Dried fish season begins in Kuakata
12 November 2025, 12:37 PM
News
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
News
ACC may get power to probe Bangladeshis abroad
23 October 2025, 18:12 PM
News
RPO amendment: Alliance candidates must use own party symbols
23 October 2025, 18:10 PM
News
Bangladesh Gonotantrik Chhatra Sangsad rebrands as ‘Jatiyo Chhatro Shokti’
23 October 2025, 17:38 PM
News
'Is it really possible to hear 800 cases within 4-5 hours?'
23 October 2025, 16:58 PM
News
Police seek to clear Iresh Zaker, ex-cabinet secretary Mahbub Hossain from July uprising murder case
23 October 2025, 16:51 PM
News
'Time granted to war criminals, but not to a freedom fighter': ZI Khan Panna
23 October 2025, 16:30 PM
News
CA’s appointment: Five-member search panel proposed
The National Consensus Commission has proposed a new method for appointing chief advisers to caretaker governments and asked political parties to submit their opinions by today.
20 July 2025, 18:11 PM
HC issues rule asking why operations should not be restarted at Thakurgaon airport
The airport was reportedly closed in 1979 for various reasons
20 July 2025, 15:26 PM
Attack on NCP rally: 50 arrested in Gopalganj transferred to Pirojpur district jail
The arrestees were brought to Pirojpur due to a lack of space in Gopalganj District Jail
20 July 2025, 11:55 AM
National charter to be finalised by end of this month: Ali Riaz
Says agreement reached on many issues, hopes for resolution on caretaker system in days
20 July 2025, 07:08 AM
In memory of July Uprising: ‘One martyr, one tree’
A tree plantation campaign titled “One Martyr, One Tree” was held across the country yesterday, in memory of those who sacrificed their lives during the last year’s July uprising, according to reports from our correspondents and a news agency.
19 July 2025, 22:27 PM
Gopalganj deaths: Bodies will be exhumed for autopsy, if needed
Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury yesterday said the bodies of those killed in the violence centring a rally in Gopalganj would be exhumed if necessary to conduct post-mortems.
19 July 2025, 22:14 PM
Awami League tenure: ACC probing 15yrs of financial irregularities
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched an investigation into alleged corruption by individuals, financial institutions, industrial groups, and loan defaulters during the Awami League’s 15-year tenure, which it claims led to the destruction of the country’s financial system.
19 July 2025, 21:33 PM
CHT peace accord: Govt working to resolve challenges
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain yesterday said the government has identified several challenges in implementing the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord and is working to resolve them.
19 July 2025, 21:31 PM
Monsoon perils: Funding cuts heighten risks for Rohingyas
Reductions in funding for a community maintenance programme in the Rohingya camps of Cox’s Bazar have not only affected their incomes but also compromised safety during the monsoon season, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has warned.
19 July 2025, 21:22 PM
‘Misinformation rises 30% in first half of 2025’
Misinformation in Bangladesh’s digital and political spheres rose by around 30 percent in the first six months of 2025 compared to the same period last year, according to a report by fact-checking organisation Rumour Scanner.
19 July 2025, 21:17 PM
Bangladeshi graft suspects: Rush on to offload UK assets
At least two high-value UK properties were sold in the past year -- one linked to Sayem Sobhan Anvir and one to Anisuzzaman Chowdhury Ronny.
19 July 2025, 21:00 PM
One killed, twenty injured in Rangpur LPG station blast
An explosion at an LPG station in Rangpur city’s CO Bazar area yesterday has left one dead and at least 20 others injured, including four technicians who were working on the gas tank at the time.
19 July 2025, 20:55 PM
One year of Narsingdi jailbreak: 177 inmates still at large
A year after the attack on Narsingdi District Jail, authorities have yet to recapture 177 of the 826 inmates who escaped during the incident on 19 July 2024.
19 July 2025, 20:42 PM
Skills alone not enough, ethics and discipline key
Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman yesterday urged students and professionals in engineering and applied sciences to become not only skilled experts but also disciplined and ethical individuals who can contribute meaningfully to national development.
19 July 2025, 20:17 PM
Traffic slows in some spots as Jamaat holds rally
Dhaka witnessed traffic congestion in some areas yesterday as thousands of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami supporters from all over the country converged on Suhrawardy Udyan for the party’s national rally.
19 July 2025, 20:10 PM
No land, no legacy
Property ownership, or the lack of it, determines whether a woman’s death is formally recorded in Bangladesh, reveals a new study by BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH).
19 July 2025, 18:39 PM
Parties call for fair polls at Jamaat rally
Political parties at yesterday’s Jamaat rally called for ensuring a level playing field for all in the upcoming national election, uniting all Islamic forces, and opposing the establishment of a UN human rights office in Bangladesh.
19 July 2025, 18:38 PM
Journalism under siege
Journalists in Bangladesh are facing growing threats from an increasingly intolerant state, profit-driven media owners, and a hostile segment of the public, economist Debapriya Bhattacharya said yesterday.
19 July 2025, 18:30 PM
Start judicial probe into deaths in Gopalganj
Human Rights Forum Bangladesh (HRFB) has demanded an immediate judicial probe into the deaths of five people and injuries to dozens following Wednesday’s clash in Gopalganj, where law enforcers allegedly used “excessive force” and opened fire.
19 July 2025, 18:09 PM
NCP’s rallies foiled after Patwari’s jab
Two rallies of the National Citizen Party (NCP) were foiled before they were held in Cox’s Bazar yesterday following controversial remarks made by the party’s Chief Organiser Nasir Uddin Patwari earlier in the day.
19 July 2025, 18:03 PM