DUCSU polls: Campaigning starts with rallies, tributes

Campaigning for the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union kicked off yesterday with vibrant rallies, tributes, and outreach efforts by major panels and independents across Dhaka University.
26 August 2025, 18:06 PM

Rohingyas may go hungry after November: WFP

Food assistance for over 1.2 million Rohingyas in Bangladesh will end after November 30 unless urgent funds are secured, the World Food Programme has warned.
26 August 2025, 18:06 PM

Cocaine haul raises transit route concerns

A Guyanese national was arrested with around 8.6kg of cocaine at Dhaka airport yesterday, and officials said the drug was not meant for local use.
26 August 2025, 18:05 PM

Man held over rape of girl with disability

Police have arrested a man on charges of raping a teenage girl with intellectual disability in Bandarban’s Lama upazila on Sunday.
26 August 2025, 18:02 PM

One killed in bus-bike collision

A man was killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a motorcycle in Madaripur yesterday.
26 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Inter-ministerial probe body visits Sada Pathor

A high-level inter-ministerial probe committee, formed by the Cabinet Division, is currently in Sylhet and yesterday visited Sada Pathor and adjacent areas in Companiganj upazila to investigate the large-scale looting of stones.
26 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Political will key to implementing reforms: speakers

There is strong public demand for reforms, and political parties will face consequences if they ignore it, said Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujan) Secretary Badiul Alam Majumdar yesterday.
26 August 2025, 18:00 PM

BNP and Jamaat lawyers urge SC to reinstate CG system

Counsels for BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday pleaded before the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court to turn down its verdict that scrapped the non-party caretaker government system, saying that this system ensured democracy in the country through holding free and fair elections.
26 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Enforced Disappearances: Fortify Rights calls for accountability, reparations

On the first anniversary of Bangladesh’s Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances, rights group Fortify Rights urged the interim government to ensure accountability for past abuses and provide reparations to survivors and families of the disappeared.
26 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Formulate ‘Journalist Protection Act’

Legal reform is essential to ensure journalists can work without fear of censorship, harassment, or arbitrary detention, said speakers at the launch event of a strategic action plan yesterday.
26 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Sweet harvest on saline shores

On the saline fringes of Bangladesh’s southwest coast, where seawater intrusion and freshwater scarcity have long dictated the fate of crops, a quiet agricultural revolution is ripening.
26 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Waterlogging disrupts edn in 25 schools

Educational activities have been disrupted in 25 institutions in Monirampur upazila of Jashore due to widespread waterlogging.
26 August 2025, 18:00 PM
26 August 2025, 17:45 PM

Adviser Sk Bashir appointed Biman chairman

The appointment was made today, through a notification issued by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism
26 August 2025, 17:19 PM

Protests in Kishoreganj over ‘conspiracy’ against Fazlur Rahman

Earlier today, BNP suspended him from all party posts for three months
26 August 2025, 16:34 PM

BSF pushes in 11 individuals through Thakurgaon border

A BGB patrol team detained them this morning
26 August 2025, 15:21 PM

Mymensingh’s handmade ‘Laal Chini’ gets GI recognition

Producers hope the 200-year-old craft will gain global attention
26 August 2025, 14:33 PM
26 August 2025, 14:15 PM

Fortify Rights calls for reparations, transparency in enforced disappearance cases

The rights group made the call to the interim government on the first anniversary of Bangladesh's Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances
26 August 2025, 13:37 PM

Stone looting: Inter-ministerial probe body visits Shada Pathor area

Officials meet locals and traders during inspection
26 August 2025, 13:05 PM