State-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Ltd (BAPEX) has launched a fresh exploration drive at Mobarakpur in Pabna, hoping to tap commercially viable gas reserves after an earlier attempt was halted over technological limitations.

A Dhaka court yesterday summarily dismissed a case filed hours earlier against former interim government chief adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and 26 others over the vandalism and arson at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s residence at Dhanmondi 32.

Bangladesh will seek a higher share of Ganges water when the water-sharing treaty with India is renewed, as the existing 30-year agreement is set to expire in December, State Minister for Water Resources Forhad Hossain Azad said yesterday.

Three political parties registered with the Election Commission last year have violated its rules by failing to submit their annual audit reports, while four others registered in earlier years have also failed to comply.

The government yesterday launched a preventive oral cholera vaccination campaign targeting 51.75 lakh people in 14 high-risk upazilas and thanas.

Kolkata police have arrested the leaseholder of Shikha Inn in connection with a fire that killed nine people, including seven Bangladeshis, at a hotel in the city’s New Market area in the early hours of Wednesday.

Senior Supreme Court lawyer Toufiq Nawaz, husband of former minister Dipu Moni, was laid to rest at Banani Graveyard yesterday afternoon beside the grave of his mother, Khairun Nesa.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s first visit to India should be a bilateral one rather than a meeting on the sidelines of multilateral platforms such as BRICS or the United Nations General Assembly, said Humayun Kabir, adviser to the prime minister on foreign affairs, yesterday.

Families found their footwear beside the pond while searching for them

Physics, Accounting and Logic first papers will be held for registered candidates at Begum Badrunnessa Government Girls’ College

Former chief adviser to the interim govt says the president-elect’s long political career and grassroots experience can help uphold the dignity of the country’s highest constitutional office

Beijing expresses readiness to work closely with Dhaka to further strengthen bilateral cooperation

Order issued this afternoon

Health minister says meeting with Indian envoy was purely a courtesy call

Police say they fired tear gas after suspended workers threw bricks and stones during a protest demanding reinstatement

Gen Waker also identifies border issues, CHT insurgency and energy crisis as major national challenges

Doppler's first national survey shows electricity, gas and price hike the biggest concerns

The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has arrested a man over the killing of his co-worker following an altercation over money in Ashulia.

The beleaguered Excelerate Energy LNG terminal at Moheshkhali is likely to be offline until August 23 after it ran out of gas yesterday afternoon.

At least two dengue patients died, and 671 others were hospitalised in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.