After raising Tk 15 lakh through loans and asset sales, the family alleges brokers trapped the 21-year-old in Nepal and kept demanding more money

Police have arrested four suspects over the killing of 17-year-old Ashfaq Kabir

Pilot project clears encroachment, introduces regulated hawker plan

Hafiz Uddin Ahmed highlights political consciousness for sustaining democracy

Ranu Gopal feted with emotional tributes by students, alumni and guardians, celebrating his decades of dedication

Reforms and new appointments aim to ease the burden, Md Asaduzzaman says

Two-day event on May 8–9 to feature 12 sessions, 500 participants and delegates from over 10 countries

Tour includes Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Turkey, EU partnership agreement signing in Brussels and stopover in Addis Ababa

The election has been postponed due to current energy situation

Energy shortages prompt unanimous decision to defer May 19 polls for the lawyers’ regulatory body

Storm topples tree on tracks near BAU, leaving multiple trains stranded overnight

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will, for the first time, meet upazila health and family planning officers from across Bangladesh to discuss ways to improve overall healthcare services at the field level, officials said.

A high-level advisory committee, formed by the Planning Commission to develop a sustainable development strategy, plans to recommend the government introduce a bicameral parliament, reinstate the caretaker government system, and ensure media freedom.

Families are worried after a Malaysia-bound fishing trawler carrying around 300 Bangladeshis and Rohingyas from Teknaf capsized in the Andaman Sea last week.

The BNP high command has decided to take a tougher stance against a section of its grassroots leaders and activists amid growing complaints that their misconduct is damaging the ruling party’s image and giving the opposition more room to criticise.

Incidents of mob violence were given patronage during the interim government period, creating a tendency among people to think they could take the law into their own hands, said Zahed Ur Rahman, prime minister’s adviser for information and broadcasting.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday sought a US$2 billion fund from development partners to meet Bangladesh’s immediate energy needs and safeguard economic stability amid the ongoing global energy crisis.

Bangladesh will need an additional $2.61 billion in foreign exchange to pay the surging energy and fertiliser import bills for March-June period.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has been featured on Time magazine’s list of 100 most influential people of the world for 2026.

The government yesterday said it has secured enough fuel supplies for this and next month.