Golden-green Aman paddy kindles hope for Patuakhali farmers
9 November 2025, 13:28 PM
Bangladesh
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5 November 2025, 17:06 PM
Bangladesh
Jucsu polls: Manual vote counting begins
11 September 2025, 16:58 PM
Campus
HSTU to punish 79 students over violence during anti-discrimination movement
11 September 2025, 16:05 PM
Campus
Interview / Understanding Nepal’s Gen Z revolution in a South Asian context
11 September 2025, 15:05 PM
News
Five candidates reinstated to Rucsu polls
11 September 2025, 13:17 PM
Campus
Voting for Jucsu polls ends
11 September 2025, 11:57 AM
Campus
JnU teachers demand removal of illegal bus, laguna stands in Old Dhaka
11 September 2025, 11:50 AM
Campus
Bangladeshis in Nepal safe; will return home soon: Officials
10 September 2025, 16:14 PM
News
Rucsu polls: 7 candidates’ nominations cancelled, 315 valid contenders announced
10 September 2025, 14:40 PM
Campus
Kuwait cancels contract extension with MP Shahid's company
Kuwait’s Central Agency for Public Tenders has cancelled the extension of contract for cleaning services at Kuwait International Airport and its facilities, as the contract was concluded with the company of the Bangladeshi MP accused of money laundering and visa trading, the Arab Times reports.
8 July 2020, 06:45 AM
144 Bangladeshis rescued from truck in North Macedonia
Authorities in North Macedonia found 144 Bangladeshis in a truck near the country’s southern border with Greece, during a routine check on a regional road, police say.
8 July 2020, 05:24 AM
Veteran journalist Faruk Quazi passes away
Veteran journalist Faruk Quazi is no more. He passed away in his sleep at 8am today at his Elephant Road residence. He was 71.
3 July 2020, 06:13 AM
Biman to start Dhaka-Toronto direct flight from October
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is all set to start operating direct flights from Dhaka to Toronto and from there to New York by Air Canada from October this year.
3 July 2020, 06:04 AM
Vietnam citizens in Bangladesh, other South Asian countries return home
Some 200 Vietnamese citizens stranded in Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives during the coronavirus pandemic are repatriated to Vietnam.
3 July 2020, 05:03 AM
BSF kills Bangladeshi ‘cattle smuggler’ in Lalmonirhat
Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shoot dead an alleged Bangladeshi cattle smuggler at Shamsernagar border in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat.
25 June 2020, 07:37 AM
Bangladesh’s independence AL’s biggest achievement: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the biggest achievement of Awami League through its sacrifices and endurance is the liberation of Bangladesh.
23 June 2020, 08:40 AM
Tenure of temporary NIDs extended for indefinite time
Election Commission extends the tenure of two-year-long temporary National Identification (NID) for indefinite period.
20 June 2020, 09:18 AM
Kamal Lohani no more
Renowned journalist and cultural personality Kamal Lohani, who tested Covid-19 positive, dies at a city hospital at the age of 86.
20 June 2020, 04:59 AM
32 Bangladeshis stranded in India repatriated
32 Bangladeshi nationals, who were stranded in India due to the lockdown, have been sent back home through a checkpoint in Assam's Karimganj district, a senior police officer on the Indian side says.
19 June 2020, 09:50 AM
Amphan weakens into land depression; Maritime ports asked to lower signal to 3
Maritime ports of Mongla, Payra, Chattogramand Cox’s Bazar have been advised to lower local cautionary signal number to three as cyclone Amphan has weakened into a land depression, said a Met office bulletin.
21 May 2020, 05:03 AM
Amphan now 725km off Bangladesh’s coast
The super cyclonic storm "Amphan" is laying over west-central Bay and adjoining area and moving north and northeast-wards.
19 May 2020, 05:14 AM
Depression at Bay, maritime ports asked to hoist cautionary signal
Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra are advised to keep hoisted distant cautionary signal no. one (r) one as the depression over southeast Bay and adjoining Andaman sea moved slightly west-northwestwards and is likely to intensify.
16 May 2020, 06:39 AM
National Professor Anisuzzaman laid to rest
National Professor Anisuzzaman is laid to rest at Dhaka’s Azimpur graveyard.
15 May 2020, 05:59 AM
Media more important than ever during Covid-19 crisis: foreign diplomats
At least nine foreign diplomats in Bangladesh take to social media, calling for upholding the freedom of expression and saying facts, during any crisis, are more important than ever to save lives.
8 May 2020, 05:54 AM
Man swimming across river to India ‘mentally challenged’: union chairman, BGB
The man, who entered India’s Assam by swimming across river, did not go there “for Covid-19 treatment”, and he is “mentally challenged”, says Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) official, local council representatives and doctors.
27 April 2020, 09:55 AM
77 Bangladeshis return from India through Benapole
A total of seventy-seven Bangladeshis stranded in India due to the coronavirus outbreak return to the country through Benapole check post in Jashore.
16 April 2020, 06:07 AM
PM to address nation this evening
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is to address the nation at 7:30pm on the occasion of Bangla New Year 1427.
13 April 2020, 04:31 AM
People's love and respect is our strength: Police Headquarters
Police headquarters says that the general people's respect and love is the police force's strength and their attitude to serve people with dedication would continue during the coronavirus crisis.
10 April 2020, 05:21 AM
High Commission arranging flight to take Australians home from Dhaka
The Australian High Commission in Bangladesh arranges a non-scheduled commercial flight to take back the Australians currently in Bangladesh.
8 April 2020, 07:26 AM