Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said an electrical short circuit could have caused the fire at the ancestral home of National Citizen Party (NCP) Joint Convener and reserved-seat MP Nusrat Tabassum in Kushtia. However, an investigation is under way to determine whether the incident was an act of sabotage.
A total of 381 small and medium-sized industrial factories are currently closed across the country, Industries Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir has told Parliament. However, 22 factories that had been shut down have resumed operations up to September of the current 2026–27 fiscal year.
Around 35,000 citizens’ National Identity Cards (NIDs) remain locked due to software complications in the Election Commission’s (EC) server, leaving the affected people unable to access various government and private services.
National Citizen Party (NCP) has called for demonstrations and protest marches across the country following an arson attack on the ancestral home of its Political Council member and MP Nusrat Tabassum in Kushtia.
Four more children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours ending at 8:00am on Thursday, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 1,299 this year.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today urged the global community to take five urgent actions on adaptation finance, debt relief, technology transfer, clean energy and a just transition, saying climate-vulnerable countries need grants, not more loans.