Airport fire exposes costly state negligence
Without mandatory insurance, disasters will keep draining public funds, experts warn
20 October 2025, 18:02 PM
Garment exports find a workaround after India ends transhipment
Dhaka and Sylhet airports improve export services, also offer lower handling costs
7 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Cox’s bazar int’l airport: Launch blows past deadline
The upgrade of Cox’s Bazar airfield to an international airport has been delayed by about a week as it awaits government approval.
1 October 2025, 18:37 PM
Chaotic crowding at Dhaka airport
Relatives swarm arrival, departure zones despite entry restrictions, disrupting passenger movement
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Jamaat, other Islamist parties to take to streets
The Jamaat-e-Islami and several other like-minded parties have decided to take to the streets to realise their five-point demand that includes holding the election on the basis of the July Charter and under the proportional representation system.
15 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Jamaat, 6 other parties to wage simultaneous movements
The political arena is bracing for fresh heat as the Jamaat-e-Islami, Islami Andolan Bangladesh and five like-minded parties have moved to begin simultaneous movements this week for a four-point demand, including immediate implementation of the July Charter.
13 September 2025, 18:21 PM
Biman’s Narita route was revived without proper planning
Say officials, experts; blame poor assessment for suspension
5 September 2025, 20:26 PM
Divisions widen over July Charter’s status, implementation
Major political parties are divided over the July Charter’s implementation timeline
23 August 2025, 18:10 PM
70 hajj aspirants conned by agency
Seventy aspirant hajis from Mymensingh and Jamalpur districts have become victims of fraudulence by a hajj operator who has gone into hiding with their passports and money.
28 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Maqbul to be announced new Jamaat ameer
Jamaat-e-Islami is going to announce Maqbul Ahmad as its new ameer within a week, party insiders said.
27 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Empty seats in hajj flights worry Biman
Biman faces fresh trouble operating hajj flights as all of its Jeddah-bound flights are flying with significant number of unoccupied seats due to shortage of hajis.
25 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Long list with many surprises
More than four months after its national council, Bangladesh Nationalist Party announced the biggest ever executive committee of the party yesterday.
6 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Cafe attackers were 'suicide fighters'
Global terror outfit Islamic State (IS) in the latest issue of its online magazine Dabiq claimed that the five Gulshan café attackers were “inghimasi soldiers of Caliphate”.
1 August 2016, 18:00 PM
'Drawn into militancy by Mufti Jashim'
“Mufti Jashimuddin Rahmani, former imam of Hatembagh Mosque in Dhanmondi, had radicalised my son Junnun Sikder by
20 July 2016, 18:00 PM
CPA confce cancelled over security grounds
The high-profile Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference scheduled to be held in Dhaka from September 1 has been
19 July 2016, 18:00 PM
BNP-Jamaat ties to continue
Despite pressure from both inside and outside the party to sever ties with Jamaat for its anti-liberation role and alleged
16 July 2016, 18:00 PM
A 12-hour ordeal
The militants asked some of the hostages to recite from the Holy Quran to confirm whether they are Muslims. Those who could were
2 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Those who could cite Quran were spared: Gulshan attack victim’s family
Those who could recite a verse from the Quran were spared, others were tortured, says a rescued hostage of the Gulshan restaurant attack where at least two lawmen have been killed.
2 July 2016, 05:02 AM
JP is just unable
Despite drawing widespread condemnation for publicly humiliating a schoolteacher, lawmaker Salim Osman is still getting Jatiya Party by his side because of his money and influence in Narayanganj, party insiders say.
28 May 2016, 18:00 PM
7 govt factories run without ETP
Seven state-run factories don't have any effluent treatment plant (ETP) to treat their waste before disposal, says a report of the environment and forests ministry.
19 May 2016, 18:00 PM
NGOs may face tough action
A parliamentary body yesterday recommended incorporating a provision in a bill aimed at taking actions against any non-government organisation (NGO) for “insulting or deregulatory remarks” on constitutional bodies.
18 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Power, more power
The Jatiya Party boss had no alternative but to appoint his wife Raushan Ershad as the party's senior co-chair to avoid a possible split
14 May 2016, 18:00 PM
I met Israeli accidentally
Amid swirling controversy, newly appointed BNP Joint Secretary General Aslam Chowdhury has admitted he met an Israeli politician in New Delhi early this month but claimed the meeting was accidental.
11 May 2016, 20:46 PM
BNP losing interest in UP polls
The BNP high command has lost interest in staying in the union parishad polls race due to “gross irregularities” in the first two phases
1 April 2016, 18:00 PM
All he wanted to see polls in his school
All he wanted was to see and enjoy the festivity of voting.
31 March 2016, 18:00 PM
UP polls: 90yr-old hopes her vote will bring peace
Barely able to walk and bent over with the weight of age, 90-year-old Razia Khatun could not falter the enthusiasm on her face – she had come to cast her vote.
31 March 2016, 05:26 AM
Ershad group softens its tone on quitting
Jatiya Party chief HM Ershad and his followers have softened their stance on the resignation of three JP ministers from the Sheikh Hasina-led cabinet, party insiders said.
1 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Ershad-led group firm on quitting
In a meeting boycotted by those loyal to Raushan Ershad, Jatiya Party presidium members yesterday agreed on withdrawing its members from the Sheikh Hasina-led cabinet, according to meeting sources.
31 January 2016, 18:00 PM