Experts divided over whether Mecca Pact could become a ‘shadow alliance’ of NATO

Three-day festival to showcase traditional sweets, Tangail sarees and local products

Tourism resumes alongside fishing as Forest Department stresses conservation

Khalilur is scheduled to remain on the visit from August 31 to October 21

HSBC Bangladesh has announced Tk 10 crore in humanitarian assistance for the rehabilitation and sustainable recovery of families affected by the recent floods in Chattogram division.

Despite new stricter regulations to curb noise pollution, all nine designated silent zones in Dhaka city remain exposed to relentless honking from all types of vehicles, with many using high-decibel hydraulic horns.

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister M Rashiduzzaman Millat told parliament yesterday that the Awami League government opened a building in the name of the completion of the third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, as Tk 902 crore is still needed to operationalise the terminal.

Opposition lawmakers yesterday boycotted parliamentary standing committee discussions on the enforced disappearance and NHRC bills, three days after walking out of parliament before the same bills were tabled.

Persistent rainfall, high tides and rough seas in recent times have intensified coastal erosion along Kuakata beach, threatening key public and religious establishments as well as the town’s coastal protection embankment.

State Minister for LGRD and Cooperatives Mir Shahe Alam yesterday said Malaysia will hire around 200,000 workers from Bangladesh in the next six months.

Four children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, raising the country’s combined number of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 967 this year.

President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday pledged to ensure justice for victims of enforced disappearances, saying Bangladesh would never again allow “Aynaghar” or secret detention centres to exist.

Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) yesterday sent a set of recommendations on the draft National Human Rights Commission Act, 2026, to the parliamentary standing committee on the ministry of law, justice and parliamentary affairs, calling for measures to ensure an effective, independent and impartial NHRC.

Battery-run rickshaws will not be allowed to operate on Dhaka’s main roads, while registered e-rickshaws carrying up to four passengers will be permitted to run on internal roads, State Minister for LGRD Mir Shahe Alam said yesterday.

The government is giving top priority to preventing the spread of dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases, said LGRD Minister Abdul Moyeen Khan at a meeting at the secretariat yesterday.

The Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP) has expressed concern and protested against the alleged damage to sand dunes and the coastal environment caused by the construction of a coastal road from Sugandha Point to Sayeman Beach Resort in Cox’s Bazar.

The National Committee for Observing the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances has demanded a strong, victim-friendly law and an independent mechanism to investigate allegations of enforced disappearance.

The government is considering further reductions in airfares for hajj pilgrims as Biman Bangladesh Airlines expands its routes and increases revenue, said Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister M Rashiduzzaman Millat yesterday.

Enacting or amending digital laws alone will not protect citizens’ rights unless authorities prevent misuse, ensure accountability and hold technology platforms responsible for harms caused by their services, speakers said at a roundtable yesterday.

A retired schoolteacher died yesterday after falling into an empty elevator shaft of a building in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh.