One in five people aged over 40 in two coastal upazilas with high drinking-water salinity face a moderate-to-high risk of cardiovascular disease, according to preliminary findings of a new study.

School meals must be nutritious, safe and of high quality, said Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday, stressing that there should be no compromise on food standards.

For farmers racing against the crop calendar, fertiliser is becoming a source of anxiety.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has directed authorities to address problems in the fertiliser distribution system and ensure that farmers get fertiliser on time and without hassle.

Conditions for Rohingya repatriation remain absent as the crisis enters its 10th year, while shrinking aid, insecurity and prolonged displacement deepen uncertainty for refugees and host communities.

With the 12 lakh-strong Rohingya refugee population growing and international funding shrinking, Bangladesh faces a mounting burden of hosting the persecuted minority from Myanmar.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir yesterday avoided a question about whether he had renounced his British citizenship, instead asking who raised the issue and why the media was so concerned.

The International Crimes Tribunal‑2 yesterday sent three journalists to jail after showing them arrested in a crimes against humanity case linked to the July uprising.

The draft National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Act will not pave the way for an independent and effective commission, speakers told a discussion yesterday.

A businessman was hacked to death near his home in Sylhet’s Shahparan Islamabad on Sunday night, police said.

The High Court yesterday upheld the death sentences of two of the 16 convicts -- then Sonagazi Islamia Fazil Madrasa principal SM Siraj-Ud-Dowlah and his aide Shahadat Hossain Shamim -- in the murder case of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi in 2019.

Journalists’ group condemns state minister’s remarks as ‘unprofessional’ and warns they could discourage scrutiny of govt officials

Xi expressed his readiness to work with Fakhrul to carry forward the traditional friendship

Foreign affairs state minister avoids directly answering whether he renounced British citizenship

HCI delegation stresses quality education, skills development for refugees during visit to Camp-4 in Cox’s Bazar

Protesters question how lethal hydrogen sulphide was present despite certification

The Liberation War Affairs ministry has taken an initiative to establish a new directorate for welfare of families of victims of enforced disappearance, murder and extrajudicial killing over the past 17 years.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday directed members of the navy and air force selection boards to consider officers for promotion based on professional competence and merit, keeping political ideology and personal likes or dislikes aside.

For at least a million awaiting cataract surgery, main challenge is access, and for rural women, hurdles remain steepest

The launch of the government’s flagship programmes reflects its commitment to fulfilling electoral promises, but six months is far too short to deliver the relief people expected, Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said.