Dried fish season begins in Kuakata
12 November 2025, 12:37 PM
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Tobacco cultivation expands in Rangpur, Lalmonirhat amid profit lure
9 November 2025, 13:58 PM
Environment
Govt looks to implement new pay scale in phases
23 October 2025, 18:25 PM
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State runs on laws, not emotions
23 October 2025, 18:15 PM
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ACC may get power to probe Bangladeshis abroad
23 October 2025, 18:12 PM
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RPO amendment: Alliance candidates must use own party symbols
23 October 2025, 18:10 PM
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Bangladesh Gonotantrik Chhatra Sangsad rebrands as ‘Jatiyo Chhatro Shokti’
23 October 2025, 17:38 PM
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'Is it really possible to hear 800 cases within 4-5 hours?'
23 October 2025, 16:58 PM
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Police seek to clear Iresh Zaker, ex-cabinet secretary Mahbub Hossain from July uprising murder case
23 October 2025, 16:51 PM
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'Time granted to war criminals, but not to a freedom fighter': ZI Khan Panna
23 October 2025, 16:30 PM
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Rohingya family returns to Bangladesh alleging torture by Arakan Army
They had gone back to Myanmar earlier this month
25 July 2025, 09:13 AM
Khantex Fashion Ltd shuts factory indefinitely, leaves workers unpaid
The workers went to the factory yesterday afternoon and saw the notice
25 July 2025, 07:16 AM
19 migrants repatriated from Tunisia
A total of 19 Bangladeshi migrants, who had faced abduction and torture in Tunisia, were repatriated yesterday.
24 July 2025, 23:00 PM
Over 500 tourists stranded in Sajek for nine hours
Traffic resumed on the Baghaichhari-Sajek road after over nine hours of disruption that had stranded over 500 tourists in Sajek early yesterday.
24 July 2025, 23:00 PM
Yunus may visit KL on Aug 11-13
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus is likely to visit Malaysia on August 11-13 at the invitation of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who was the first to visit Bangladesh following the formation of the interim government last year.
24 July 2025, 21:21 PM
Presidency univ in Kolkata hosts event honouring Abul Mansur Ahmad
The Department of Sociology at Presidency University in Kolkata is organising a special event today in memory of noted journalist, political thinker, and writer Abul Mansur Ahmad.
24 July 2025, 21:03 PM
US commission report: Religious freedom concerns persist in Bangladesh
While Bangladesh’s government has made progress in introducing needed reforms to direct political stability, tensions and religious freedom concerns still persist, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom has said.
24 July 2025, 19:38 PM
World drowning prevention day: Most child drownings go unnoticed
Largely unnoticed and mostly underreported, drowning remains one of the leading causes of death among children in Bangladesh, claiming thousands of young lives every year.
24 July 2025, 19:29 PM
‘AL using Milestone tragedy to regroup’
Hasnat Abdullah, chief organiser for the southern region of the National Citizen Party (NCP), yesterday said the “fascist” Awami League is attempting to reorganise itself by capitalising on the recent Milestone School tragedy.
24 July 2025, 18:46 PM
India expelling Muslims unlawfully
Indian authorities have expelled hundreds of ethnic Bangalee Muslims to Bangladesh in recent weeks without due process, claiming they are “illegal immigrants,” Human Rights Watch said yesterday.
24 July 2025, 18:14 PM
List killings by the AL, its affiliates, state forces: Yunus
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has asked the relevant authorities to prepare a list of victims killed in attacks by Awami League and its affiliated groups and state forces acting on the then government orders in the 15 years leading up to the July 24 mass uprising.
24 July 2025, 18:10 PM
Advisory council decisions: New pay panel formed for govt staff
The interim government yesterday formed a new pay commission for public officials and employees under the National Pay Scale, marking a key move towards adjusting salaries in line with inflation.
24 July 2025, 18:02 PM
Students struggle as school remains waterlogged
The echoes of children playing have long fallen silent at Suaboi Government Primary School in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj, where stagnant water has gripped the premises for nearly six months.
24 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Travel ban on ex-NRBC Bank chair, 3 others
A Dhaka court has imposed a travel ban and share transfer restrictions on Mohammad Adnan Imam, former chairman of the executive committee of NRBC Bank, in connection with a Tk 705 crore loan default case involving United Commercial Bank (UCB).
24 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Dengue death toll reaches 70
One more death was reported from dengue in 24 hours till yesterday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 70 this year.
24 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Climate victims in Koyra: All affected, only 18% got support
Over 99 percent of households in coastal Koyra in Khulna have been affected by climate-related disasters in the past five years, yet only 18 percent have received any form of assistance, a study by Ovibashi Karmi Unnayan Program (OKUP) has revealed.
24 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Now govt can dismiss employees within 31 days
If investigations prove allegations such as disrupting government work or disobeying lawful orders from a superior authority, the government will have the power to impose strict punishments within 31 working days.
24 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Invisible in data, ignored in policy
Despite women outnumbering men in Bangladesh according to the 2022 Population and Housing Census, their representation in disability-related data remains significantly lower than that of men.
24 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Highway bends turn fatal in Amtali upazila
At least 17 hazardous bends along a 37-kilometre stretch of the Patuakhali-Kuakata highway -- between Shakaria and Bandra in Barguna’s Amtali upazila -- have become death traps for commuters, with dozens killed and hundreds injured in recent months.
24 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Water crisis hampers jute harvest in Rangpur
Thousands of farmers across the Rangpur region are unable to harvest their mature jute crops due to a severe water crisis, as a prolonged dry spell and scant rainfall have left local water bodies nearly dry.
24 July 2025, 18:00 PM