The country is likely to experience widespread rain and thunderstorms over the next 24 hours, with moderate heavy rainfall expected in parts of the country, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said on Saturday (August 1).
At least 1,384 people have been killed and 2,488 others injured in road accidents across the capital over the past six and a half years, with pedestrians and motorcyclists accounting for the majority of fatalities, according to a report released on Saturday (August 1) by the Road Safety Foundation.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain has said that changing lifestyles are depriving many newborns of essential breastfeeding, warning that the trend could have long-term consequences for children's physical and mental development.
Three members of International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 inspected the Rapid Action Battalion's (RAB) Taskforce for Interrogation (TFI) Cell at the RAB-1 headquarters in Uttara, a facility that has frequently been referred to in public discourse as the "Aynaghar."
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman held a meeting with US President Donald Trump's Special Envoy Sergio Gor at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in Tejgaon, where both sides discussed expanding Bangladesh-US relations alongside key regional and humanitarian issues, with particular emphasis on the Rohingya crisis.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is set to hold a meeting of its highest policymaking body, the National Standing Committee, on Saturday (August 1), with the upcoming presidential election expected to top the agenda.