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
ICT-1 rejects ZI Khan Panna’s request to defend Hasina
The Interna-tional Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday dismissed an appeal from senior Supreme Court lawyer ZI Khan Panna, who sought permission to represent the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
12 August 2025, 21:29 PM
We’re now ready to hand over power to elected representatives
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday said the interim government is prepared to transfer power to an elected administration.
12 August 2025, 20:04 PM
Footpaths reoccupied hours after eviction drive in Noakhali
On Tuesday, three executive magistrates from the district administration, accompanied by army personnel and police, conducted a two-hour operation
12 August 2025, 18:57 PM
Fighting across Myanmar border worries locals
A tense situation is prevailing along the Bangladesh-Myanmar frontier after an armed member of the Arakan Army (AA) entered Bangladesh on Monday, hours after prolonged bursts of gunfire from the Myanmar side in Bandarban’s Ghumdhum border.
12 August 2025, 18:28 PM
Grounded planes put Biman’s schedule in disarray
Now at least four of its 10 widebody planes remain grounded, three Boeing 787s and one Boeing 777.
12 August 2025, 18:22 PM
Businesses for deferment of LDC graduation by 6yrs
Bangladesh’s leading business figures have urged the government to seek a six-year deferral of the country’s graduation from Least Developed Country (LDC) status, warning that the economy is unprepared for the loss of vital trade preferences.
12 August 2025, 18:21 PM
83% in favour of caretaker govt system
Eighty-three percent of people are in favour of forming an election-time caretaker government for 120 days during the national polls.
12 August 2025, 18:15 PM
Move to send peace mission to Myanmar
Bangladesh, Malaysia, and several other Southeast Asian countries will send a joint peace mission to Myanmar in the coming weeks to advocate for peace and humanitarian aid for the Rohingya population and other communities in the country.
12 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Aviation stakeholders oppose move to scrap GSA provision
Aviation stakeholders strongly oppose the government’s move to scrap the rule requiring foreign airlines to appoint local General Sales Agents (GSA).
12 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Begum Sitara Chowdhury passes away
Begum Sitara Chowdhury, wife of late Justice AFM Abdur Rahman Chowdhury, passed away on August 6 at Square Hospital in Dhaka. She was 88.
12 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Academic activities stalled for over a month amid protests
Academic activities at the Government Unani and Ayurvedic Medical College in Mirpur have remained halted for the past one and a half months due to an ongoing student protest demanding a separate law and the formation of an independent council to oversee their affairs.
12 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Expedite probe into Muradnagar rape: HC
The High Court yesterday directed police to expedite the investigation, charge sheet submission, and DNA test report in a case over the rape of a woman in Muradnagar, Cumilla, so the trial can be completed on time.
12 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Reserve 150 seats for women in parliament
Rejecting the consensus commission’s decision to keep 50 reserved seats for women in the parliament through nomination until 2043, the Committee for Social Resistance has called for major reforms to the system.
12 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Court summons IO to submit progress report on investigation
A Dhaka court yesterday asked the investigation officer to appear in person before it on September 14 and submit the progress report on investigation in the case filed over murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi in 2012.
12 August 2025, 18:00 PM
No relief from seasonal waterlogging
Seasonal waterlogging, under-construction roads and drainage work have made life miserable for some 2,000 families in Mymensingh city’s Balashpur Madhyapara area.
12 August 2025, 18:00 PM
‘Compensation, justice, school relocation’
Parents of students killed or injured in the July 21 jet crash have demanded justice, compensation, and relocation of Milestone School and College to prevent future tragedies.
12 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Missing Netrokona bKash employee found dead after two days
Rajon may have been killed for money, says OC Shahnewaz
12 August 2025, 15:49 PM
Academics, industry leaders push for harnessing untapped marine resources
They were speaking at the launch of Ocean Centres Bangladesh, part of a global initiative
12 August 2025, 14:10 PM
DMP bans rallies around chief justice's residence, SC from tomorrow
The ban will be effective from tomorrow until further notice
12 August 2025, 14:10 PM
Teesta swells above danger mark, flood fears grip 5 northern districts
Padma in Rajshahi flowing 0.61m below the danger mark
12 August 2025, 12:08 PM