China contributes $2.5m to provide LPG for Rohingya refugees

Funding to support clean cooking energy for 458,000 refugees until October 2026
15 December 2025, 07:24 AM

Shooting of Hadi isolated, law and order situation not worsened: CEC

He assures timely, inclusive and credible national polls
15 December 2025, 07:02 AM

Air ambulance carrying Hadi departs Dhaka for Singapore

Critically injured Dhaka-8 aspirant set for Singapore treatment after emergency government decision
15 December 2025, 06:34 AM

Case filed over gunfight between forest guards and timber poachers in Habiganj

Exchange of fire took place in Kalenga Reserve Forest; 10 named, 40–50 unidentified accused
15 December 2025, 06:26 AM

CMP chief orders heightened security for NCP, SAD leaders

Police issue precautionary alert, citing Dhaka attack and leaked audio suggesting possible political violence
15 December 2025, 06:10 AM

Entry of unauthorised persons in SC courtrooms prohibited

Any kind of assembly or procession, as well as carrying of weapons, has been completely banned
15 December 2025, 03:53 AM

Former SCBA president Mesbahuddin no more

His namaz-e-janaza will be held at 1:45pm at SC's Inner Garden
15 December 2025, 03:30 AM

Mass resistance and global efforts shaped country’s birth

The struggle of the independence-loving people of this country, supported by expatriate Bangalees and foreigners against the genocide committed by the Pakistani occupation forces, ultimately led to Bangladesh’s birth, said academics and journalists said at a programme yesterday.
14 December 2025, 21:45 PM

Jamaat’s spin on intellectual killings in ‘71

Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar has claimed that it was India who carried out the conspiracy to kill the country’s intellectuals during the Liberation War.
14 December 2025, 21:45 PM

EC adds ICT charge-based disqualification for elections

The Election Commission yesterday issued a circular on candidate eligibility and disqualification for the next national polls, adding a provision barring anyone from contesting if a formal charge has been filed against them at the International Crimes Tribunals.
14 December 2025, 21:44 PM

66.57% pass MBBS, BDS entry tests

The results of the admission tests for public and private medical and dental colleges for the 2025-26 academic year were published yesterday.
14 December 2025, 20:22 PM

Rangpur sees 13 murders, 37 rapes in last 3 months

Concern is growing over the law-and-order situation in Rangpur, where 13 murders and at least 37 rape cases were reported over the last three months.
14 December 2025, 20:19 PM

Kazi Fazlur Rahman passes away

Kazi Fazlur Rahman, an educationist, administrator, and social worker, died on December 13, aged 93, said a press release.
14 December 2025, 20:12 PM

3 martyred freedom fighter brothers’ death anniversary today

Today is the 54th death anniversary of three martyred freedom fighter brothers -- Badiuzzaman, Shahjahan, and Mullukjahan, said a press release..The three, who took part in the guerrilla war during the 1971 Liberation War, were detained by the Pakistani occupation army and killed on Decemb
14 December 2025, 20:12 PM

Quazi Azher Ali’s death anniversary today

Today is the 16th death anniversary of Quazi Azher Ali, an educationist, former vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University and founder of Mohammadpur Preparatory School and College, said a press release..On the occasion, a milad and doa mahfil will be held, and food will be distributed among
14 December 2025, 20:11 PM

The funding network of 1971

On April 17, 1971, in the mango grove of Baidyanathtala at Bhoberpara, an isolated border area in Meherpur, the acting president and cabinet members of the Mujibnagar Government were sworn in, formally establishing the provisional Government of Bangladesh during the Liberation War.
14 December 2025, 18:14 PM

No change in Khaleda’s condition

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia remains in critical condition in the intensive care unit of Evercare Hospital in Dhaka, where she has been receiving treatment for the last 21 days.
14 December 2025, 18:13 PM

‘Anti-Bangladesh activities from India must stop’

The foreign ministry yesterday summoned Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma to convey Bangladesh’s strong concerns over India allowing deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina to continue making “incendiary” statements while on Indian soil.
14 December 2025, 18:11 PM

The call that never came

Laments wife of peacekeeper killed in Sudan; grief sweeps families as news reaches home
14 December 2025, 18:11 PM

Reform commission chiefs frustrated over inaction

Chiefs and members of several reform commissions expressed frustration yesterday over the government’s failure to implement the proposals they had submitted.
14 December 2025, 18:09 PM