Farmers block highway seeking fertiliser
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Altamash Kabir elected president of Dhaka Club
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Rohingya camps: Violence rears its head after a year of relative calm
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‘Don’t let Rohingya crisis slip off the global agenda’
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Newborn in ICU after ‘incorrect jab’
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Analysis / Bangladesh’s costly trade fallacy
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Fraud network scatters after Cox’s Bazar raid
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Another metro getting on track
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NHRC, enforced disappearance bills passed
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dengue outbreak / Four die, 1,558 get hospitalised
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Armed forces more united than ever
The armed forces are more united than ever, and this inter-services harmony will be the foundation for building a stronger, modern military, said Chief of Naval Staff Admiral M Nazmul Hassan yesterday.
21 May 2025
41 Aussie MPs urge Yunus for election roadmap
As many as 41 Australian MPs wrote to Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus calling for a specific electoral roadmap, justice for victims of the Monsoon Revolution and supporting justice for the victims of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).
21 May 2025
Robbers take over bus again, ‘assault’ female passengers
Just months after a robbery on a moving bus, in which female passengers were allegedly sexually assaulted, a similar incident occurred on the Dhaka-Tangail highway on Tuesday night.
21 May 2025
NU VC attacked over auto pass demand
National University Vice-Chancellor Professor ASM Amanullah was attacked yesterday allegedly by a group of students demanding automatic passes in their 2022 Degree (Pass) examinations.
21 May 2025
CCC starts ‘health card’ for students
The Chattogram City Corporation has launched Students’ Health Card for school-goers.
21 May 2025
Hold student union polls before nat’l election
No national election will be held without holding student union elections first, said Abu Baker Mojumder, convener of the Bangladesh Democratic Student Council, yesterday.
21 May 2025
12 villages face flood risk as canal remains silted
Around 12 villages under Jashore’s Keshabpur upazila are at risk of flooding during the monsoon as the canal between Byasdanga and Sujapur areas remains silted and unexcavated.
21 May 2025
Ivy denied bail in two cases
A Narayan-ganj court yesterday rejected two bail petitions of former Narayanganj City Corporation mayor Selina Hayat Ivy in two cases filed over murder and attempted murder charges.
21 May 2025
Reform commissions followed a top-down approach
Poet and writer Farhad Mazhar yesterday criticised the formation of the Women’s Affairs Reforms Commission, saying it was done without involving the general public.
21 May 2025
CCC razes part of hill without approval
A portion of a hill in Chattogram’s Bayezid Bostami area has been razed by the Chattogram City Corporation without obtaining permission from the relevant authorities.
21 May 2025
Skills, not certificates, needed to meet job market demands
The flaws in the conventional education system are contributing to rising unemployment among educated youth, and it is time to place greater emphasis on technical education, as hands-on skills are now more valuable than university degrees, said speakers at an event yesterday.
21 May 2025
Dhaka in touch with Delhi over push-ins, port restrictions
Bangladesh has been in touch with New Delhi over reported border push-ins and recent restrictions on imports of Bangladeshi goods through Indian land ports, said Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain yesterday.
21 May 2025
Shammo murder: Students hold sit-in, demand resignation of VC, proctor
The protest was held in front of the proctor's office at the Arts Faculty building today between 2:00pm and 5:00pm
21 May 2025
Local cattle traders protest BGB’s seizure of cows in Rajshahi
Cattle traders in Rajshahi staged a protest today after members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized cows from the market, suspecting they were smuggled from India
21 May 2025
Hilsa fishing: Riverine fishermen demand VGF support amid poor catch
Despite the end of the two-month ban on hilsa fishing in rivers, fishermen along the coastal region are returning empty-handed
21 May 2025
Two killed in separate lightning strikes in Thakurgaon, Dinajpur
A farmer and a fifth-grade female student died after being struck by lightning in Thakurgaon's Ranishankoil upazila and Dinajpur's Chirirbandar upazila today
21 May 2025
Elderly man with hands and feet tied found dead in his home
A 70-year-old man was found dead with his hands and feet tied in his residence in Munshiganj’s Sirajdikhan upazila today
21 May 2025
Culvert collapse cuts off key road in Jashore’s Abhaynagar
A decades-old culvert on the Amtala-Narail road in Jashore’s Abhaynagar upazila has collapsed, disrupting the daily commute of thousands and cutting off a major travel and transport route
21 May 2025
US Army, Air Force train Cox's Bazar firefighters
Members of the US Army and Air Force have conducted a training programme for firefighters on Cox’s Bazar sea beach
21 May 2025
Ivy denied bail in July murder cases
A Narayanganj court today rejected the bail petitions of former Narayanganj City Corporation mayor Salina Hayat Ivy in two separate cases filed over murder and attempted murder charges during July uprising
21 May 2025