Prolonged outages disrupt studies, household life and shrimp farming

The centuries-old Shahjibazar market supports thousands of families across 15 villages with a low-cost rural trade

Hundreds surround an Al-Arafah Islami Bank outlet in Kalapara after finding deposits missing from their accounts

Ten people were reportedly brought to the zero line before resistance forced the BSF to take them back into India

Nearly 1km stretch sinks as locals allege construction flaws

He is doing exercise and receiving regular leg therapy

Maternity leave should not be used as a population-control mechanism, petitioner said earlier

Char areas inundated, road damaged forcing families to move as authorities prepare relief

Tarique Rahman says lower costs would help expand access to digital services across all sections of society

Sixteen teachers were expelled for failing to rejoin after study leave, while another was removed over misconduct and violation of government service rules

The Election Commission (EC) yesterday said it was gearing up preparations to conduct local government elections, targeting October as the possible timeline, starting with the union parishad polls.

Criticising Jamaat-e-Islami’s role in the Liberation War, two top BNP leaders in parliament yesterday said Jamaat has yet to apologise for its anti-independence stance and there is still time for it to reconsider its position.

Md Suman, 17, from Ranabhola under Turag Police Station, had been missing since he left home on June 22. Around 11:00pm on June 26, police recovered his body from the Turag River, about half a kilometre from the boat terminal near Ashulia Gorur Haat.

The Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) yesterday published the final results of the 47th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination, recommending 1,521 candidates for appointment.

Over the past few days, multiple accounts affiliated with the Awami League have circulated two videos on social media, presenting the footage as showing recovered bodies of Chhatra League leaders after they were murdered and dumped in the Turag river.

At least 20 people were injured yesterday after a dispute over seating at a World Cup screening escalated into a clash in Habiganj Sadar upazila.

The government may implement the Ninth Pay Scale in two phases, with the full increase in basic salaries likely to take effect from July and increased allowances to follow the next fiscal year, finance ministry officials have said.

Jamaat-e-Islami MP Mujibur Rahman yesterday called for replacing Bangladesh’s interest-based economic system with a zakat-based alternative, saying the country must “bury” the existing model and adopt the economic principles of Madinah.

Following the discussion on the proposed 2026-27 budget, parliament yesterday introduced two bills under the supplementary agenda -- the Bangladesh Medical University (Amendment) Bill and the Public Examinations (Offences) (Amendment) Bill.

An organised syndicate has been systematically felling and smuggling valuable trees from the Kalachhara forest area in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar, locals and environmental activists alleged.