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

National Consensus Commission reform proposals

Referendum likely on PR for upper house

NCC prepares proposal, revises three contentious commitments

4 September 2025, 18:09 PM

Reforms cannot be sustained in a climate of violence

François Valérian, chair of Transparency International, has said that Bangladesh cannot sustain reforms or fight abuse of power “in a climate of violence, harassment and threats against journalists and civil society activists.”

4 September 2025, 18:05 PM

Sand lifting rampant despite crackdown

Illegal sand mining continues unabated across several upazilas in Moulvibazar, despite a series of raids and jail sentences.

4 September 2025, 18:00 PM

Neglect leaves 647km of Patuakhali roads in ruins

At least 647 kilometres of roads under the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) in Patuakhali have become unfit for use due to years of neglect, causing immense suffering to commuters.

4 September 2025, 18:00 PM

Ex-BRUR VC denied bail

Prof Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah, former vice-chancellor of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, was denied bail and sent to jail yesterday after completing a five-day remand in a case accusing him of embezzling Tk 4 crore from a university development project.

4 September 2025, 18:00 PM

Three die of dengue, 363 get hospitalised

At least three dengue patients died while 363 others were hospitalised in the 24 hours till yesterday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

4 September 2025, 18:00 PM

journalist body found in Cox’s Bazar forest

Journo’s body found hanging

Police recovered the body of a local journalist, hanging from a tree, in the seaside Jhau forest of Cox’s Bazar yesterday morning.

4 September 2025, 18:00 PM

SC acquits Tuku, Mir Nasir in graft cases

The Supreme Court yesterday acquitted BNP leaders Iqbal Hasan Mahmood Tuku, Mir Mohammad Nasir Uddin and his son in two separate corruption cases.

4 September 2025, 18:00 PM

Travel ban issued on GM Quader, wife

A Dhaka court yesterday issued a travel ban on Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader and his wife Sherifa Quader in connection with corruption allegations brought against them.

4 September 2025, 18:00 PM

Journo beaten by lawyers in Dhaka courtroom

A Somoy TV reporter was beaten by a group of lawyers while covering the bail hearing of journalist Monjurul Alam Panna, who was arrested under the Anti-Terrorism Act, at a Dhaka courtroom yesterday afternoon.

4 September 2025, 18:00 PM

India-China relations warming up: What it means for Bangladesh and the region

Leaders from China, India, Russia attended the recently concluded Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) conference in China. However, India-China relations warming up were at the forefront of this conference. What does this mean for the future of the region, and how will it impact Bangladesh?

4 September 2025, 16:18 PM