Jamaat-led alliance holds emergency meeting without key ally
15 January 2026, 15:11 PM
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Bangladeshi-origin woman pulled from car by ICE agents in Minneapolis, says New York Post
15 January 2026, 12:51 PM
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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
Yunus urges South Asian academics to align education with youth aspirations
13 January 2026, 23:02 PM
Surrendering to those obstructing reform is like walking backwards: Mahfuj Alam
13 January 2026, 22:55 PM
Selling diseased meat as 'beef' undermines public trust: Obhoyaronno
13 January 2026, 21:06 PM
Fakhrul condemns Chuadanga BNP leader’s death in custody, demands justice
13 January 2026, 16:17 PM
Old Dhaka readies for Sakrain as kites, lanterns and memories return to winter skies
13 January 2026, 16:06 PM
Police block July Oikya protest march to EC headquarters
13 January 2026, 15:50 PM
Police primarily think there was instigation behind the young woman’s suicide: DC Gulshan
Police have registered an abetting suicide case against Bashundhara Group managing director after recovery of a young woman’s body from a Gulshan flat as primarily they think there was instigation behind the suspected suicide.
29 April 2021, 10:18 AM
Bangladesh Islami Front demands ban on Hefajat, Khelafat Majlis
Bangladesh Islami Front has urged the government to ban Hefajat-e-Islam and Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis for their alleged involvement in anti-state activities across the country.
29 April 2021, 10:12 AM
UN adopts Bangladesh’s Global Drowning Prevention resolution
The UN General Assembly has unanimously adopted a historic resolution on Global Drowning Prevention introduced by Bangladesh. The UN also declared July 25 as "UN Day for Drowning Prevention" to promote awareness, encourage national action, share best practices, and key solutions to drowning.
29 April 2021, 09:50 AM
Body recovered from construction site in Bagerhat
Police recovered the body of a man from a construction site in Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat this morning.
29 April 2021, 09:41 AM
Japan to honour 2 Bangladeshi nationals
Matiur Rahman, first President of Japan-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JBCCI), will receive “the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette.”
29 April 2021, 08:18 AM
Dhaka University reschedules admission test; ‘Cha’ unit exam on July 31
Considering the Covid-19 situation, the Dhaka University authorities rescheduled the honours first year admission test for 2020-21 academic session. The admission test of “Cha” unit will be held on July 31.
29 April 2021, 07:19 AM
DU unit Chhatra Odhikar Parishad General Secretary Akram remanded
Akram Hossain, General Secretary of Sadharon Chhatra Odhikar Songrokkhon Parishad's Dhaka University unit, has been placed on a two-day remand, hours after he was arrested from Dhaka airport area today.
29 April 2021, 06:56 AM
Oil tanker catches fire in Karnaphuli; 2 crew members dead, 3 injured
Two crew members were killed and three others were injured as a fire broke out in an oil tanker at a private jetty on the southern bank of Karnaphuli river in Chattogram this morning.
29 April 2021, 06:14 AM
Resume public transport from tomorrow: Bus-Truck Owners' Association urges govt
Bangladesh Bus-Truck Owners' Association today urged the government to resume public transport from tomorrow, considering the plight of transport owners and workers.
29 April 2021, 06:14 AM
Armanitola fire: Newlywed husband dies, wife still on life support
Ashiquzzaman Khan, who was injured in the deadly fire in Old Dhaka's Armanitola on April 23, died at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery last night.
29 April 2021, 04:39 AM
International tender called for reopening closed jute mills: Jute minister
Textiles and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi has said effective steps are being taken to soon reopen the state-owned jute mills that were closed down last year.
28 April 2021, 19:39 PM
Third gender family ‘forced’ to leave Sirajganj home; case filed, 2 arrested
A third gender family filed a case against a group of village arbitrators who they claimed forced them to leave their inherited house at Charghatina village in Sirajganj’s Ullapara upazila.
28 April 2021, 11:23 AM
3 killed in Mymensingh road accident
Three people were killed and another was injured as a truck hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Tarakanda upazila of Mymensingh this morning.
28 April 2021, 10:53 AM
Govt starts paddy procurement directly from farmers
The government today started procurement of paddy directly from farmers at Tk 27 per kg.
28 April 2021, 10:16 AM
No respite from heatwave in next couple of days: Met Office
People are not getting any respite from the heatwave sweeping across the country in the next two days, says the Met Office.
28 April 2021, 08:11 AM
Restrictions till May 5: What is and isn’t allowed
The government has issued a gazette notification, extending the ongoing restrictions -- till May 5 -- imposed on public and vehicular movement to prevent the surge of coronavirus cases.
28 April 2021, 07:15 AM
Fire at Dhaka's Nawabganj upazila doused; 9 buses, several shops gutted
A fire that broke out at Bandura Bazar in Dhaka's Nawabganj upazila has been doused. The blaze gutted at least nine buses and several shops.
28 April 2021, 06:11 AM
6.0 magnitude earthquake jolts parts of Bangladesh
A strong earthquake, measuring 6.0 magnitude on the Richter scale, was felt in different parts of the country including Dhaka this morning.
28 April 2021, 04:39 AM
London School of Commerce, Dhaka ‘unauthorised’, UGC finds
University Grants Commission (UGC) has found an unauthorised study centre -- London School of Commerce, Dhaka -- and urged the authorities concerned to take immediate steps to close the centre.
27 April 2021, 10:36 AM
DB identifies at least 313 who used to provide funds to Hefajat-e-Islam
Detectives have identified at least 313 persons who used to provide funds to Hefajat-e-Islam, which carried out violence and vandalism across the country in March this year.
27 April 2021, 08:40 AM