Death toll crosses 900 as eight more die with measles-like symptoms in 24hrs
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Disease
MT Hossain Institute: A fading chapter of Bangladesh’s cultural history
7 HOUR(s)
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Bangladesh
Analysis / India is warming to Tarique. Is it abandoning Hasina?
8 HOUR(s)
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Diplomacy
Man held for attempting to place flowers at Dhanmondi 32 ruins
8 HOUR(s)
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Bangladesh
PM stresses humane approach, equal access to quality healthcare
8 HOUR(s)
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Bangladesh
PM inaugurates 500-bed building at National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital
9 HOUR(s)
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Hospitals
‘Bangladesh, 40 nations helping China evade tariffs’
15 August 2026
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Business
Seven ASPs, 49 inspectors sent into retirement
15 August 2026
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Bangladesh
Power plant chokes Hathazari canal
15 August 2026
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Bangladesh
Clash at Sirajganj waz mahfil leaves 15 Jamaat men injured
Jamaat and BNP trade blame over late-night scuffle during campaign period
9 December 2025
Political will vital to curb corruption, says finance adviser
Salehuddin Ahmed stresses leadership integrity at ACC discussion on anti-corruption day
9 December 2025
People will foil any conspiracy over polls, says BNP’s Nazrul Islam Khan
Cites opinion survey predicting comfortable victory
9 December 2025
No mobile, broken CCTVs: Police struggle to trace Mohammadpur double murder accused
Lack of digital footprint add to challenges in solving the murders
9 December 2025
Corruption hurting daily lives of millions across Bangladesh: Tarique Rahman
Says anti-corruption day serves as a reminder of Bangladesh's long struggle against corruption
9 December 2025
CA distributes Rokeya Padak among four awardees
Award honours contributions to women’s education, labour rights, human rights and sports
9 December 2025
Students of Dhaka College, Ideal College clash again despite 'peace agreement'
Additional police deployed after brick-throwing near Labaid Hospital disrupts morning traffic
9 December 2025
House help sued over Mohammadpur double murder
Husband files case as police, Rab, DB hunt suspect who worked only four days
9 December 2025
ACC chief urges voters to reject corrupt candidates in national polls
Commission marks anti-corruption day, calls for nationwide public resistance to graft
9 December 2025
CPJ urges Yunus to free jailed journalists ahead of Human Rights Day
Rights group says murder charges 'lack credible evidence'; cites dire prison conditions at Kashimpur
9 December 2025
31 deported from US were ‘shackled for 60 hours’
Thirty-one Bangladeshis were sent back from the US yesterday, with several of them saying they were kept in handcuffs and shackles for nearly 60 hours before being flown to Dhaka.
8 December 2025
Nat’l democratic front launched with 18 parties
Jatiya Party factions led by Anisul Islam Mahmud and Anwar Hossain Manju, and 16 other parties yesterday launched a new alliance called National Democratic Front (NDF).
8 December 2025
Elite-dominated parliament source of many ills
Without representatives from varied backgrounds in parliament, the democratic system risks remaining elite-dominated, which is a key source of many longstanding problems, said eminent economist Rehman Sobhan yesterday.
8 December 2025
Power sector officials resistant to renewable expansion
The major barrier to renewable energy expansion is the people in the power and energy sector themselves, said Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, power, energy and mineral resources adviser.
8 December 2025
The pen that pierced the purdah
Rereading Begum Rokeya’s ‘Oborodh Bashini’
8 December 2025
Mother, daughter murdered in their Mohammadpur flat
A woman and her teenage daughter were stabbed to death at their residence in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur yesterday, allegedly by their part-time house help hired only four days ago.
8 December 2025
Polls training of officials done, cameras ready
The Election Commission yesterday asked Bangladesh Television (BTV) and Bangladesh Betar to prepare to record on December 10 CEC AMM Nasir Uddin’s address to the nation unveiling the polls schedule.
8 December 2025
We work with religion, we don’t use it
Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman said yesterday that they strongly believe a national government is necessary for at least five years to restore the country’s stability and economy, establish the rule of law, and eradicate corruption from society.
8 December 2025
Khaleda still unfit to travel: medical board
Sources said the air ambulance will move only when the doctors confirm her condition has improved.
8 December 2025
Plots afoot to derail democratic process
With democracy and accountable governance absent, the country is passing through an abnormal time, BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman said yesterday.
8 December 2025