Highest budget for edn if BNP returns to power

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday said if his party is voted to power, it will prioritise education by giving the sector the highest budget allocation to enhance its quality and develop skilled, ethical human resources.
25 October 2025, 18:00 PM

A healing home for Dhaka’s trees

The smoke, dust, and concrete walls of Dhaka seem to be closing in, making it harder to breathe each day. In this bustling city, catching sight of greenery feels like a rare stroke of luck. Yet, the answer to relief lies close -- in trees. A little shade, a breath of oxygen, a moment of peace.
25 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Six-month-old Ludo feud ends in deadly clash

What began as a simple Ludo game during Ramadan in March this year has turned into six months of simmering hostility -- finally erupting into a deadly clash that left one man dead and at least 30 others injured in Brahmanbaria Sadar upazila early yesterday.
25 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Phulbaria upazila in Mymensingh: Decades on, locals still depend on wooden bridges

For decades, hundreds of people have been using three wooden bridges over the Banar river in Mymensingh’s Phulbaria upazila.
25 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Patuakhali, Cox’s Bazar: Fishers set sail again as 22-day hilsa ban ends

Fishermen in Patuakhali and Cox’s Bazar districts are eagerly preparing to set sail for the deep sea as the 22-day ban on hilsa fishing came to an end at midnight today.
25 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Narsingdi Municipality: Police, admin at odds over road tolls

Police and the local administration in Narsingdi municipality are locked in a dispute over toll collection from roads.
25 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Teacher arrested over rape of 12-year-old

A madrasa teacher was arrested on charge of rape of a 12-year-old boy amid protests by locals in Gazipur’s Sreepur upazila on Friday.
25 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Imam’s abduction: Gazipur police cautions against speculation

The Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP) yesterday urged the public to remain patient and avoid assigning blame prematurely regarding the abduction of Mufti Mohammad Mohebbullah Miyaji, the imam of Tongi T&T Colony Mosque.
25 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Jubo Dal man shot dead in Ctg’s Raozan

A little over two weeks after the killing of a BNP activist in Hathazari upazila, a Jubo Dal activist was shot dead in broad daylight in Raozan upazila of Chattogram yesterday afternoon.
25 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Mirpur factory fire: Warehouse owner ran illegal chemical trade for 15 years

After the fire, toxic fumes hung over the area for several days, posing serious health risks to locals.
25 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Safari park’s last giraffe dies

The only giraffe at Gazipur Safari Park has died while undergoing treatment for tuberculosis (TB). The adult female giraffe, brought from South Africa, passed away on Thursday afternoon, but the news was made public yesterday.
25 October 2025, 18:00 PM

‘Minority rights a crucial element of democracy’

As Bangladesh goes through a transition and heads for elections by February next year, political analysts have called for a just and fair process where all people, regardless of caste, creed, and gender, can participate.
25 October 2025, 18:00 PM

‘Bangladesh will experience a just and fair election process’

Hopes Felix Gerdes, resident representative of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES)
25 October 2025, 17:01 PM
25 October 2025, 16:20 PM

GMP cautions against speculation over imam’s abduction

Police say public asked not to assign blame without evidence
25 October 2025, 16:12 PM

Law adviser stresses institutional, legal reforms to prevent enforced disappearance

Law Adviser Asif Nazrul today said that institutional reforms, alongside legal ones, are required to prevent enforced disappearances, describing the crime as worse than murder
25 October 2025, 15:06 PM

Highest budget for education if BNP returns to power, pledges Tarique

Party's plans include repairing and improving dilapidated primary schools, he says
25 October 2025, 14:49 PM

Jubo Dal man shot dead in Ctg’s Raozan

Police launch investigation
25 October 2025, 14:22 PM

Political parties eager for conflict ahead of polls: Mahfuj Alam

Information adviser warns of worsening situation if religion enters politics
25 October 2025, 14:04 PM

60 Bangladeshi nationals return home after serving jail in India

They entered the neighbouring country illegally
25 October 2025, 13:27 PM