Where did the rivers go?

Most Tangail waterbodies in death throes
30 March 2025

Yunus congratulates July girls on receiving prestigious US award

The chief adviser notes that their actions during this critical period exemplified the true meaning of courage
30 March 2025

Separate rape cases: One jailed, one held

One man was sent to jail while another was arrested yesterday on charges of rape in two separate cases in Thakurgaon and Lalmonirhat.
29 March 2025

Remittance up as rates stabilise

Steady growth in remittance inflow has helped the interim government arrest the decline in foreign currency reserves, leading many to wonder why the remitters are sending more and more money back home.
29 March 2025

Imagine big to change the world

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday urged students to imagine big things and aim to change the world.
29 March 2025

Easy ride home

Holidaymakers’ journeys have been relatively smooth this year, thanks to the extended vacation, staggered closures of garment factories, and improved traffic management, according to operators, officials, and experts.
29 March 2025

Yunus’ China trip may boost trade prospects

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus’ visit to China laid a strong foundation to draw more investments, transfer technologies and improve cooperation, foreign policy analysts say.
29 March 2025

July Uprising: US recognises the brave women

The US State Department has announced Madeleine Albright Honorary Group Award to the women student protest leaders of Bangladesh for their extraordinary bravery during the July-August uprising that led to the fall of Awami League regime.
29 March 2025

Decades of delicacy

The process of making semai (vermicelli) begins with mixing flour and hot water, then shaping the dough into thin strands through a round die, which are placed in bamboo baskets. After drying in the sun, the semai is roasted in a furnace, turning a rich reddish colour, and is then ready for sale.
29 March 2025

BNP to take to streets again if people’s interests are in jeopardy

Warning of a plot to deprive people of their right to vote, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said their party will once again take to the streets if the interests of the party and people are in jeopardy.
29 March 2025

July uprising: Hasina, nine journos sued for attacks, incitement

Md Rafiqul Islam Bepari filed the case with the capital's Paltan Police Station on March 16
29 March 2025

Three brothers killed in road accident

Three brothers, two of whom are children, were killed after a bus ran over a motorcycle in Barguna’s Patharghata upazila yesterday.
29 March 2025

HPV vaccination for cervical cancer: Overcoming stigmas, girls get vaccinated

Monowara Mubasshira Chowdhury, a seventh-grader at Government Agragami Girls High School and College in Sylhet, suffered a head injury and was unconscious for 45 days before undergoing surgery.
29 March 2025

Autorickshaw ‘robber’ killed in mob beating

A man was killed in a mob beating after he allegedly attempted to hijack an autorickshaw in Tantar area of Munshiganj’s Sreenagar upazila yesterday.
29 March 2025

4 killed in Sunamganj boat capsize

Four people died after a boat capsized in the Boulai River in Sunamganj’s Jamalganj upazila last night
29 March 2025

Another Eid without Shishu Park

On Monday noon, Arohi Hasnat stood with a forlorn look in front of Dhaka Shishu Park, accompanied by her mother, Sharmin Hasnat.
29 March 2025

Indians ‘beat up’ farmer at Lalmonirhat border

A Bangladeshi farmer has allegedly been beaten up by Indian nationals at the Lohakuchi border in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat.
29 March 2025

Case filings increase, so does backlog

To this day, several high-profile criminal cases, like the BDR mutiny, Narayanganj seven-murder, and the killings of Bishwajit Das and Awami League lawmaker Ahsan Ullah Master, remain pending with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.
29 March 2025

Woman ‘beaten to death’

A woman was beaten to death allegedly by her husband and his second wife over a dispute in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj yesterday.
29 March 2025

A special Eid for Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is set to celebrate Eid with her family in London for the first time in nearly eight years. 
29 March 2025