Noakhali Govt College: Unsafe buildings leave students, teachers at risk

The teachers and students of Noakhali Government College are in distress as six of the institution’s eight buildings have become dilapidated and hazardous.
25 November 2025, 22:07 PM

Nashrat Shah Dighi: Once a vast reservoir, now trapped in concrete

The Nashrat Shah Dighi in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila, a Sultanate-era reservoir dug in 1519, is on the verge of disappearing due to rampant grabbing.
25 November 2025, 22:07 PM

Noise Pollution: Now traffic police can fine offenders

To curb noise pollution, traffic police will now be authorised to fine offenders -- a power previously held only by magistrates.
25 November 2025, 22:03 PM

Will disclose names if anyone pressurises us

Anti-Corruption Commission Chairman Mohammad Abdul Momen yesterday warned that the names of anyone attempting to influence or obstruct corruption investigations will be made public.
25 November 2025, 21:56 PM

Living on the edge

For years, experts have warned about the vulnerable condition of Dhaka University’s residential halls, but those warnings have gone unaddressed.
25 November 2025, 21:56 PM

Polls monitoring: Don’t appoint politically-linked people

Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin yesterday directed local election observer organisations not to appoint anyone with political links to monitor the upcoming national election.
25 November 2025, 21:52 PM

832 bhori gold recovered from Hasina’s lockers

The Central Intelligence Cell of the National Board of Revenue has recovered 832.51 bhori gold ornaments from two lockers registered under the name of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina at Agrani Bank’s principal branch in Motijheel.
25 November 2025, 20:31 PM

Tulip’s trial ‘unfair and contrived’

Leading British lawyers, including a former Conservative justice secretary, have described the trial in Bangladesh of former UK city minister Tulip Siddiq as “contrived and unfair.”
25 November 2025, 20:30 PM

Amid fire, comes an unnamed hero

As a devastating fire swept through the capital’s Korail slum last night, 45-year-old Bokul Begum was trapped alone in her small room.
25 November 2025, 20:26 PM

BNP eyes youth votes with pledge of one crore jobs

The BNP, in its election campaign, will pledge to create one crore jobs within 18 months if voted to power
25 November 2025, 20:26 PM

Purbachal plot scam: Verdict in Hasina, Rehana, Tulip case on December 1

The verdict of the graft case filed against 17 people, including deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and niece British MP Tulip Siddiq, will be delivered on December 1.
25 November 2025, 20:25 PM

Dhaka Court issues arrest warrant for Nestlé Bangladesh officials, MGI unit owner

Nestlé disputes allegations, says test was done in non-accredited lab
25 November 2025, 19:57 PM

CA expresses concern, sympathy over Korail slum fire

He wished quick recovery for the injured and conveyed heartfelt sympathies to the affected families
25 November 2025, 19:29 PM
25 November 2025, 19:05 PM

11 Tangail BNP leaders submit their resignations

Eleven BNP leaders have tendered their resignations in protest, accusing the party’s Tangail-8 (Sakhipur–Basail) nominee, Ahmed Azam Khan, of making arbitrary organisational decisions and attempting to rehabilitate Awami League activists.
25 November 2025, 18:39 PM

Woman, two children found dead in home

Police recovered the bodies of a woman and her two children in Bogura’s Shajahanpur upazila yesterday.
25 November 2025, 18:39 PM

HC verdict on govt move over NCT deal on Dec 4

The High Court has set December 4 for delivering its verdict on a rule that questioned the legality of the government’s move to initiate the process of awarding container-handling operations at Chattogram’s New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) to UAE-based DP World.
25 November 2025, 18:38 PM

Referendum to feature coloured ballot papers

The Advisory Council yesterday approved the draft of the Referendum Ordinance, 2025, which includes a provision allowing expatriates to cast their votes in the referendum.
25 November 2025, 18:37 PM

5 hurt as cops disperse BCS protesters at Shahbagh

At least five people were injured yesterday as police baton-charged and used water cannons to disperse candidates of 47th BCS examination, demanding postponement of their written test, in the capital’s Shahbagh area.
25 November 2025, 18:35 PM

CAAB ignored the fire risks for years

The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) failed to build the capacity needed to prevent or fight fires at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, despite seven major incidents since 2013, a probe committee has found.
25 November 2025, 18:35 PM