Japan eyes Bangladesh as key investment hub

Emerging from the initial uncertainty following last year’s political transition, Japan has re-engaged with Bangladesh in a robust way, which was reflected during Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus’ recent visit to Tokyo, according to foreign-policy and trade analysts.
31 May 2025, 22:35 PM

World no tobacco day: Amend law for stronger tobacco control

Health Adviser Nurjahan Begum yesterday said the government spends far more on healthcare than the revenue it earns from tobacco companies.
31 May 2025, 22:08 PM

‘Murdered’ in July uprising, man fights to prove he’s alive

Md Selim, a grocer from Beltoli Bazar in Mymensingh’s Phulbaria, has been listed as dead in a murder case filed over last year’s July uprising.
31 May 2025, 22:07 PM

Trauma centre lies abandoned for 7 years

Built to save lives along the busy Dhaka-Mawa Expressway, a 20-bed trauma centre in Shologhar, Srinagar upazila of Munshiganj has stood unused since its completion in 2018.
31 May 2025, 21:33 PM

Palli Bidyut Samity workers continue protest for 12th day

Workers under the banner of the Bangladesh Palli Bidyut Association continued their demonstration at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka for the 12th consecutive day yesterday.
31 May 2025, 20:58 PM

Nat’l eye hospital: Services halted for fourth day, patients suffer

Gazi Mohammad Akhter arrived in Dhaka from Cumilla on Friday, expecting to be admitted to the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital yesterday for a surgery scheduled for today.
31 May 2025, 20:30 PM

MoU signed to build country’s first monorail in Ctg

The country's first monorail is set to be constructed in Chattogram in a bid to ease the port city's traffic congestion.
31 May 2025, 20:18 PM

EC Registration: SC verdict on Jamaat’s appeal today

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court is scheduled to deliver its verdict today on Jamaat-e-Islami’s appeal against a High Court verdict that scrapped its registration with the Election Commission (EC) as a political party.
31 May 2025, 20:00 PM

Python rescued near CU

A 10-foot-long Burmese python weighing around 18 kilogrammes was rescued from outside a residence in Jamtal Dolai Para, near the Chittagong University yesterday afternoon.
31 May 2025, 19:20 PM

Yunus invites BNP for talks tomorrow

BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday alleged the government is offering nothing but empty gestures in the name of reform, while taking no concrete steps to ensure the national election is held by December.
31 May 2025, 19:13 PM

Misery persists in coastal areas

Though the downpour has subsided, flooding continues to affect thousands across coastal districts, following a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal.
31 May 2025, 19:12 PM

Lightning, electrocution kill 2 women

Two women died in separate incidents of lightning strike and electrocution in Kendua upazila of Netrokona yesterday.
31 May 2025, 19:10 PM

‘Signs of new fascism’ now being seen

Noted economist Prof Anu Muhammad yesterday said that signs of a new fascist order beginning to take shape are visible in the country.
31 May 2025, 18:10 PM

Student leader, associates sued over extortion attempt in Tongi

Meanwhile, on Friday afternoon the Gazipur district branch of SAD suspended all its police-station and ward committees "indefinitely"
31 May 2025, 15:40 PM
31 May 2025, 15:38 PM

Residents of St Martin’s struggle as severe weather disrupts communication

Locals came together to dig canals in an effort to drain the accumulated water
31 May 2025, 15:05 PM

CA invites BNP to talks again on June 2: Salahuddin

"The government is continuing the formalities of talks with political parties one after another, but there is no real progress"
31 May 2025, 13:47 PM

Floodwaters recede in Bandarban as weather improves

Road communication begins to normalise
31 May 2025, 09:33 AM

Spike in HIV cases among pregnant women alarms Jashore health officials

The HIV/AIDS unit at Jashore General Hospital has begun taking steps to address the situation
31 May 2025, 08:56 AM

Build ‘three zero clubs’ to save the planet

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday urged the youth to build “three zero clubs” to save the planet from destruction, saying the planet will not sustain under the current civilisation.
30 May 2025, 20:32 PM