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
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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
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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
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Police seek to clear Iresh Zaker, ex-cabinet secretary Mahbub Hossain from July uprising murder case
23 October 2025, 16:51 PM
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'Time granted to war criminals, but not to a freedom fighter': ZI Khan Panna
23 October 2025, 16:30 PM
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Highway Police struggling amid resource crunch
Highway Police officials cited insufficient manpower, inadequate logistics support, and the absence of a modern, technology-driven policing system as key factors behind the unit's struggles.
16 March 2025, 18:10 PM
Bangabandhu’s 105th birthday today
Today is the 105th birthday of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
16 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Dhaka Central University for 7 colleges
The newly proposed university comprising seven government colleges in the capital will be called the Dhaka Central University.
16 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Bribery, assault allegations: DC of Rangpur police withdrawn
Mohammad Shibli Kaiser, deputy commissioner of Rangpur Metropolitan Police (crime), has been withdrawn and attached to the Police Headquarters.
16 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Next budget must be designed for LDC graduation
The country must revise its tax policies to align with World Trade Organisation regulations as part of its preparations for graduation from the least-developed country bracket in November 2026, said the Centre for Policy Dialogue yesterday.
16 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Penalise wealthy tax dodgers
Economists urged the government yesterday to introduce legislation targeting individuals capable of paying taxes but avoiding their obligations.
16 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Two children drown in pond in M’singh
Two siblings children drowned in a pond at Ranigoan village in Mymensingh’s Dhobaura upazila yesterday afternoon.
16 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Lax monitoring lets industrial waste pollute waterbodies
Discharge of untreated and potentially hazardous industrial waste from dyeing and printing units of mills and factories in Tangail has long been indiscriminately polluting the rivers and other waterbodies across the district amid lax monitoring by the authorities concerned.
16 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Turning rodents into revenue
Laboni Akter, a resident of Dhaka’s Khilgaon, after completing her post-graduation in Zoology from Khilgaon Model College, sought a unique venture to achieve financial solvency.
16 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Khan Mohammad Amir no more
Khan Mohammad Amir Biltu, chairman of Padma Group of Companies, passed away at United Hospital in the capital yesterday. He was 82, said a press release.
16 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Rights groups decry lack of coordination in child protection
Child rights organisations have voiced concerns over the lack of coordination among government ministries, which they say is undermining child protection efforts in Bangladesh.
16 March 2025, 18:00 PM
ACC sues Inu, SK Sur, 3 others
The Anti-Corruption Commission has filed separate cases against former information minister Hasanul Haque Inu and his wife and former lawmaker Afroza Haque, former deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank Sitangshu Kumar Sur Chowdhury, his wife Suparna Sur Chowdhury and daughter Nandita Sur Chowdhury.
16 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Three killed in road accidents
At least three persons were killed and three others were injured road accidents in two districts yesterday.
16 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Training for bus drivers, helpers to prevent sexual harassment in public transport
The workshop is being organised jointly by DTCA and Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF), with support from the Embassy of Sweden
16 March 2025, 16:18 PM
Nail removal drive launched in Habiganj to protect trees
Following the meeting, authorities removed nail-attached billboards and festoons from key locations
16 March 2025, 15:44 PM
Reform initiatives are homegrown: Shafiqul
Alam said Bangladesh's 'friendly partners and well-wishers have given their full support to the reform agenda'
16 March 2025, 13:41 PM
DMP urges citizens to avoid road blockades during Ramadan
The DMP also noted that certain groups have recently been obstructing roads under various pretexts, causing severe disruptions to public life
16 March 2025, 11:57 AM
UPDF activist shot dead in Rangamati
No formal complaint has been filed regarding the murder
16 March 2025, 10:59 AM
Lack of inter-ministry coordination hindering child protection, say rights groups
The organisations highlighted the absence of a dedicated department for children—unlike the Department of Women Affairs—and stressed the urgent need to establish a Department of Child Affairs
16 March 2025, 10:22 AM
Govt strengthens security ahead of Eid, Independence Day; no parade on March 26
The government has taken extensive security and logistical measures during Ramadan, and ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr and Independence Day on March 26
16 March 2025, 09:54 AM