Today marks the 26th death anniversary of Rasel Bhuiyan, an industrialist and social worker from Rupganj, Narayanganj, said a press release.

Today is the 30th death anniversary of Engr M Nurul Islam, ex-sponsor director of Phoenix Insurance Company Ltd, said a press release.

A key road in Barguna’s Amtali upazila has collapsed within a month of being renovated at a cost of more than Tk 8 crore.

Khulna University (KU) will hold admission tests for first-year undergraduate (honours) courses for the 2026-27 academic year on December 17 and 18 next.

Russian leader sends best wishes as Bangladesh’s newly elected president begins his tenure

The children had gone to bathe in a branch of the Padma

COP31 will be held in Antalya from November 9 to 20

Request made as Bangladesh awaits reopening of Strait of Hormuz and resumption of maritime movement

Rangpur Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mohammad Abdul Mabud yesterday revealed new details of the murder of four members of a family.

Independent MP Rumeen Farhana yesterday criticised the government over the ongoing energy crisis, load shedding and the law and order situation.

Preliminary findings of a comprehensive spatial study by the government have found an alarming decline in the rivers, canals, ponds and wetlands of Dhaka and its surrounding areas over the past 250 years.

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud yesterday said Bangladesh is among Saudi Arabia’s priority countries, stressing the importance of strengthening economic cooperation.

Bangladesh has offered any assistance Nepal may require as the country grapples with devastating floods and landslides that have killed more than 350 people and left nearly 1,000 missing.

A farmer was allegedly beaten to death during a clash over sharecropping land in Barhatta upazila of Netrokona yesterday.

President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday urged the Election Commission to uphold its image and public trust and ensure free, fair and impartial elections.

Three people were killed in road accidents in two districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondent and a news agency.

Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin yesterday said the Election Commission hopes to announce the schedule for local government elections by September, with polling likely to begin at the end of November or in December.

Transport workers in Dinajpur yesterday blockaded several roads and besieged Kotwali Police Station, demanding the release of a leader of the district transport workers’ union.

Speakers at a seminar yesterday urged the government to review existing laws and national policies to safeguard the rights of women and girls with disabilities and take immediate steps to remove physical, legal and digital barriers to public services.

Members of the Harijan community yesterday formed a human chain demanding a place to live and protesting the proposed eviction of sanitation workers from their residential quarters adjacent to Sir Salimullah Medical College Mitford Hospital, also known as the “sweeper colony”.