A 72-year-old man was beaten by a mob after he allegedly attempted to rape a 9-year-old girl in the Halishahar area of the port city yesterday evening.

Although the monsoon season is approaching, the health authorities have yet to take any initiative to conduct the pre-monsoon entomological survey that experts say is crucial for identifying mosquito breeding hotspots and preventing a major dengue outbreak.

The government-appointed probe committee is set to submit its investigation report today into the deaths of six newborns at Ad-din Medical College Hospital, following the incident that occurred on May 27.

The Committee to Protect Journalists in a statement issued yesterday urged Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to act on his government’s press freedom pledge by ending the cycle of partisan persecution of journalists and protecting newsrooms from mob attacks.

The Khulna Divisional Children’s Hospital, built by the government at a cost of around Tk 115 crore to provide specialised treatment for child patients, has remained unused for around two years due to negligence, bureaucratic complications and lack of coordination between government agencies.

The extension could be approved at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in September

A woman was hacked to death allegedly by a local rickshaw-puller inside her home in Katli area of Netrokona municipality on Monday night.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is likely to make his first overseas visit to Malaysia on June 21-22, ahead of a three-day China visit starting June 23.

A 15-member delegation of senior officials from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) left for China yesterday for

Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman has been elected president of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) at UN headquarters in New York.

An elderly man and his son were killed as a pickup van hit their motorcycle in the Shah Amanat Bridge area under Karnaphuli upazila in Chattogram yesterday.

The government has directed private hospitals across the country to provide free treatment to dengue patients in at least 10 percent of their beds, Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain said yesterday.

Miscreants allegedly hacked a youth to death after calling him out of his home in Khulna city yesterday noon.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday said Khurshid Alam, the newly appointed chairperson of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC, faces no barrier to serving as the bank’s chairman due to his wife’s loan default.

Police have arrested a 65-year-old man in a case filed against him for allegedly attempting to rape a four-year-old girl in Shariatpur Sadar upazila.

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday said it is incorrect to label deaths resulting from border crimes or illegal trespass as “border killings”.

Bangladesh has been unanimously elected vice-president of the 114th International Labour Conference (ILC), marking a diplomatic milestone for the country on global stage.

A new platform for newspaper editors, the National Editors Council, has been launched with a goal to safeguard press freedom, improve the quality of journalism, and protect the professional interests of editors across Bangladesh.

The centuries-old Mathurapur Deul in Faridpur’s Madhukhali upazila is slowly falling into ruin, as prolonged neglect and structural damage threaten one of the region’s most distinctive archaeological monuments.

The UN Refugee Agency and its partners have called on the international community not to forget the 1.2 million refugees in Bangladesh, as the world marks nine years since the large-scale forced displacement of Rohingya.