2 October 2025, 04:18 AM

Yunus returns from New York after 9-day official visit

A commercial flight of Emirates airlines carrying the chief adviser and his entourages landed at Dhaka Airport at 9:00am
2 October 2025, 03:58 AM

Crushing debt forces mother to sell newborn

A private clinic was raided and its owner arrested yesterday after a staffer arranged for a widowed patient to sell her newborn to pay off debts and hospital bills in Jhenaidah’s Maheshpur upazila on Tuesday.
1 October 2025, 21:26 PM

‘Bird House’ of Kalapara

For more than four decades, hundreds of birds have found sanctuary in the homestead of 60-year-old Akhtar Hossain, a schoolteacher in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali..Locals now fondly call it the “Bird House”..Located in Musuliabad village under Baliatali union, Akhtar’s home is surr
1 October 2025, 19:57 PM

Cox’s bazar int’l airport: Launch blows past deadline

The upgrade of Cox’s Bazar airfield to an international airport has been delayed by about a week as it awaits government approval.
1 October 2025, 18:37 PM

Two children tortured over alleged hilsa theft

Two children were allegedly tied up and tortured on charges of stealing hilsa in Patuakhali's Galachipa upazila on Monday.
1 October 2025, 18:35 PM

Rakhine state faces acute hunger: WFP

After Ajib Bahar’s six-month-old son fell sick last year in Myanmar’s war-torn Rakhine state, the 38-year-old Rohingya mother said she had no medicine or food to give him. The boy died in her arms.
1 October 2025, 18:19 PM

Bijoya Dashami today

The five-day Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, ends today with the immersion of the Goddess Durga in the capital and elsewhere in the country.
1 October 2025, 18:17 PM

Man beaten to death on suspicion of robbery

A man was beaten to death on suspicion of being a robber in Narayanganj’s Araihazar upazila early yesterday.
1 October 2025, 18:06 PM

Normalcy returning to Khagrachhari

Traffic is returning to normal in Khagrachhari after the road blockade enforced under the banner of Jumma Chhatra Janata was suspended late Tuesday, bringing relief to residents.
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Govt to return occupied ground to Alia Madrasa

Education Adviser Prof CR Abrar yesterday said the ground of Govt Madrasah-e-Alia in Dhaka’s Bakshibazar area, occupied during the tenure of the former government, will be returned to the madrasa authorities.
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM

CHT unrest part of national, int’l conspiracies: Rizvi

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday said the ongoing unrest in the CHT is part of a “national and international conspiracy” aimed at destabilising Bangladesh.
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM

No possibility of lifting ban on AL activities soon

Law Adviser Asif Nazrul yesterday ruled out the possibility of lifting the ban on activities of Awami League anytime soon.
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Playground lost to seized vehicles

Years go by, vehicles come and go, and assurances are made one after another. Yet the Golartek playground in Mirpur-1 has not been freed from occupation.
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Chaotic crowding at Dhaka airport

Relatives swarm arrival, departure zones despite entry restrictions, disrupting passenger movement
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Flashfloods likely in seven districts

Flashfloods are likely to hit seven districts as major rivers continue swelling due to heavy to very heavy rainfall in Dhaka, Chattogram and Rajshahi divisions of Bangladesh, as well as in upstream regions of India’s Tripura and Assam states.
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Coffee cultivation gains ground in Moulvibazar

Coffee cultivation in Moulvibazar is showing renewed promise after making a gradual comeback through government initiatives and growing interest among farmers.
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Youth shot dead in Khulna

A youth was shot dead yesterday while he was asleep at his home in Maheshwar Pasha area of Khulna city.
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Damaged bridge leaves hundreds stranded

Hundreds of commuters in Pirojpur’s Nazirpur upazila have been suffering for the past two months as an iron bridge that partially collapsed is yet to be repaired.
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Sylhet police launch app to boost public safety

Sylhet Metropolitan Police yesterday launched a new mobile application, “GenieA,” aimed at enhancing public safety and providing citizens with easier access to police services.
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM