Flooding and waterlogging have damaged thousands of hectares of Boro paddy fields in Netrokona, affecting more than 77,000 farmers across the district, according to local agriculture officials.
Artificial intelligence-powered traffic cameras filed nearly 12,000 traffic cases on Dhaka’s Elevated Expressway over the past year, with officials reporting more than 800 additional cases in a single week on city roads as authorities expand automated enforcement across the capital.
A Bronx man was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in prison for fatally shooting his uncle in Bangladesh in 2021 during a dispute over family property, federal prosecutors said.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman said Bangladesh will gradually reopen closed factories as part of a government push to create jobs and revive industrial activity.
Bangladesh on Saturday inaugurated a riverbank development project in Sylhet valued at about $420 million, aimed at addressing chronic waterlogging and river erosion while improving the city’s landscape.
Bangladesh dropped three places to 152nd out of 180 countries in the 2026 World Press Freedom Index, according to Reporters Sans Frontières, also known as Reporters Without Borders.
Bangladesh Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman on Monday praised Pakistan’s diplomatic role in efforts to end an ongoing conflict involving Iran, citing what he described as significant behind-the-scenes work.
Bangladesh’s remittance inflows are expected to come under pressure as the ongoing Iran war raises the likelihood of slower economic activity across key Gulf labor markets.
Bangladesh received $3.76 billion in workers’ remittances in March 2026, with Saudi Arabia leading the list of source countries.
Bangladesh began loading nuclear fuel into the reactor core of unit 1 at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, moving the country closer to generating nuclear energy.
