HC wants govt report on steps against those involved in online gambling

The court ordered the government to submit the report in 30 days.
4 May 2025

Govt won’t allow cattle import this Eid: adviser

The country has a higher supply of sacrificial animals than demand, says Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter
4 May 2025

Price of 12kg LPG cylinders reduced by Tk 19

The prices for LPG cylinders — ranging from 5.5 kg to 45 kg — will be reduced accordingly
4 May 2025

‘False promise of marriage’: HC questions legality of provision

The court asked the authorities to explain why the provision should not be declared illegal
4 May 2025

Son kills mother in Narsingdi

Jaber hit his mother with a wooden piece and also strangulated her
4 May 2025

Submit all pending hajj visa applications by 12pm tomorrow: ministry to agencies

The ministry said more than 10,000 intending pilgrims are yet to receive their visas
4 May 2025

Ali Riaz urges political parties to unite with allies

The talks began at 10:05am at the LD Hall of the Jatiya Sangsad Complex
4 May 2025

Media reform chief decries attacks on journalists

He also criticised the growing climate of fear and self-censorship in the media
4 May 2025

5 BCL, Jubo League men arrested from ex-minister's Gulshan residence

They were held over fire incident at Manabendra Ghosh's house in Manikganj
4 May 2025

Rohingya repatriation unlikely amid Myanmar’s civil war: foreign adviser

He highlights the 2017 mass exodus—prompted by brutal military crackdowns was the third major wave of Rohingyas fleeing Myanmar
4 May 2025

Aug 21 grenade attack: SC defers to May 6 hearing of state's petition against HC verdict

The Supreme Court today deferred to May 6 the hearing of the leave to appeal petitions filed by the state challenging the High Court verdict that acquitted BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, former state minister Lutfozzaman Babar, and all the others convicts in two cases over the August 21, 2004 grenade attack
4 May 2025

Court seeks progress report on Hasina, others' arrest warrants by May 18

A Dhaka court today once again directed the officers-in-charge of 12 police stations to submit, by May 18, the progress reports on execution of arrest warrants against 18 people, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her daughter Saima Wazed Putul, in a case over alleged irregulariti
4 May 2025

Workers block Ctg road for 6 hours over unpaid wages

The demonstration began around 6:00am outside the electronics and toy manufacturing factory in Khoajnagar area
4 May 2025

‘Abrar tortured to death on suspected Shibir link’

The High Court, in the full text of its verdict, yesterday observed that Abrar Fahad, a student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet), was killed based on allegations that he might be involved with Islami Chhatra Shibir.
3 May 2025

Senior lawyer MI Farooqui no more

Senior lawyer MI Farooqui passed away in Dhaka last night.
3 May 2025

Child injured in gas cylinder blast dies

A child who sustained severe burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion in Narayanganj died at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka yesterday.
3 May 2025

Buet MME dept hosts reception programme

The Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering (MME) at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) hosted a reception programme titled “Bioscope” on April 29, said a press release.
3 May 2025

Canada’s Indo-Pacific trade rep in town

Canada’s Indo-Pacific Trade Representa-tive Paul Thoppil arrived in Dhaka yesterday evening on a four-day visit.
3 May 2025

Protect rights of journos in Bangladesh

Journalists and media professionals must be able to work safely and without fear of censorship, intimidation, or violence, said Media Freedom Coalition in Bangladesh yesterday.
3 May 2025

Political consensus key to reforms

Political parties and alliances will show flexibility and compromise in the interest of national reform and the establishment of a truly democratic system in Bangladesh, hoped Professor Ali Riaz, vice-chairman of the National Consensus Commission, yesterday.
3 May 2025