Dhaka January 14, 2026, 7:33 am
State Minister of Shipping Ministry Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury on Sunday said trucks, covered van won’t be allowed to cross Padma by ferry three days ahead and after Eid-ul-Azha.
Speakers at dialogue on Sunday urged the government to formulate a law immediately to ensure people’s right to food, saying such a law is essential for building a poverty-free society.
Although floodwater started to recede from many areas in the flood-affected northern and northeaster districts, the victims were going through immense sufferings for want to food and drinking water.
Ruling Awami League (AL) has formed six teams to distribute relief goods in the flood affected districts.
Priyabala Saha, who raised allegations of minority torture in Bangladesh while meeting US President Donald Trump, has been sued for sedition.
“Priya Saha’s allegation was absolutely false. No one will agree with her. A sedition case will be filed against her. The process is underway,” he said while talking to reporters at AL president’s Dhanmondi political office.
The government on Saturday said it appears that there was an ulterior motive behind Priya Saha’s absolutely false and concocted stories that were targeted to malign Bangladesh.
It took 10 firefighting units to douse the blaze
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached London on Friday afternoon (local time) on an official visit to the United Kingdom.
State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Friday strongly condemned the false allegation made by a Bangladeshi to US President Donald Trump saying that the government will look into it why Priyabala Saha did so.
The sudden swelling of the Old Brahmaputra River has led to the inundation of new Char areas, croplands and houses in the district, triggering fears of a devastating flood.
The Department of Environment here on Wednesday suspend production of Picking power plant in Hathazari upazila and fined it Tk 20 lakh on charge of polluting Halda river by dumping wastes.
A court here on Wednesday placed Aysha Siddika Minni, who was arrested on Tuesday night, on a 5-day remand for her suspected involvement in the killing of husband Rifat Sharif.
Rescuers recovered the body of another man from the rubble of a two-storied building that caved in on Wednesday in Old Dhaka’s Patuatuli.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government has a plan to introduce electric and high-speed trains in the country to make the railway services better and faster.
Bangladesh Army chief General Aziz Ahmed on Wednesday said the armed forces are ready to help if the flood situation worsens.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday inaugurated ‘Benapole Express’, an intercity train that will plying between capital Dhaka and Benapole.
Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) on Tuesday claimed to have found excessive amount of lead in pasteurised milk produced by 11 licensed companies.
Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder today asked all deputy commissioners to intensify their efforts to procure paddy directly from farmers to ensure a fair price for their produce.
The body of Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, who passed away in the capital on Sunday morning, was brought here on Tuesday morning for his fourth namaz-e-janaza.
