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
Curtain falls on boi mela
As the Ekushey Boi Mela drew to a close, an air of bittersweet nostalgia enveloped Suhrawardy Udyan and Bangla Academy. Thousands of book lovers, young and old, meandered through the colourful stalls, their hearts heavy with the impending farewell to the largest book fair.
28 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Tarmac damaged 2 days after road renovation work
Merely two days after the completion of renovation work on the 1.98-kilometre-long Balapukur-Debirpat road in Lalmonirhat’s Aditmari upazila, the bitumen surface has begun to wear off.
28 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Fugitive death row convict held in Tangail
Rab arrested a death row convict, who had escaped from Kashimpur High Security Central Jail in Gazipur on August 5, from the Old Bus Stand area of Tangail’s Mirzapur upazila on Friday night.
28 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Kurigram, Lalmonirhat: Fishers in peril as major rivers dry up
The major rivers in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat districts, including Brahmaputra, Teesta, Dudhkumar, Gangadhar and Dharla, are drying up, pushing fishermen into crisis.
28 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Govt agency razes hill to repair road
The Hill Agricultural Research Station in Khagrachhari has allegedly razed part of a hill in Sadar upazila without obtaining permission from the Department of Environment (DoE).
28 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Shilpakala DG hands in resignation letter after fiery speech
Noted theatre personality Syed Jamil Ahmed, in a surprise move, handed in his resignation as director general of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy yesterday, citing “bureaucratic challenges” and “restrictions on artistic expression”.
28 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Bagerhat registrar’s office runs from rented house
Space constraint, service disruption causing public suffering
28 February 2025, 16:44 PM
Community clinic shut down over land dispute
Locals deprived of healthcare
28 February 2025, 16:35 PM
National Moon Sighting Committee's meeting tomorrow
The meeting is scheduled to be held at the conference room of the Islamic Foundation's Baitul Mukarram office in the capital around 6:00pm
28 February 2025, 14:54 PM
The 'Super 10' of the National Citizen Party
The top 10 leadership positions—dubbed the "Super Ten"—of the youth-led National Citizen Party have been finalised
28 February 2025, 10:13 AM
Watch: NCP supporters talk about their hopes
Enthusiastic supporters joined the programme travelling from different districts by bus to take part in what they believe to be a historic moment
28 February 2025, 09:26 AM
Stage set for new party of uprising leaders
Manik Miah Avenue at the heart of Dhaka is abuzz with anticipation as the National Citizen Party (NCP), led by the July uprising leaders, is set to be officially launched this afternoon
28 February 2025, 07:22 AM
Rangpur jolted by late-night earthquake
Rangpur and its surrounding areas experienced another earthquake late at night. This marks the third significant tremor since November last year
28 February 2025, 05:20 AM
A legacy of movements
New political parties have coincided with major landmark events. Here is a look back
28 February 2025, 04:42 AM
Democracy Index: Bangladesh nosedives to 100th spot
Bangladesh saw the sharpest decline in the 2024 Democracy Index by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), falling 25 spots to 100th out of 167.
27 February 2025, 19:55 PM
Tarique, Fakhrul invited to Jatiya Nagorik Party launch event
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir have been invited to the official launch event of the Jatiya Nagorik Party (National Citizens' Party), scheduled for today
27 February 2025, 18:16 PM
Ensure free drinking water at public places
The High Court in a verdict yesterday declared the access to pure drinking and usable water a fundamental right of the citizens, saying it is the state’s responsibility to ensure this right.
27 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Amendments must not serve any group
Eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday said that steps must be taken to ensure that the constitution cannot be manipulated to benefit any particular person or group.
27 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Violence against women: Most victims abused by husbands
Women in Bangladesh are three times more likely to be physically abused and over 14 times more likely to suffer sexual violence from their husbands than from others, according to a Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics survey on violence against women.
27 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Urgent decision needed on utilising coal reserves
With the rise in use of coal for power generation, experts at a seminar yesterday stressed the need for an immediate decision on whether Bangladesh will utilise its own coal reserves.
27 February 2025, 18:00 PM