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
News
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
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
Pollution, sluice gates choke Gorai
The Gorai river, a tributary of the Padma that flows through the country’s south-western region, has turned into a narrow canal across Kalikapur, Auliapur, and Madarbunia unions in Patuakhali Sadar upazila due to lack of water flow and rampant pollution and encroachment.
30 May 2025, 20:17 PM
Brahmaputra river: Erosion pushes village in Kurigram to the brink
Shukherbati in Kurigram’s Roumari upazila stands on the verge of extinction as the Brahmaputra continues to erode its banks with growing ferocity.
30 May 2025, 20:17 PM
Paddle steamers set to return as heritage cruises
In a nostalgic nod to the past, the iconic paddle steamer is being prepared for reintroduction as a daytime “heritage cruise” in June, shortly after Eid-ul-Azha.
30 May 2025, 20:16 PM
Open Panthakunja for all, abandon ramp project
A mock trial yesterday directed the interim government to immediately abandon a ramp of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway, stating it would damage Hatirjheel and Panthakunja.
30 May 2025, 20:11 PM
Mother fish release eggs in Halda river
Carp species -- including rui, katla, mrigal, and kalbaush -- released eggs in the Halda River yesterday, a significant moment for Bangladesh’s freshwater fish breeding efforts.
30 May 2025, 20:10 PM
Azharul’s acquittal ‘a mockery of justice’
Gonotantrik Odhikar Committee, a civic platform, yesterday condemned the acquittal of Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam, calling the Appellate Division’s verdict a “mockery of justice” and a result of political influence over the judiciary.
30 May 2025, 20:10 PM
Drainage disaster: Why Dhaka drowns every monsoon
The poor drainage system of Dhaka was once again exposed during the recent heavy rainfall that inundated large swathes of the city.
30 May 2025, 20:07 PM
Woman hacked to death, husband on the run
A woman was hacked to death in Tangail’s Mirzapur upazila on Thursday night.
30 May 2025, 19:52 PM
Anti-tobacco law amendment: Revenue gets priority over public health
The move to strengthen the anti-tobacco law has stalled for the authorities’ greater emphasis on revenue generation from tobacco sales than on public health, according to anti-tobacco campaigners.
30 May 2025, 19:07 PM
Thousands rally in Nepali pro-monarchy protests
Thousands of Nepali royalists yesterday marched in the capital Kathmandu, demanding the restoration of the monarchy and chanting slogans in support of the king deposed 17 years ago.
30 May 2025, 19:01 PM
19 more pushed in thru two border districts
The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has pushed back 19 Bangladeshi nationals through different border points in Chuadanga and Kushtia, said BGB.
30 May 2025, 18:54 PM
Help us build ‘New Bangladesh’
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus urged the Japanese government and entrepreneurs to extend their full support in building a “New Bangladesh” and by doing so, turning the dreams of millions of youths into reality.
30 May 2025, 18:48 PM
71 more pushed in through four border districts
At least 71 more people were detained by BGB yesterday after they were pushed into Bangladesh allegedly by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) through various border points in Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Khagrachhari, and Lalmonirhat.
30 May 2025, 18:47 PM
Thousands still marooned
Thousands of people remained stranded across several coastal districts as tidal surges and torrential rains, triggered by a depression over the Bay of Bengal, kept battering the region for the second day.
30 May 2025, 18:45 PM
Dev budget expenditure: Health ministry puts up poor show again
This marks yet another year of weak budget execution since the health ministry was split into two divisions in 2017.
30 May 2025, 18:24 PM
Expatriates' remittance helps Bangladesh make turnaround: Yunus
It is the expatriates who help sustain the country, says the chief adviser
30 May 2025, 18:18 PM
Japan to provide $1b in budget support, grant
Japan will provide $1.063 billion to Bangladesh in loans and grants for budget support, railway upgradation and scholarships, reaffirming its full support for the interim government’s reform agenda and commitment to a peaceful political transition.
30 May 2025, 18:03 PM
Heavy rain slows Ctg port operations: official
Local cautionary signal 3 in place
30 May 2025, 12:42 PM
Teesta swells again: Fear grips riverbank communities
"Floods don't just take our crops, they take our peace, our dignity"
30 May 2025, 10:33 AM
Soka University confers honorary doctorate on Prof Yunus
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today received an honorary doctorate degree from Soka University
30 May 2025, 09:16 AM