US Ambassador Brent Christensen holds first meeting with Tarique Rahman in Dhaka

Newly appointed envoy meets senior BNP leaders at the party’s Gulshan office
19 January 2026, 16:37 PM

Humam Quader begins testimony as first prosecution witness at ICT-1

Victim of alleged enforced disappearance details torture at DGFI-run interrogation cell
19 January 2026, 16:11 PM

Man arrested over six murders in Savar, police say

Five killings took place inside abandoned community centre over seven months
19 January 2026, 16:08 PM

Russia gifts 30,000 tonnes of fertiliser to Bangladesh

Uralchem, a leading fertiliser manufacturing company in Russia, delivered the fertiliser
19 January 2026, 15:48 PM

HC stays Sucsu polls for four weeks; university moves Appellate Division

HC order prompts highway blockade and continued campus demonstrations
19 January 2026, 15:39 PM

US Embassy warns Bangladeshis against paying visa bond before interview

Embassy says advance payments do not ensure visas and may expose applicants to scams
19 January 2026, 15:29 PM

Nahid, Patwary reply to show-cause notices over electoral code violations

NCP leaders seek withdrawal of notices, assure compliance with electoral code
19 January 2026, 15:18 PM

No floods, no silt: Farmers struggle as Brahmaputra chars miss seasonal floods

Absence of flooding forces farmers to spend more on fertiliser, raising fears over crop yields
19 January 2026, 14:46 PM

JnU teachers form human chain demanding separate pay scale

Say National Pay Commission ignored proposals, call move discriminatory
19 January 2026, 14:13 PM

Around 30 birds electrocuted at Benapole port

Dead birds found inside high-mast light poles raise concerns over engineering negligence at cargo yard
19 January 2026, 14:04 PM

After 28 years, SUST set for students’ union and hall polls tomorrow

9,030 students are registered as voters this time
19 January 2026, 13:31 PM

JCD stages second day of sit-in at EC, alleging bias over postal ballots

Chhatra Dal protests election body’s decisions on voting procedures and SUST student union polls
19 January 2026, 13:19 PM

Nahid, Patwary miss deadline for show-cause notice reply

The notices were issued over alleged violations of electoral code of conduct
19 January 2026, 12:48 PM

Chinmoy, 38 others indicted in Ctg lawyer killing case

Speedy trial tribunal moves case forward amid heavy security nearly 14 months after the murder
19 January 2026, 12:36 PM

BNP confident in EC’s ability to hold fair election: Fakhrul

Remarks made after wreath-laying marking Ziaur Rahman’s 90th birth anniversary
19 January 2026, 12:31 PM

Firearms licence holders ordered to deposit weapons by Jan 31

Carrying and display of firearms banned until Feb 15 ahead of national election and referendum
19 January 2026, 12:27 PM
19 January 2026, 12:09 PM

Shamim Osman, son, 10 others charged at ICT

Prosecution submits charges over killings during July 2024 mass uprising
19 January 2026, 11:31 AM

Rally in B’baria: Rumeen Farhana served show-cause notice over electoral code violation

She asked to appear before RO office on January 22 to explain her confrontation with magistrate
19 January 2026, 09:15 AM

6 die in bus, auto-rickshaw collision

At least six people were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a battery-operated rickshaw on the Dhaka-Barishal highway in Madaripur’s Sadar upazila yesterday afternoon.
19 January 2026, 05:13 AM