12 August 2025, 11:29 AM

89% back two-term limit for prime minister: Shujan Survey

These findings emerged from a public opinion survey
12 August 2025, 11:11 AM

Guardians of Milestone victims demand justice, compensation, school relocation

At least 34, mostly students, died after the air force jet crashed on the school on July 21
12 August 2025, 08:55 AM

Aviation stakeholders oppose move to scrap mandatory GSA provision

They warned that such a step would undermine regulatory oversight, compromise transparency, and hurt both employment and revenue generation
12 August 2025, 08:27 AM

CA Yunus joins luncheon hosted by Malaysian PM

Members of the Malaysian Cabinet and the chief adviser's entourage joined the luncheon
12 August 2025, 06:28 AM

RMG workers block Dhaka–Mymensingh highway over factory closure, unpaid wages

Around 150 to 200 workers staged the protest near the flyover adjacent to Bhogra Bypass in Bason Police Station around 8:45am
12 August 2025, 05:23 AM

UK property empire linked to Saifuzzaman Chowdhury goes bust

His UK property portfolio is said to be worth £170 million and contains more than 300 properties
12 August 2025, 04:34 AM

CPJ calls on govt to thoroughly investigate journalist’s killing in Gazipur

Tuhin, a staff reporter for the Bangla-language daily Protidiner Kagoj, was hacked to death by a group of armed assailants on August
12 August 2025, 04:20 AM

Bangladesh, Malaysia sign eight deals to boost bilateral cooperation

The signing ceremony took place in Putrajaya this morning, witnessed by Prof Yunus and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim
12 August 2025, 03:34 AM

CA, Malaysian PM hold bilateral talks

Earlier, Anwar Ibrahim received Prof Yunus in Putrajaya and shared a moment ahead of their bilateral meeting
12 August 2025, 02:45 AM

DUCSU polls: Nomination submission from today

The submission of nomination papers for the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) elections is set to begin today.
11 August 2025, 21:01 PM

Lawyers scuffle during the bail hearing of ex-CJ Khairul Haque

Two groups of Supreme Court lawyers yesterday scuffled at High Court during the hearing of a bail petition filed by former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque in a murder case.
11 August 2025, 20:12 PM

Human trafficking charges: CID clears ex-minister, secy after KL’s request

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has cleared the former expatriates’ welfare minister, its former secretary, several MPs and a syndicate of 101 recruiting agencies of charges of human trafficking and money laundering.
11 August 2025, 18:42 PM

‘We hanged Razakars, we’ll hang them too’

In an audio conversation on July 14 last year with then Dhaka University vice-chancellor ASM Maksud Kamal, deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina likened the protesters to “Razakars” and said they would meet the same fate as those executed for 1971 war crimes.
11 August 2025, 18:31 PM

No reforms in foreign ministry amid global shifts

Bangladesh’s foreign affairs apparatus did not see any major reforms over the past year when the country needed prudent diplomacy to navigate the complexities of rapidly evolving global and regional dynamics.
11 August 2025, 18:10 PM

Bangladesh Bank readying Tk 20,000cr for bank overhaul

The overhaul plan will start with at least five banks
11 August 2025, 18:07 PM

Law and order will improve by polls time

Home Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury yesterday questioned whether the media has ever reported satisfactory law and order in the country over the 53 years since independence.
11 August 2025, 18:01 PM

Malibagh hospital basement: Police probing two mysterious deaths

Police are investigating the deaths of two men whose bodies were found yesterday inside a car parked in the basement of Sirajul Islam Medical College and Hospital in Dhaka’s Malibagh area.
11 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Custodial Death of Jonny: HC upholds life term for two former cops

The High Court yesterday upheld the life imprisonment of two former police officers and reduced another officer’s life term to 10 years imprisonment in a case over the custodial death of Ishtiaque Hossain Jonny, a garment-waste trader from Dhaka’s Mirpur, 11 years ago.
11 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Indigenous rights still ignored despite political shifts

Despite their contribution to the July uprising, the situation of indigenous people in the country remains unchanged, speakers said at a discussion yesterday.
11 August 2025, 18:00 PM