Padma Bridge sees spike in Dhaka-bound traffic

Despite the surge, passengers have not experienced significant sufferings
14 June 2025, 09:45 AM

Health workers under Covid-19 project stage sit-in at DGHS

Demand job confirmation and unpaid wages
14 June 2025, 08:11 AM

No major crimes reported this Eid, law and order improved: Home adviser

Says overall law and order situation has significantly improved, citing the incident-free Eid holidays as an example of the police force's effectiveness
14 June 2025, 08:07 AM

Mad rush at Barishal terminals as Eid holidaymakers returning

Barishal river port is witnessing nearly ten times more passengers than usual
14 June 2025, 07:59 AM

Jamuna Bridge tailback returns as Eid holidaymakers heading back

The traffic jam, which began around midnight, continued to spread and covered at least 20 kilometres on both sides of the bridge by this morning
14 June 2025, 07:54 AM

Magurchhara explosion: 28 years on, Lawachhara still bear the wounds

Wild animals, birds, and rare plant species were wiped out as the fire swept through the protected area
14 June 2025, 06:58 AM

Yunus returns home after 4-day UK visit

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying the chief adviser landed at Dhaka airport around 9:45am
14 June 2025, 04:22 AM

Unregulated tourism threatens wildlife, disrupts ecosystem

An unregulated influx of tourists, especially during public holidays, is threatening the biodiversity and natural balance of Lawachara National Park in Moulvibazar’s Kamalganj upazila, raising concerns among environmentalists and forest officials.
13 June 2025, 21:32 PM

Vanishing rivers of Patgram

Abdus Salam, 55, was sifting stones from a dredger machine on Dharla riverbank in Kawamari area of Lalmonirhat’s Patgram upazila.
13 June 2025, 21:24 PM

A ‘missed opportunity’

Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus said the meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, which did not take place, was a “missed opportunity.”
13 June 2025, 20:42 PM

Erosion threatens new embankment in two villages

Around 3,000 residents of two villages under Pirojpur’s Indurkani upazila have long endured immense suffering due to the absence of a protective embankment.
13 June 2025, 20:14 PM

Holidaymakers rush back to Dhaka after Eid

As the Eid holidays draw to a close and offices are set to fully reopen tomorrow, people from around the country have started returning to Dhaka.
13 June 2025, 19:11 PM

35 pushed in through three border districts

At least 35 people were pushed into Bangladesh from India through different border points in Dinajpur and Panchagarh in the early hours of yesterday.
13 June 2025, 18:34 PM

No communal, political motive behind attack on Kachharibari

The Ministry of Cultural Affairs yesterday said that there is “no communal or political motive behind the attack” at the Rabindra Kachharibari in Shahjadpur, Sirajganj, and that the incident stemmed from a personal conflict.
13 June 2025, 18:01 PM

BSF pushes back 7 through Panchagarh border

The CO confirmed that all of the detained individuals were Bangladeshi
13 June 2025, 10:02 AM

Twenty-three Hajj pilgrims died in KSA this year

A total of 23 Bangladeshi pilgrims died while performing Hajj in Saudi Arabia this year, according to the latest update from the Hajj Management Portal of the Ministry of Religious Affairs.
13 June 2025, 06:45 AM

Two rights activists assaulted in Rangamati

Two rights activists, including a university teacher, were assaulted while they were returning from a programme commemorating the disappearance of Kalpana Chakma in Kawkhali upazila of Rangamati.
12 June 2025, 21:36 PM

Barguna sees sharp spike in dengue

On the day of Eid-ul-Azha (June 7), Omar Al Arabi, a third-grader at Barguna Collectorate School and College, was diagnosed with dengue.
12 June 2025, 20:37 PM

Justice eludes families of July uprising victims

Shilpi Begum’s life changed forever when her only son, Mehedi Hasan, was shot dead during a protest last July.
12 June 2025, 19:39 PM

271 arrested in joint drives from June 5-12

The Bangladesh Army, in coordination with other law-enforcement agencies, arrested 271 individuals during weeklong joint operations carried out across the country between June 5 and June 12.
12 June 2025, 18:59 PM