Bangladesh to hold high-level event on Rohingya crisis at UNGA: Foreign minister
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Diplomacy
Over 10,000 Bangladeshis in prisons abroad: Khalilur
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Diplomacy
Universities need clear AI rules to protect academic integrity: UGC chief
2 HOUR(s)
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Education
No scope for Bangladesh to join BRICS Summit, PM wasn’t invited: Humaiun Kobir
4 HOUR(s)
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Diplomacy
Bangladesh to hold talks with China, Myanmar over Rohingya crisis: State minister
6 HOUR(s)
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Diplomacy
Fire disrupts internet at Rooppur Power Plant
10 September 2026
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Bangladesh
27 out of 730 faulty metro rail bearing pads ‘critical’: Rabiul
10 September 2026
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Bangladesh
Saima Wazed quits WHO job after fraud allegations
10 September 2026
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Bangladesh
Energy: Govt okays 18 LNG cargoes from Total Energies
10 September 2026
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Bangladesh
Measles outbreak / 1,000 mothers mourn empty arms
10 September 2026
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Bangladesh
2 killed as vehicle falls into drain
Two persons were killed and three others injured after a human haulier fell into a roadside drain in Ashulia yesterday.
16 April 2025
Rape victim gets ‘death threat’
A widow and her son have allegedly received death threats from a local Jubo Dal leader in Brahmanbaria’s Nabinagar upazila after she filed a case against three neighbours over her gang rape.
16 April 2025
Two killed as trucks collide
Two people were killed and another was injured as a truck hit another parked truck in Noakhali's Begumganj upazila early yesterday.
16 April 2025
Pakistan foreign secy in Dhaka
Pakistan Foreign Secretary Amna Baloch arrived in Dhaka yesterday on a two-day visit to attend the Foreign Office Consultation (FOC), the first such diplomatic engagement in 15 years, as Dhaka and Islamabad seek to normalise relations.
16 April 2025
Separate secretariat for judiciary in progress
Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed yesterday said the process for establishing a separate secretariat for the judiciary is ongoing.
16 April 2025
Protest rages at Kuet
Students at Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (Kuet) continued their protest yesterday, pressing ahead with their one-point demand -- the immediate resignation of Vice-Chancellor Prof Mohammad Mashud.
16 April 2025
Polls timing tops parties’ talks with US officials
The BNP has told a visiting US delegation that it wants the national election to be held by December as it believes issues related to reforms can be settled within the next one month.
16 April 2025
‘A political group trying to delay Ducsu polls’
A political group is trying to delay the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) election until after the national polls in a bid to control students and misuse power, similar to the previous regime, alleged Chhatra Odhikar Parishad yesterday.
16 April 2025
Ex-DGHS driver Malek, wife jailed in graft case
Abdul Malek, a former driver of the Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS), and his wife Nargis Begum were yesterday sentenced to five and three years of imprisonment respectively, in a case filed over amassing wealth worth Tk 1.10 crore illegally.
16 April 2025
Sufferings mount as blockades paralyse country
Students of polytechnic institutes have announced a rail blockade across the country today to press home their six-point demand.
16 April 2025
Killing of Swarna Das: 7 months on, fear still lingers at Lalarchak border
For the past seven months, farmers in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar have stayed away from their land near the Lalarchak border, fearing attacks allegedly by India’s Border Security Force (BSF).
16 April 2025
Sylhet lost 35,005 hectares of farmland in 5yrs
Unchecked land filling in Sylhet division is putting the region’s future of agriculture at grave risk, as farmlands are rapidly being converted into residential, commercial, and multi-storied structures.
16 April 2025
ICT to quiz Ansar member over July shooting
The International Crimes Tribunal has granted permission to its investigation agency to interrogate Ansar member Omar Faruk, who was caught on video allegedly shooting a protester in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area during the July uprising.
16 April 2025
Shabnam Huq’s death anniv today
Today is the 25th death anniversary of Shabnam Huq, wife of Arham Masudul Huq, former chief executive officer of Dhaka Bank Foundation, said a press release.
16 April 2025
5 CU students 'abducted' in Khagrachhari after Biju festival
Five students of Chittagong University were allegedly abducted in Khagrachhari while returning to campus after attending the Biju festival
16 April 2025
Rights group protests ‘unlawful detention’ of Meghna Alam
A rights group has issued a letter to top law enforcement officials, expressing deep concern over what they term the unlawful detention of Meghna Alam, a resident of Bashundhara R/A, who was taken into custody by police forces on April 9
16 April 2025
Court orders closure of Bandarban ‘mini zoo’
Wildlife relocated to Dulahazara Safari Park
16 April 2025
Husband, accomplice get death for 2020 murder of woman in Ctg
A Chattogram court today sentenced two individuals, including the victim's husband, to death for killing a woman over a family feud in 2020
16 April 2025
Bangladesh armed forces conclude major humanitarian mission in Myanmar
The assistance was launched in response to the March 28 earthquake that struck Myanmar and Thailand
16 April 2025
Four, including ex-MP Jakob and ex-police chief Mamun, sent on remand
They were sent on different terms of remand today in connection with three cases linked to the July uprising
16 April 2025