Bangladesh

Dried fish season begins in Kuakata

12 November 2025, 12:37 PM

Tobacco cultivation expands in Rangpur, Lalmonirhat amid profit lure

9 November 2025, 13:58 PM

Govt looks to implement new pay scale in phases

23 October 2025, 18:25 PM

State runs on laws, not emotions

23 October 2025, 18:15 PM

ACC may get power to probe Bangladeshis abroad

23 October 2025, 18:12 PM

RPO amendment: Alliance candidates must use own party symbols

23 October 2025, 18:10 PM

Bangladesh Gonotantrik Chhatra Sangsad rebrands as ‘Jatiyo Chhatro Shokti’

23 October 2025, 17:38 PM

'Is it really possible to hear 800 cases within 4-5 hours?'

23 October 2025, 16:58 PM

Police seek to clear Iresh Zaker, ex-cabinet secretary Mahbub Hossain from July uprising murder case

23 October 2025, 16:51 PM

'Time granted to war criminals, but not to a freedom fighter': ZI Khan Panna

23 October 2025, 16:30 PM

A message of unity, direction

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman’s recent media interview has left the party’s leaders and activists excited and energised.

7 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Govt to declare oxygen as an ‘essential drug’

The government is set to declare oxygen as an “essential drug”, considering its importance in patient treatment, said Prof Sayedur Rahman, special assistant to the chief adviser for the health ministry, yesterday.

7 October 2025, 18:00 PM

2 more die of dengue

At least two dengue patients died while 715 others were hospitalised in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

7 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Support BNP for a reform-focused govt

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday urged teachers to extend their support to BNP in the upcoming national election so the party can form a government to build a knowledge and merit-based state and implement its plans for national and political reforms.

7 October 2025, 18:00 PM

‘Bar biased officials from poll duties’

Election experts and former Election Commission officials yesterday urged the commission not to assign election duties to “politically biased officials” and those who had served in the past three national polls.

7 October 2025, 18:00 PM

‘UN committed to ensuring no one’s left behind’

UN Resident Coordinator Gwyn Lewis yesterday paid a farewell call on Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus at the state guest house Jamuna.

7 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Veggie farmers hit hard by rains

Vegetable growers in Jashore have been severely affected by persistent monsoon rains that damaged their fields and seedbeds. Despite replanting several times, farmers are struggling to save their crops due to continuous rainfall.

7 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Water recedes, but suffering far from over

The water level in the Teesta river has fallen below the danger mark, easing flood conditions in Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Rangpur, and Nilphamari.

7 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Illegal sand lifting worsens Meghna erosion

Rubel Mia, 28, of Shantipur village under Mirzarchar union in Narsingdi’s Raipura upazila, became homeless overnight after the Meghna swallowed his home.

7 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Türkiye backs Bangladesh’s democratic transition

Türkiye yesterday reaffirmed its strong commitment to supporting Bangladesh’s democratic transition and institution-building efforts as the country moves toward elections early next year.

7 October 2025, 18:00 PM

7 years, 2 contractors, still no bridge

The construction of a key bridge over a branch of the Padma river in Faridpur Sadar upazila remains incomplete even after two deadline extensions and seven years since work began, causing deep frustration among locals.

7 October 2025, 18:00 PM