Jamaat-led alliance holds emergency meeting without key ally
15 January 2026, 15:11 PM
Bangladesh
Bangladeshi-origin woman pulled from car by ICE agents in Minneapolis, says New York Post
15 January 2026, 12:51 PM
Bangladesh
Tarique likely to meet CA Yunus today
15 January 2026, 12:35 PM
Bangladesh
Khaleda Zia’s legacy honoured in Washington National Press Club
13 January 2026, 23:10 PM
Bangladesh
Yunus urges South Asian academics to align education with youth aspirations
13 January 2026, 23:02 PM
Bangladesh
Surrendering to those obstructing reform is like walking backwards: Mahfuj Alam
13 January 2026, 22:55 PM
Bangladesh
Selling diseased meat as 'beef' undermines public trust: Obhoyaronno
13 January 2026, 21:06 PM
Bangladesh
Fakhrul condemns Chuadanga BNP leader’s death in custody, demands justice
13 January 2026, 16:17 PM
Bangladesh
Old Dhaka readies for Sakrain as kites, lanterns and memories return to winter skies
13 January 2026, 16:06 PM
Bangladesh
Police block July Oikya protest march to EC headquarters
13 January 2026, 15:50 PM
Bangladesh
Moghbazar Blast: Caretaker’s body found 2 days later
Two days after an explosion in a building in the capital’s Moghbazar, another body was recovered from the debris yesterday, raising the death toll to eight.
29 June 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Strict Lockdown’: Violators to be punished
Anyone who goes outdoors without an urgent cause will face severe punishment during the seven-day lockdown starting tomorrow.
29 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Departmental action against Comilla University teacher who identified 'flaw' in 2019-2020 admission process
He was supposed to be rewarded as a teacher for identifying a flaw in the 2019-2020 admission process -- where an absent applicant was given 12th position in the merit list.
29 June 2021, 13:41 PM
Woman missing after trawler capsizes in Meghna
A woman went missing after a trawler capsized in Meghna river under Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj district this morning.
29 June 2021, 06:34 AM
Migrants to get Pfizer, Moderna vaccines
Good news for Bangladeshi migrant workers!
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM
83 Bangladeshis rescued from Mediterranean
Another 83 Bangladeshis were rescued in the Mediterranean off the Tunisian coast on Sunday when they were trying to go to Europe across the sea illegally.
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Life expectancy up even amid pandemic
The average life expectancy of Bangladeshis has increased to 72.8 years in 2020 during the outbreak of coronavirus from 72.6 years in 2019, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Lives taken, dreams shattered
Abul Kashem, 45, used to drive buses owned by others for 25 years and dreamed of one day owning his own bus.
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Moghbazar Explosion: Gas line leak may have caused it
Accumulated gas was behind the massive explosion at the ground floor of a three-storey building in the capital’s Moghbazar on Sunday evening, said officials and experts.
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Gas leaks 4th most blamed for fires
Leaky gas pipes were the fourth most common cause of fires reported last year, according to Fire Service and Civil Defence data.
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Highest cases a day after record deaths
Bangladesh reported 8,364 new Covid-19 infections in 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday, a record high number of daily infections since the confirmation of its first cases on March 8 last year.
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Govt to enforce stay at home
The government plans to go all out to make sure that people stay at home during the “strict lockdown” to be enforced from Thursday to stem the surge in Covid deaths and infections.
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Freeze eight accounts of Khokon, family
A Dhaka court has ordered a freeze on eight bank accounts of former Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Sayeed Khokon and his three family members as part of an investigation into an allegation of amassing illegal wealth.
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Wrong Man Jailed: HC gives him bail, seeks answers
The High Court yesterday granted six months’ ad-interim bail to a Manik Hawlader, an innocent man who had been serving the jail sentence handed down to actual convict Manik Miah, of Shariatpur’s Bhedarganj upazila, in connection with a drug related case.
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Bangladeshis will not accept hoax: Bhashani
The people of Bangladesh would not accept any political settlement short of independence, said Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani.
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Endangered by engines
Deaths of rare and endangered species of wildlife under the wheels of vehicles and on train tracks are rampant in Moulvibazar’s Lawachhara forest.
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Fire at Faridpur jute mills damages goods worth Tk 4 crore
A massive fire broke out at a jute mill beside Dhaka-Khulna highway in Madhukhali upazila of Faridpur. The mill authorities said the blaze caused damages worth around Tk 4 crore.
28 June 2021, 15:52 PM
Over 3,000kms of roads poor, bad or very bad
Although road conditions under Roads and Highways Department network have improved a little compared to the last year, over 3,000km surveyed roads -- 16.26 percent -- are still in “poor, bad or very bad” condition, says an RHD survey.
27 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Country logs highest daily deaths at 119
A total of 119 people died with Covid-19 in Bangladesh in 24 hours until yesterday morning, the biggest figure since the pandemic hit the country.
27 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Blast kills at least six, injures 50
Brig Gen Md Sazzad Hussain, director general of Fire Service and Civil Defence, said they are primarily suspecting that the explosion took place from accumulation of gas from a leakage.
27 June 2021, 18:00 PM