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Govt may examine the allegations that predate presidency
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Woman killed, 40 injured in clash over ownership of char land in Cumilla
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2 committees formed to demarcate Dhaka canals

The Local Government Division has formed two committees to identify and demarcate the boundaries of all canals under Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) to expedite canal recovery and restoration efforts.
15 June 2026, 00:00 AM

BB dissolves Islami Bank board, installs administrator

Bangladesh Bank last night dissolved the entire board of directors of Islami Bank, including newly appointed chairman Md Khurshid Alam, after protests, controversy, and liquidity stress at the bank.
15 June 2026, 00:00 AM

Abul Barkat shown held in fresh murder case

Econo-mist Prof Abul Barkat was shown arrested yesterday in a fresh murder case linked to the July uprising.
15 June 2026, 00:00 AM

Rooppur plant’s test ops paused over technical glitch

The test operational process of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant has been temporarily halted after a technical fault was discovered following fuel loading at Unit-1 of the country’s first nuclear facility.
15 June 2026, 00:00 AM

Woman raped at knifepoint in Noakhali

A woman was raped on Friday after a perpetrator cut through the tin wall  and entered her house in Noakhali’s Companiganj upazila.
15 June 2026, 00:00 AM

Pry schools to go single-shift in five years

The government plans to convert all primary schools into single-shift institutions within five years to improve learning outcomes and ensure adequate classroom time, State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Bobby Hajjaj said yesterday.
15 June 2026, 00:00 AM

Uproar in the JS over Salahuddin, Manirul’s remarks

Heated exchanges erupted twice in the parliament yesterday -- first over Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed’s statement on an expelled Islami Chhatra Shibir leader facing a rape case, and later over remarks by treasury bench MP Manirul Haque Chowdhury over women MPs’ attire.
15 June 2026, 00:00 AM

Can’t force univs to hold polls: Milon

The government will need an additional one-time allocation of Tk 3,150 crore to clear nearly 44,000 pending applications for benefits from the Teachers’ Welfare Trust and Retirement Board, Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon told parliament yesterday.
15 June 2026, 00:00 AM

Border killings, push-ins motion pulled from agenda

Dhaka-14 Jamaat-e-Islami MP Mir Ahmad Bin Quasem voiced dissatisfaction in the parliament yesterday, demanding an explanation as to why his motion on “illegal push-ins and border killings by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF)” was withheld from discussion despite being scheduled.
15 June 2026, 00:00 AM

‘Media now representing business houses’

LGRD Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said media houses have become “representatives of business houses.”
15 June 2026, 00:00 AM
15 June 2026, 00:00 AM

Health budget success hinges on execution

Despite receiving the highest-ever budgetary allocation in the country’s history, the health sector’s success will ultimately depend on how effectively the funds are utilised, health experts and economists said yesterday.
15 June 2026, 00:00 AM

Court orders DNA profiling in rape case against expelled Shibir leader Jisan

Two accused give confessional statements, while a medical board examines Jisan’s condition
14 June 2026, 22:47 PM

Bailey bridge collapse snaps road communication in Gopalganj

Two injured as sand-laden truck, easy bike and bicycle plunge into canal
14 June 2026, 22:31 PM

Bangladeshi child reunited with family in Kurigram after accidental border crossing

Joynab was reunited with her parents after a flag meeting confirmed she had mistakenly crossed into India
14 June 2026, 22:29 PM

Together for seven decades, together in death

Thakurgaon woman dies an hour after her husband; villagers mourn an inseparable couple
14 June 2026, 22:18 PM

9 remain stranded near Kurigram's Roumari zero line after failed push-in

BGB-BSF flag meeting ends without resolution as women and children endure extreme heat near the border
14 June 2026, 20:51 PM
14 June 2026, 20:14 PM

CMP Counter Terrorism Unit faces setback as trained personnel transferred under new policy

Officials warn that the loss of foreign-trained personnel could disrupt SWAT operations, bomb disposal and cybercrime investigations
14 June 2026, 18:02 PM

New uniforms, fresh meals and renewed purpose: How donors changed lives of 86 street children

Overseas Bangladeshis and local officials have quietly transformed a struggling railway-side school, following Star report
14 June 2026, 12:41 PM