Bangladesh and US are opening new chapters of strategic cooperation as the two countries celebrate the enduring friendship, Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said yesterday.

The words “Except Israel” are being reinstated in Bangladesh’s regular passports, a decision already implemented for diplomatic ones.

Bangladesh’s water, sanitation and hygiene sector is facing shrinking development allocations, weak implementation and growing climate risks despite the country’s commitments under the SDGs, experts said at a pre-budget policy briefing in Dhaka yesterday.

Two-year-old Habib has already spent 19 days inside the crowded wards of Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

A Cox’s Bazar court yesterday sentenced four people to death and nine others to life imprisonment in the murder case of Army officer Lt Tanjim Sarwar.

The construction of Shah Arefin (RA)-Advaita Mahaprabhu Maitree Bridge over the Jadukata river in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj has plunged into uncertainty after seven girders collapsed within two years.

The police’s Special Branch (SB) has been collecting information on the political affiliations, social media handles, and personal information of journalists and cultural personalities in the capital.

1,142 murder cases filed in four months; large number of children among victims

Four workers died after entering a septic tank of an under-construction building in Golania village under Brahmanbaria’s Sarail upazila yesterday.

Unicef Bangladesh yesterday said it had warned the interim government, both in writing and during meetings with health ministry officials, several times about the shortage of measles vaccines that could lead to an outbreak.

At least nine people were killed in road accidents in Bagerhat, Sunamganj, Thakurgaon and Panchagarh in last two days.

UN and its partners, in close coordination with Bangladesh government, yesterday appealed for $710.5 million to meet the most critical needs of Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char, as well as local host communities.

The government will form an advisory committee to prepare final proposals on media reform, Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon said yesterday.

The government has approved procurement worth Tk 94.95 crore for the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre (NTMC), which is on a one-year life extension.

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced Bidisha Ershad, former wife of late Jatiyo Party chairman and former president Hussain Muhammad Ershad, to two years’ imprisonment in a fraud case.

The government is in talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over a new three-year loan programme to replace the existing arrangement, whose terms are in conflict with the ruling BNP’s election pledges.

A six-member Bangladesh delegation has reached Kolkata for talks and a visit to the Farakka flow measurement site

The siblings had spent years working in Oman to lift their family from hardship; today, they returned together for burial

Tarique Rahman says the projects will help protect agriculture, store monsoon water and reduce climate-related risks

Ismail Haque went missing while fishing in Dinajpur’s Biral