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

Refused to fire on protesters despite orders

Two police officials yesterday told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 that they had defied direct orders to open fire on unarmed student protesters during last year’s July uprising, saying they believed every bullet would mean a life lost.

14 September 2025, 18:32 PM

New EC delimitation: Protests intensify in Faridpur, Pabna, Bagerhat

Demonstrators yesterday enforced blockades and staged sit-ins in Faridpur, Pabna, and Bagerhat, protesting the Election Commission’s recent redrawing of constituencies in their areas.

14 September 2025, 18:28 PM

Khelafat Majlis calls protests on September 18, 19

Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis, led by Maulana Mamunul Haque, yesterday announced a three-day programme to press its five-point demand.

14 September 2025, 18:24 PM

Jucsu hall union: 34 elected JCD candidates undecided on taking office

Despite boycotting the Jahangirnagar University Central Students' Union (Jucsu) election, the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD)-backed panel secured 34 posts across 21 hall union councils.

14 September 2025, 18:18 PM

Teacher held over rape of 7-year-old student

Police yesterday arrested a madrasa teacher in Gajaria upazila of Munshiganj over allegations of raping a seven-year-old student.

14 September 2025, 18:13 PM

home adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury press briefing

Life term may be reduced for elderly convicts

The government is reviewing whether to reduce the tenure of life imprisonment, particularly for elderly inmates, Home Affairs Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said yesterday.

14 September 2025, 18:08 PM

Consensus a must, election to be a ‘grand festival’

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday stressed that there is no alternative to consensus on the July Charter, warning that any delay or dispute could endanger the nation’s hard-won stability.

14 September 2025, 18:05 PM

Gono Odhikar threatens to besiege Secretariat

Gono Odhikar Parishad has warned of besieging the Secretariat and the CA’s residence Jamuna if action is not taken within 48 hours against those responsible for the attack on its President Nurul Haque Nur.

14 September 2025, 18:00 PM

‘Dangerous forces’ are endangering democracy

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday voiced deep concern over the rise of what he described as dangerous forces in the country, saying they pose a serious threat to democracy, religious freedom, and cultural diversity.

14 September 2025, 18:00 PM

Children left alone at home vulnerable offline, online

Speakers at a discussion yesterday called for stronger government and private sector initiatives to protect children left at home by their working parents from harm in both the physical world and cyberspace.

14 September 2025, 18:00 PM

22 LGED projects stall for a year in Patuakhali

At least 22 development projects under the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) in Patuakhali have been stalled for over a year, causing immense suffering for residents.

14 September 2025, 18:00 PM

Students suffer due to incomplete building

Around 160 students of Narendrapur Government Primary School in remote Narendrapur village under Mymensingh’s Nandail upazila have long been suffering, as construction of the school’s new building has remained incomplete for the past two years.

14 September 2025, 18:00 PM