Bangladesh

82 lakh use illicit drugs in country

2 MIN(s) ago Crime & Justice

Land rights, legal recognition, for indigenous people

8 MIN(s) ago Bangladesh

Old video, fake media card circulate with false claims

10 MIN(s) ago Crime & Justice

3,000 leprosy cases detected annually

15 MIN(s) ago Bangladesh

Manifesto Expectations / End partisan influence in bureaucracy

21 MIN(s) ago Elections

EC ready to deliver free, fair polls

32 MIN(s) ago Elections

Three candidates omit UK assets, citizenship in affidavits

35 MIN(s) ago Elections

Bagerhat BCL leader’s wife, child laid to rest

39 MIN(s) ago Crime & Justice

The nation today observes Martyred Intellectuals Day, recalling the ultimate sacrifice of the leading intellectuals killed systematically by the Pakistan occupation army and their local collaborators at the fag-end of the country’s Liberation War in 1971.

13 December 2025, 18:26 PM

It was an ‘isolated incident’

The Election Commission yesterday termed the shooting incident involving Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson for Inqilab Moncho and an independent aspirant for the Dhaka-8 constituency, an “isolated” event.

13 December 2025, 18:24 PM

Govt to provide firearm licence to candidates

The government has decided to provide personal security to individuals who played key roles in the July uprising in the wake of several shooting incidents, including the Friday attack on Sharif Osman Hadi, an independent MP aspirant from Dhaka-8.

13 December 2025, 18:24 PM

Martyred Intellectuals’ Day: Horrors of Saidpur’s intellectual massacre

Around 10:00pm on March 25, 1971, Dr Zikrul Haque had just sat down to eat when one of his sons suddenly announced that the military had surrounded their house in Nilphamari’s Saidpur. While panic spread through the family, Zikrul remained calm, as though prepared for what was to come.

13 December 2025, 18:23 PM

Khaleda’s condition remains unchanged

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia remains in critical condition in the intensive care unit of Evercare Hospital in Dhaka, where she has been receiving treatment for the past 20 days. The BNP Media Cell said last night that her condition stays unchanged.

13 December 2025, 18:17 PM

Freedom to publish will define our democracy

Eminent economist and political analyst Prof Rehman Sobhan yesterday expressed concern over the growing mob culture of book burning and attacks on publications which are deemed inappropriate by certain groups.

13 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Freedom fighters vow to uphold legacy of 1971

Guerrilla fighters of the joint force formed by the National Awami Party (NAP), the Communist Party, and the Chattra Union during the 1971 Liberation War yesterday took an oath to uphold the spirit of the historic struggle for independence.

13 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Compensate nations affected by climate change

Two advisers of the interim government yesterday accused the Global North of failing to ensure climate justice and urged wealthy countries to provide proper compensation to climate change–affected nations like Bangladesh.

13 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Country drifting from agrarian roots: speakers

Bangladesh is drifting away from its agrarian roots as farmland shrinks due to infrastructure projects and young people turn away from farming, speakers said at a conference yesterday.

13 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Shipbreakers seek Tk 36,000 minimum wage

Workers engaged in the shipbreaking industry yesterday demanded a minimum monthly wage of Tk 36,000, citing years of inhumane pay structures and hazardous working conditions.

13 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Expelled BNP leader Akhtaruzzaman joins Jamaat

Major (retd) Akhtaruzzaman, a former lawmaker and a freedom fighter who was expelled from the BNP multiple times on charges of breaking party discipline, has joined Jamaat-e-Islami.

13 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Open garbage bins a nuisance on Ctg’s busy roads

Open garbage sheds and bins along busy thoroughfares in Chattogram city have remained a persistent public nuisance for years, despite the Chattogram City Corporation’s door-to-door waste collection initiative launched nearly eight years ago.

13 December 2025, 18:00 PM

TIB slams bureaucratic control over the NHRC

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has expressed deep concern and disappointment that the National Human Rights Commission Ordinance 2025 places the commission under bureaucratic control.

13 December 2025, 18:00 PM

CA holds reception for Begum Rokeya Padak winners

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus accorded a reception to the “Begum Rokeya Padak 2025” winners at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka last evening.

13 December 2025, 18:00 PM