Relentless rainfall over the past two days has left most parts of Jashore town and its outskirts submerged, damaging vegetable crops and Aman paddy seedbeds across 1,759 hectares of land.

Yasmeen Murshed, founder chairperson of Scholastica School and former adviser to the caretaker government led by then-president Iajuddin Ahmed, was laid to eternal rest at Banani Graveyard yesterday.

Judicial inquiry has to be conducted into the deaths of three Bawm men in jail custody, demanded 155 eminent citizens yesterday.

Bangladesh’s minority population could boycott the upcoming national election if their rights are not protected in the lead-up to the polls, warned the Minority Rights Movement, a platform representing minority communities.

A large red banner reading “International Fascism and Genocide Research Institute” now hangs in front of the abandoned central office of the Bangladesh Awami League in the capital’s Gulistan area.

Prices of various vegetable items have increased in the capital’s kitchen markets over the past week, with traders blaming a lack of supply due to countrywide rain.

The Bangladesh Army has constituted a court of inquiry to investigate allegations of political involvement against one of its officers, who was taken into military custody on July 17, according to a press release issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) yesterday.

Protesters under the banner of “July warriors” continued their demonstration for a second consecutive day at the capital’s Shahbagh intersection yesterday, demanding immediate finalisation of the proposed July Charter.

He will be taken to the operation theatre at 7:30am at the United Hospital

The country has been freed from fascism for now, but ultimate freedom will be achieved only when the Awami League is politically eliminated, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said.

At least 98 spots in the capital’s northern part remain vulnerable to waterlogging from heavy downpours, though the city corporation spent crores of taxpayer money in recent years to address the problem.

The Detective Branch of police has arrested an expelled leader of Bangladesh Gonotantrik Chhatra Sangsad in an extortion case involving the family of former Awami League MP Shammi Ahmed in Dhaka’s Gulshan.

Trump admin has reduced tariffs on Bangladeshi goods from 35% to 20%, a move expected to strengthen the country’s competitiveness against rivals such as India and Vietnam

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After nearly two weeks of tense calm, Bangladesh once again plunged into violence on August 2, 2024, as widespread clashes broke out between protesters and police -- often aided by ruling party activists -- across multiple districts.

We will grant it constitutional and state recognition. If this isn’t legally binding, what is?.Salahuddin Ahmed .BNP Standing Committee Member.--------.If there’s no legal backing, signing or not signing will both be meaningless. The reform process would remain incomplete

A 60-year-old woman was beaten to death, and two others, including a child, were injured in an attack allegedly over a land dispute in the capital’s Hazaribagh early yesterday.

NYPD awards posthumous promotion to detective first grade

Two persons drowned when they fell into Panchua Beel from a boat in Gazipur’s Kapasia upazila yesterday.

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman today thanked US President Donald Trump for his decision to lower its reciprocal tariff on Bangladeshi products from 35 percent to 20 percent..Shafiqur also thanked the interim government led by Prof Muhammad Yunus for the landmark trade dea