Batiaghata’s women farmers take lead in preserving indigenous seeds

The Maitree Farmers’ Federation and LoCos organised the annual Rural Seed Fair on Thursday at the premises of Brittyshalua Government Primary School in Khulna's Batiaghata to showcase vanishing indigenous seed varieties
14 March 2025, 11:14 AM

Guterres expresses supports for reforms, voices concern over Rohingya aid cuts

He hoped the reforms would lead to a free and fair election and a "real transformation" of the country
14 March 2025, 10:54 AM

37 rivers in Khulna Division at risk: speakers

Speakers at the event urged the authorities to take immediate action to protect the country’s rivers
14 March 2025, 10:30 AM

Chief adviser, UN chief arrive in Cox's Bazar to visit Rohingya refugees

A Biman flight carrying Prof Yunus and Guterres landed in Cox’s Bazar Airport at 12:48pm.
14 March 2025, 08:26 AM

Bangladesh can count on UN support in building equitable future: Guterres

Guterres also thanked Muhammad Yunus, the interim government and the people of Bangladesh for their warm welcome.
14 March 2025, 08:13 AM

RMG workers block Dhaka-Mymensingh highway demanding Eid bonus

Around three hundred workers of a ready made garment factory blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur's Basan area this morning to press home their 14-point demands, including Eid-ul-Fitr bonus.
14 March 2025, 07:48 AM

UN chief to urge int'l community to step up assistance for Rohingyas

The UN Secretary General's Spokesperson said this at a media briefing early today.
14 March 2025, 05:19 AM

Salman F Rahman, son charged for money laundering

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has charged Salman F Rahman, adviser to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, his son Ahmed Shayan Fazlur Rahman, and nine others for laundering Tk 76 crore to London and embezzling Tk 33.64 crore in loans.
13 March 2025, 18:41 PM

EC employees demonstrate nationwide

Demanding the National Identity Card registration services remain under the Election Commission jurisdiction, its officials and employees yesterday demonstrated at the EC headquarters in the capital and election offices across the country.
13 March 2025, 18:14 PM

Armed forces: Magistracy power extended again

The government has once again extended the magistracy power granted to commissioned officers of the armed forces with the rank of captain, its equivalent, or above for another 60 days.
13 March 2025, 18:13 PM

AL govt sought to hide true extent of massacre

They all had families, desperately searching for them amid a nationwide curfew and internet shutdown at the height of the July uprising. Yet, they were buried as "unclaimed" bodies within one to six days after being shot dead, before their loved ones could find them. Seven months after the July
13 March 2025, 18:00 PM

UN chief in Dhaka to put spotlight on Rohingyas

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Dhaka yesterday on a four-day visit that will highlight the Rohingya crisis that has worsened with cuts in monthly food aid for the refugees.
13 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Consensus commission: 30 parties miss deadline for feedback

The National Consensus Commission is struggling to gather timely feedback on key reform recommendations as most political parties are yet to respond within the deadline.
13 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Trial may begin in a week

Law enforcement, medical professionals, and the judiciary are working with utmost urgency to this effort, he says
13 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Yunus-Xi talks on March 28

Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus is set to hold bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on March 28, said the foreign ministry yesterday.
13 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Ensure swift trials to tackle sexual violence

Women’s rights activists have called for swift trials and exemplary punishment for rapists, citing a surge in sexual violence due to delays in justice.
13 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Govt to probe graft allegations

The Ministry of Religious Affairs has formed a committee to investigate corruption allegations linked to the construction of model mosques during the previous autocratic regime.
13 March 2025, 18:00 PM

122 DU students involved in July 15 violence

A fact-finding committee of Dhaka University has identified 122 DU students involved in violence on the campus on July 15 last year.
13 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Kalinganga river: Residents struggle due to lack of boat quays

Local residents have long been suffering while crossing the Kaliganga river in Pirojpur’s Nazirpur upazila using Toyoberhat-Gholarhat boat ferry as there is no boat quay (ghat) on either side of the river.
13 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Wasa pipeline chokes Bhairab

The 20km part of Bhairab River, stretching from Khulna to Bagerhat, is shrinking into a stagnant canal due to a massive pipeline installed by the Khulna Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa).
13 March 2025, 18:00 PM