Architect Mohammed Rezwan, who pioneered the concept of floating schools in flood-prone Bangladesh, has been selected as a 2025 Yale World Fellow.

Following reports of Myanmar verifying 1,80,000 Rohingyas for potential repatriation, a wave of mixed feelings has washed over the camps in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char.

Chief Justice Dr Syed Refaat Ahmed yesterday said the judiciary must be the architect of its own reform -- transparent, accountable, and free from executive influence.

A new world must be built on fresh ideas, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus told China Media Group (CMG) during an interview in Beijing as part of his recent visit to China.

Kulaura upazila, the largest in Moulvibazar district, is grappling with a shortage of medical professionals at its upazila health complex, the only reliable healthcare facility for its population of five lakh.

Today is the 29th death anniversary of Mohammad Abdul Haque, former minister, top-ranking police officer, writer, and founding president of Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA), said a press release.

The two SSC examinees, who were injured in a road accident on the Eid day in Pabna, died yesterday.

A man was killed by his brother in a dispute over fishing in the Kalaroa upazila of Satkhira yesterday.

Police detained a man yesterday on charges of stalking a 9-year-old girl in the Bardhali Bazar area of Thakurgaon’s Baliadangi upazila.

Devotees bathed in the Brahmaputra river, offering prayers for forgiveness

Police recovered two bodies in Tangail yesterday.

Md Ashiqur Rahman Hridoy, 17, who suffered critical gunshot wounds in his head during the 2024 uprising in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area, has died while undergoing treatment in Patuakhali.

A $100 shipment of T-shirts or jeans from Dhaka would face nearly $49 in import taxes at a US port, compared to just $11.56 now

As new US tariffs shake global trade routes, Bangladesh is pursuing a plan to reduce its trade imbalance with the US through targeted import increases, regulatory reforms and behind-the-scenes diplomacy. Bangladesh is not panicking and may even stand to gain, officials said yesterday.

The meeting between Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bangkok on Friday is a stepping stone to easing the strained bilateral relations, say foreign policy analysts.

Awami League should be brought to trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity over the massacre during the July uprising, BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed said yesterday.

90% of Dhaka city outside Wasa’s sewerage network; decade-old master plan for sewage treatment plants remains unimplemented

At least one person died and 19 others were injured in a clash between two rival factions of the BNP in Badarganj upazila of Rangpur yesterday.

People have started to return to the capital and its surrounding districts in droves, as government offices are set to reopen today following a nine-day Eid holiday.

Waste must not be burned under any circumstance, irrespective of whether it is at the Matuail Sanitary Landfill or elsewhere, said Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan yesterday.