The parliament yesterday passed the Public Examinations (Offences) (Amendment) Bill, 2026, introducing a provision for up to two years’ imprisonment for examiners who deliberately award excessively high or low marks in public examinations, including the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exams.

Police arrested a man in Faridpur yesterday afternoon for allegedly killing his wife, Barna Khanam, 28, and attempting to conceal her body following a family dispute in Gopalganj’s Kashiani upazila.

Heavy rain, coupled with rising tidal waters, submerged large parts of the port city once again, bringing fresh misery to residents even as officials insisted the situation had significantly improved.

Detectives have arrested two persons for their alleged involvement in the explosion at a National Citizen Party rally in Savar on Monday night.

At least six people died and four others were injured in separate incidents triggered by heavy rains, including landslides and a wall collapse, in three districts yesterday.

Dhaka University yesterday took a policy decision in principle to introduce a separate English-medium curriculum-based question set in the KA Unit admission test.

The government has plans to identify and take action against those in the administration who worked to prolong the fascist regime, State Minister for Public Administration Abdul Bari told parliament yesterday.

Jatramohan Barman, 77, experienced a lifetime of losses due to the Dharla river’s erosion.

A martial arts instructor arrested in Jatrabari allegedly used combat training as a cover to recruit youths for extremist activities aimed at establishing a “caliphate”, investigators said.

A charity exhibition by artist Kazi Salahuddin Ahmed is set to begin at Alliance Française de Dhaka on July 10 to raise funds for the treatment of fellow artist Mostofa Al-Tahmid Ritu, who is battling cancer.

Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Humaiun Kobir has called for a more transparent and merit-based process to select the next UN secretary-general, arguing that effective leadership is critical to addressing geopolitical rivalry, armed conflicts, climate change and declining trust in the multilateral system.

A case was filed yesterday over an acid attack that injured three people in Netrokona’s Purbadhala upazila on Sunday.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday made a surprise visit to the Bangladesh Army’s summer exercise in Manikganj’s Singair, where he observed military drills, interacted with soldiers and shared a meal with troops.

A truck collided with a battery-run easy-bike coming from opposite direction on the Khulna-Satkhira highway yesterday afternoon, leaving two persons dead and three others injured.

The Finance Division has warned that a possible fresh surge in global oil prices driven by the Middle East war could derail Bangladesh’s inflation-control efforts, pushing average inflation above 9 percent in the current fiscal year and further squeezing household purchasing power.

Police have arrested a man for allegedly beating his wife to death with a spade in Dinajpur’s Phulbari upazila early yesterday.

Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury yesterday said Malaysia has reopened its labour market for Bangladeshi workers from Monday following the prime minister’s recent foreign visit.

Residents across Pirojpur district are struggling with access to safe drinking water, forcing many to rely on untreated water from rivers, canals and ponds despite the health risks.

A total of 46,39,476 cases remain pending across all levels of Bangladesh’s judiciary as of March 31, 2026, Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman told the parliament yesterday.

A total of 5,21,922 posts were vacant in government service as of June 30, 2025, while 14,64,350 officials and employees were in service, said State Minister for Public Administration Abdul Bari at parliament yesterday.