical fault was discovered following fuel loading at Unit-1 of the country’s first nuclear facility.

A woman was raped on Friday after a perpetrator cut through the tin wall  and entered her house in Noakhali’s Companiganj upazila.

The government plans to convert all primary schools into single-shift institutions within five years to improve learning outcomes and ensure adequate classroom time, State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Bobby Hajjaj said yesterday.

Heated exchanges erupted twice in the parliament yesterday -- first over Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed’s statement on an expelled Islami Chhatra Shibir leader facing a rape case, and later over remarks by treasury bench MP Manirul Haque Chowdhury over women MPs’ attire.

The government will need an additional one-time allocation of Tk 3,150 crore to clear nearly 44,000 pending applications for benefits from the Teachers’ Welfare Trust and Retirement Board, Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon told parliament yesterday.

Dhaka-14 Jamaat-e-Islami MP Mir Ahmad Bin Quasem voiced dissatisfaction in the parliament yesterday, demanding an explanation as to why his motion on “illegal push-ins and border killings by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF)” was withheld from discussion despite being scheduled.

LGRD Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said media houses have become “representatives of business houses.”

Speakers tell discussion

Two accused give confessional statements, while a medical board examines Jisan’s condition

Two injured as sand-laden truck, easy bike and bicycle plunge into canal

Joynab was reunited with her parents after a flag meeting confirmed she had mistakenly crossed into India

Thakurgaon woman dies an hour after her husband; villagers mourn an inseparable couple

BGB-BSF flag meeting ends without resolution as women and children endure extreme heat near the border

Locals detained the accused and handed him over to police

Officials warn that the loss of foreign-trained personnel could disrupt SWAT operations, bomb disposal and cybercrime investigations

Overseas Bangladeshis and local officials have quietly transformed a struggling railway-side school, following Star report

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) foiled two attempts by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) to push people across the border over the weekend in Lalmonirhat and Chapainawabganj.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday accused the opposition of taking a stance against the proposed budget to create instability and mislead the public, rather than safeguarding public interest.

Bangladesh has for the first time formally brought nicotine pouches and heated tobacco products into the national tax framework, with public health experts warning that the move could legitimise a new generation of nicotine products despite growing global concerns over their health risks.