The parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has recommended setting up specialized ‘Shishu Swargo’ healthcare and rehabilitation services for children, while expansion of ICU and specialised treatment centres across the country. The recommendations came during the JS body’s first meeting of the 13th National Parliament on Wednesday at the Jatiya Sangshad Bhaban. Chairman of the ...

The death count from dengue has reached 201 in the country in 2026, with six more fatalities reported in the past 24 hours until Wednesday morning. Bangladesh has seen a surge in fatalities from the Aedes mosquito-borne disease in recent weeks, with the figures crossing the 100-mark on 1 September. Meanwhile, in the 24-hour span, 1,868 more patients were hospitalised ...

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Abdul Moyeen Khan has said on Wednesday that Bangladesh is interested in participating in Saudi Arabia’s development activities, particularly project planning, infrastructure construction and other key sectors. He expressed hope that opportunities for Bangladesh to participate in Saudi Arabia’s development, productive and construction activities would increase ahead of Saudi Vision 2030, World Expo ...

Attorney General Barrister Md Ruhul Quddus Kazal paid a courtesy call on President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at Bangabhaban in Dhaka on Wednesday. During the meeting, the attorney general conveyed his heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on assuming the office of president, President’s Press Secretary Md Sarwar Alam told BSS. The attorney general apprised the ...

Education and Primary and Mass Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon said on Wednesday that the Zia family had faced the highest level of persecution and repression in the history of Bangladesh. “We lost President Ziaur Rahman and Arafat Rahman Koko. Our national leader Begum Khaleda Zia faced the worst levels of torture,” he said. The minister made the remarks ...

France captain Kylian Mbappe missed training on Tuesday after ​developing flu-like symptoms, casting doubt ‌over his availability for the team’s upcoming Nations League fixtures, the ​French Football Federation (FFF) said. The Real ​Madrid forward remained at France’s ⁠training base while the rest ​of Zidane’s squad took part ​in the session. The session was the second overseen by new France coach ...

Dr Zubaida Rahman, wife of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, paid a courtesy meeting with US First Lady Melania Trump at an event held in New York on the sidelines of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly. The courtesy meeting took place on Tuesday (22 September) at The St Regis New York in Manhattan, where Zubaida Rahman attended an ...

A former public prosecutor was handed over to police by leaders of the Sunamganj District Bar Association on Tuesday and later arrested in a sabotage case. The former PP, Rumen, was taken to Sunamganj Sadar Police Station in the evening, said SI Abhijit Bhowmik. Rumen is a member of the executive committee of the Sunamganj district unit of the Awami ...

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) will fully reimburse investments of up to Tk5 lakh to affected investors of five defaulted brokerage houses from its Investors Protection Fund (IPF), with payments set to begin on 28 September. The investors selected for reimbursement in the initial stage were clients of Mosihor, Banco, Crest, Tamha and Sunrise Securities. The 17,925 investors have together ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman held separate meetings with Bhutan premier Dasho Tshering Tobgay, and Maldives Vice-President Hussain Mohamed Latheef at the UN Headquarters on Tuesday on the sidelines of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly. During the meetings, they discussed ways to further strengthen the existing friendly and cordial relations between Bangladesh and the two countries, as well ...