Dried fish season begins in Kuakata

Naturally sun-dried fish always sees strong demand and high price
12 November 2025, 12:37 PM

New York City mayoral candidates condemn immigration raid

New Yorkers responded to the federal immigration raid with protests on Tuesday and Wednesday evening
23 October 2025, 05:32 AM
Trump calls Colombian president 'a drug leader', vows end to payments
Relations between Bogota and Washington have frayed since Trump returned to office
19 October 2025, 14:16 PM
Over 1.16 lakh killed on roads since 2014
At least 1,16,726 people were killed and 1,65,021 injured in 67,890 road crashes between January 2014 and September this year, Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity said yesterday.
21 October 2025, 21:18 PM
Airport fire aftermath: RMG, pharma fear snag in production
Many import consignments of the garment and pharmaceutical sectors are stuck at Dubai and Singapore airports because of the space crisis in Dhaka’s cargo village and the lack of cold room facilities for pharmaceutical raw materials after the fire incident.
21 October 2025, 18:08 PM

24 dead in Zambia bus accident

Twenty-four people were killed yesterday when a bus carrying churchgoers heading for a religious service rammed into a truck in southern Zambia, police said.
13 May 2023, 18:00 PM

DSA was never misused: PM

Terming Bangladesh’s Digital Security Act a simpler law than similar ones found in other countries, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the act was never misused.
2 May 2023, 18:00 PM

2 schoolgirls among 4 killed in road crash

Four people, including two schoolgirls, were killed and two others injured when a bus rammed into a battery-run human haulier and a rickshaw van in Tangail’s Dhanbari upazila yesterday.
30 April 2023, 18:00 PM

Protest held in front of DW office in Berlin

Two protest rallies and human chains were organised in front of the Deutsche Welle, Berlin office by "Bangladesh Civil Society in Europe" and "Germany Awami League" respectively on Monday
24 April 2023, 17:01 PM
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16 April 2023, 18:00 PM

Adani power: Won’t be pricier than local plants’

A delegation of Adani Power yesterday told officials of the Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) that its electricity price will not be higher than that of Bangladeshi coal-fired power plants, including Payra and Rampal.
23 February 2023, 18:00 PM

At least 33 dead in Panama migrant bus crash

At least 33 people died yesterday when a bus transporting migrants bound for the United States crashed with a minibus in Panama, an official in the Central American country said.
15 February 2023, 18:00 PM

600 sued over BNP-police clash in Ctg

Chattogram Metropolitan Police yesterday filed four cases against 600 people over the clash between law enforcers and the BNP men in Kazir Dewri area of the city on Monday.
18 January 2023, 06:48 AM

Adani Godda Power Plant: Bangladesh likely to get 750MW by March

Bangladesh will start getting electricity from India’s Adani Godda Power Plant in March, said Nasrul Hamid, the state minister for power, energy and mineral resources.
3 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Iran accuses Israel and allies of plotting ‘civil war’

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abollahian yesterday accused Israel and its Western allies of plotting a “civil war” in the protest-hit Islamic republic.
17 November 2022, 18:00 PM

'Don't post content harmful to country, govt's image'

Bangladesh embassy in Kuwait yesterday urged Bangladeshi expatriates living there to not post anything on social media that tarnishes the image of the Bangladesh government and the country.
15 November 2022, 06:58 AM

Plainclothed police arrest two RU students in fraud case

Policemen is plainclothes have arrested two students of Rajshahi University from a private dormitory in the city’s Chalkpara area.
15 November 2022, 06:53 AM

Groundwater decreasing at alarming levels in Rajshahi

Experts in Rajshahi suggested more use of surface resources to meet growing demand for water in the Barind region of Rajshahi yesterday.
15 November 2022, 06:49 AM

World Bank to provide loan for Dhaka’s beautification: Kamal

The World Bank will provide a loan to make Dhaka a more livable city by removing encroachment from the surrounding rivers, said Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today (November 13, 2022).
13 November 2022, 11:09 AM

Get democracy ‘back on track’

UN chief Antonio Guterres yesterday urged the Myanmar junta to immediately return to democracy, saying it was the only way to stop the “unending nightmare” engulfing the country.
12 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Price hike of essetials leads to lower protein consumption

The findings also showed that compared to females, males eat less nutritious food.
10 November 2022, 10:21 AM

Gaibandha Santals struggling for irrigation water

They staged a demonstration, blocked roads, and submitted written applications to the local electricity office, upazila nirbahi officer, and deputy commissioner. They also talked to the Rangpur divisional commissioner to get electricity for the irrigation pump. But they are yet to get it.
6 November 2022, 06:49 AM

'This is a fight to save arable land in Banishanta'

As part of their dredging works in Pashur river, the port authorities want to pile up 2.16 crore cubic metres of sand on 300 acres of cropland in Banishanta, adjacent to the river, which could put the livelihood of 5,000 farmers in danger.
3 November 2022, 11:01 AM

WJP index 2022: Bangladeshranks 127th, down two notches

Bangladesh has ranked 127th out of 140 countries in the World Justice Project Rule of Law Index 2022.
26 October 2022, 18:00 PM