Bangladesh holds 100th spot in 2025 Passport Index, 7th weakest globally

Ranks above Nepal, Pakistan in South Asia; shares position with North Korea
15 October 2025, 10:45 AM

Chief adviser chairs Consensus Commission meeting ahead of July Charter signing

Yunus to attend another meeting of the commission with political parties this evening
15 October 2025, 10:24 AM

Labour ministry forms seven-member committee to probe Mirpur warehouse fire

Committee to submit its report within seven working days
15 October 2025, 08:22 AM

MPO teachers block Shahbagh intersection

A tense situation is prevailing amid the presence of a large number of police personnel
15 October 2025, 08:12 AM

CA returns home after Rome visit

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying the chief adviser landed at HSIA around 8:20am
15 October 2025, 03:14 AM

‘We‘re trapped, we can’t get out’

When the fire broke out at the Arian Fashion factory yesterday morning, 18-year-old Marzia Sultana Alo’s father called her.
14 October 2025, 22:00 PM

Final version of July Charter sent to all parties

The National Consensus Commission yesterday sent the final version of the July Charter to political parties, seeking their firm commitment to its full implementation.
14 October 2025, 22:00 PM

'No rank above justice'

Transparency International Bangladesh has raised concern over the government’s decision to keep military officers, accused by the International Crimes Tribunal of enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and torture during the fallen authoritarian regime, in military custody in the cantonment area.
14 October 2025, 18:29 PM

Some advisers trying to turn admin partisan

Several advisers to the interim government are conspiring to turn the administration partisan, claimed Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher yesterday.
14 October 2025, 18:26 PM

Our future depends on next polls: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the political and economic future of the country depends on the upcoming national election.
14 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Global passport ranking 2025: Bangladesh 100th out of 106

Bangladesh has ranked 100th out of 106 in the global passport rankings 2025, published by the UK-based Henley & Partners on Tuesday.
14 October 2025, 18:00 PM

EC to allot NCP symbol if it fails to choose by Oct 19

The Election Commission has once again sent a letter to the National Citizen Party, asking it to choose an election symbol from the list of symbols reserved for political parties and candidates.
14 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Political violence hits four-year high

Political violence in Bangladesh reached a four-year high during the first 13 months of the interim government, with at least 1,047 incidents leaving 160 people dead and more than 8,000 injured, according to data from the Human Rights Support Society (HRSS).
14 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Hajj registration extended till October 16

The Ministry of Religious Affairs has extended the deadline for hajj registration until October 16, according to a press release signed by Md Abubakar Siddique, public relations officer at the ministry, yesterday.
14 October 2025, 18:00 PM

MPO teachers threaten to block Shahbagh

Teachers from non-government MPO-listed institutions continued their indefinite work abstention for the third consecutive day yesterday, warning that they would go on a hunger strike if the government failed to meet their demands.
14 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Madrasa director held over rape of student

Police have arrested a madrasa director in Kurigram’s Ulipur upazila on charges of raping a student.
14 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Jubo Dal man hacked to death

A local Jubo Dal activist was hacked to death by miscreants in Kachua upazila of Bagerhat early yesterday.
14 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Three children drown in pond

Three children drowned in a pond during a wedding ceremony at Chanpur Tea Garden in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj yesterday afternoon.
14 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Fugitive man sentenced to 44 years in jail

A Dhaka tribunal yesterday sentenced a man to 44 years’ rigorous imprisonment in absentia for abducting and raping a student of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College eight years ago.
14 October 2025, 18:00 PM