EC gives expatriate voter applicants 7 days to respond to verification calls

Applications will be cancelled if applicants fail to respond after repeated contact attempts, officials say
4 August 2026

Hasina’s departure was ‘part of a package’, says Zahed

Government not considering investigation into those who facilitated the ousted prime minister’s exit from Bangladesh, he says
4 August 2026

Chattogram hospital fined Tk 1.5 lakh for operating without environmental clearance

DoE orders installation of wastewater treatment system as CDA probes alleged building plan and safety irregularities
4 August 2026

ICT aims to complete July Uprising investigations, trials within a year

Chief prosecutor says 40 investigations completed as rights advocates call for transparency and stronger witness protection
4 August 2026

Train services via Jamuna Bridge resume after 6-hour disruption

More than 20,000 passengers affected as 12 intercity trains run behind schedule
4 August 2026

As the Meghna advances, Hatiya keeps losing homes and livelihoods

Families rebuild their lives again and again as river erosion continues to swallow land, homes and markets, while a permanent protection project awaits approval
4 August 2026

Malaysian team in Dhaka to oversee deployment of 17,000 workers

Delegation to supervise training and processing of Bangladeshis who missed the 2024 entry deadline
4 August 2026

Heavy rain disrupts Dhaka morning commute

Office-goers and students struggle through downpour as showers bring relief from recent heat
4 August 2026

Case filed against Gazi Salahuddin Tanvir over Facebook posts on PM Tarique Rahman

Bogura BNP leader alleges Tanvir made defamatory and provocative remarks
4 August 2026
4 August 2026

It’s time to form national security agency

Bangladesh must strengthen its defence capabilities and establish a national security agency to coordinate responses to emerging threats, speakers said at a dialogue in Dhaka yesterday.
4 August 2026

Govt focused on rivals, not existing crises: Porwar

Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar yesterday alleged that the government is busy creating new narratives to suppress political parties while paying little attention to soaring commodity prices and the country’s gas and electricity crises.
4 August 2026

AL lacks capacity for August 5 sabotage

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday said the Awami League lacks capability to carry out sabotage surrounding August 5, which is being observed as July Mass Uprising Day.
4 August 2026

Separation of modern, Islamic edn limits students

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman yesterday called for integrating modern and Islamic education, saying the separation between the two limits the role students can play in society.
4 August 2026

July failed to transform our political culture

The expected shift in political parties’ conduct and electoral democracy has not materialised despite the July uprising two years ago, while women’s once-visible political participation has steadily faded in the post-July period, speakers said yesterday.
4 August 2026

DENV-3 now dominant strain

Say experts; hospitals report rising admissions
4 August 2026

Pak police station attack: Death toll hits 17

At least 17 people were killed in a suspected suicide bombing outside a police station in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, a rescue group and a regional police official said, as the country battles widening insurgencies.
4 August 2026

Man’s body recovered from pond

Police recovered the body of an unidentified man from a pond in Begumganj upazila of Noakhali yesterday.
4 August 2026

Driver killed as auto-rickshaw, pickup, collide

A CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver was killed and another injured in a head-on collision with a pickup on Kabirhat-Sonapur road in Kabirhat upazila, Noakhali yesterday.
4 August 2026

Farmer killed by lightning in Dinajpur

A farmer was killed after being struck by lightning in Dinajpur’s Biral upazila yesterday.
4 August 2026