Kaptai Lake water nears danger level; 16 spillway gates of dam likely to be opened today

The decision depends entirely on the situation of lake's water level. Currently, the lake holds 107 feet of water
4 August 2025, 04:20 AM

Fear of flood, erosion grips Lalmonirhat and Kurigram as rivers surge

Water has already entered low-lying areas, prompting concerns over possible flooding
4 August 2025, 03:34 AM

Staffers at Janakantha call owners ‘unwanted’

A group of journalists and staffers at the Dainik Janakantha declared the editor and owners “unwanted” at the daily and formed a six-member editorial board on Saturday night.
3 August 2025, 22:07 PM

Man stabs wife to death in Tangail

A woman was allegedly stabbed to death by her husband in front of their two children in Tangail's Sakhipur upazila yesterday.
3 August 2025, 22:00 PM
3 August 2025, 19:27 PM

11 buffaloes die in lightning strikes in Kushtia

The incident happened early yesterday on the banks of the Padma river in the Banglabazar area of Chilmarkari union
3 August 2025, 19:23 PM

Five sent to jail for raping woman after restraining husband

A Kushtia court sent five people to jail early yesterday on charges of raping a woman after restraining and beating her husband in Bheramara upazila late Saturday night.
3 August 2025, 18:22 PM

US retailers lean on suppliers to absorb tariffs

Rather than absorbing the cost or immediately passing it on to consumers, many US apparel retailers and brands have turned to their suppliers in Bangladesh, demanding they share the pain
3 August 2025, 18:20 PM

August 4, 2024: The deadliest day of the uprising

August 4, 2024 marked the deadliest day of Bangladesh’s student-led uprising, as the non-cooperation movement entered an explosive new phase.
3 August 2025, 18:08 PM

Govt set to unveil July Declaration at Manik Mia

The interim government will unveil the July Declaration at a public event in the capital’s Manik Mia Avenue at 5:00pm tomorrow.
3 August 2025, 18:05 PM

Election Commission a ‘spineless’ institution

National Citizen Party Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwari yesterday said the Election Commission is a “spineless” institution.
3 August 2025, 18:00 PM

‘Let your first vote be for sheaf of paddy’

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday called on new voters to cast their first ballot for the party in the upcoming election.
3 August 2025, 18:00 PM

NCP vows second republic, new constitution

The National Citizen Party yesterday unveiled a 24-point manifesto pledging the establishment of a “Second Republic” and the drafting of a new constitution by an elected constituent assembly.
3 August 2025, 18:00 PM

ICT case: Hasina’s trial begins with a chilling testimony

The trial of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her two top aides began yesterday at the International Crimes Tribunal-1, with a testimony from the first prosecution witness, a survivor of police atrocities during the 2024 July uprising.
3 August 2025, 18:00 PM

5 die in B’baria road accident

Five people were dead and several injured in a collision involving two motorcycles and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Bijoynagar upazila of Brahmanbaria yesterday.
3 August 2025, 18:00 PM

BNP forms committee to review constituency boundaries

BNP has formed a committee to review the boundary demarcation of parliamentary constituencies.
3 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Youth beaten to death on theft suspicion

An unidentified youth, aged around 35, was allegedly tied to a tree and beaten to death by locals on suspicion of theft in Jamalpur yesterday.
3 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Case filed, 3 staffers held

Police have arrested three staffers of Flight Expert, an online travel agency in Bangladesh, in a case filed over the embezzlement of crores of taka from customers, after its managing director reportedly went into hiding.
3 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Padma devours land, displaces families

Rising water levels in the Padma River have triggered fresh erosion in Rajbari’s Daulatdia ferry ghat area, threatening three active ferry terminals and placing over a thousand families at risk of displacement for the past two weeks.
3 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Viscera report says IU student Sajid was ‘murdered’

Sajid Abdullah, an Islamic University (IU) student whose body was recovered from a campus pond on July 17, was murdered, according to the final forensic report.
3 August 2025, 18:00 PM