Bangladesh’s government has set a one-year goal to reduce a 4.5 million-case court backlog to between 2 million and 2.5 million through mediation, arbitration and out-of-court negotiations.
Four more children died with symptoms consistent with measles in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Tuesday, raising the combined number of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 797, health officials said.
Milestone School and College has resumed construction of a seven-story building in an aircraft approach path despite recommendations issued after a fighter jet crash killed 36 people, including 28 children.
Fire hazards, abandoned rural clinics, illegal hospital conversions and a broken oxygen plant are exposing deep failures in Bangladesh’s healthcare system, according to recent reports from several districts.
More than 1,500 applications for industrial gas connections are pending with Titas Gas, underscoring an energy shortage that business leaders say is slowing investment and leaving new factories idle.
Authorities have arrested retired major Mozaffar Hossain, a fugitive accused in the assassination of former president Ziaur Rahman, and transferred him to military custody for trial by general court-martial, home minister Salahuddin Ahmed said.
Bangladesh plans to generate 10,000 megawatts of solar power during the government’s current term as rising fossil fuel imports and energy subsidies place mounting pressure on the country’s finances, the energy minister said.
Bangladesh is considering a barbed-wire fence along its border with Myanmar as fighting and insurgent activity across the frontier raise security concerns, home minister Salahuddin Ahmed said.
Heavy rain and upstream runoff triggered flash floods across northern and eastern Bangladesh, inundating villages, damaging roads and isolating residents, officials and local people said.
Bangladesh is set to receive 200 broad-gauge passenger coaches from India, with the first deliveries expected by the end of July or early August, according to a report.
