Murder case filed 13 years after Jubo Dal leader’s killing

Thirteen years after the killing of Abdul Khaleq, then general secretary of Jubo Dal’s Putkhali union unit in Benapole, his family has finally filed a murder case in a Jashore court.
26 September 2025

Mother, daughter killed in road crash

Three people, including a woman and her daughter, were killed when a speeding truck rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on the Sylhet-Sunamganj regional highway yesterday morning.
26 September 2025

Siblings drown in B’baria pond

Two young siblings drowned in a pond in Bogdohor village under Nabinagar union in Brahmanbaria yesterday.
26 September 2025

Rajshahi University teachers suspend shutdown, demand expulsion of attackers

UTAB warns agitation may resume if administration fails to punish culprits
26 September 2025

Woman alleges rape at Gazipur resort

Two named, one unidentified in case
26 September 2025

Banker’s body recovered from Dhaka’s Lalbagh

The victim, Md Nazrul, 43, was a cashier at a bank's branch in Imamganj, said police
26 September 2025

Woman dies, eight injured as speedboat sinks in Padma

A woman died and eight others were injured after a speedboat sank in the Padma river in Dhaka’s Dohar upazila due to strong current yesterday.
26 September 2025

Contractor digs up roads after losing tender

Failure to secure a government contract led contractor to illegally dig up two roads in Lalmonirhat’s Kaliganj upazila, leaving thousands of residents stranded for weeks.
26 September 2025

Missing girl’s body found in neighbour’s septic tank

The body of a six-year-old girl, missing for two days, was recovered from a neighbour’s septic tank in Vedarganj upazila of Shariatpur yesterday.
26 September 2025

Durga Puja: A symphony of faith and festivity

Under the autumn sky, sunlight and clouds play hide-and-seek as Kashful sway gently in the breeze.
26 September 2025

Return stolen assets to the rightful owners

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has urged the international community to adopt and enforce strong global regulations to prevent the plunder of resources from developing countries and to ensure their return when stolen.
26 September 2025

South Asia monsoon: Climate change’s dangerous impact on lifeline rains

South Asia’s annual monsoon rains sustain more than a billion people, but climate change is making them increasingly erratic and deadly, with poor infrastructure only exacerbating the impact.
26 September 2025

Faridpur, Cumilla divisions in works

The government is set to form two new administrative divisions -- Faridpur and Cumilla -- in line with recommendations from the Public Administration Reform Commission, taking the total to 10.
26 September 2025

Yunus vows labour reforms ahead of polls

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus reaffirmed his government’s commitment to implementing key reforms aligned with International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions before the upcoming national elections in February.
26 September 2025

BNP struggles to finalise candidates in half of seats

Senior leaders and others involved in the nomination process cited several reasons for the shortfall
26 September 2025

New condition for $5.5B loan: IMF limits Bangladesh’s foreign loan intake

The global lender introduced a new condition for the next instalment of its $5.5 billion loan package
26 September 2025

Rape of Eighth Grader: ‘Arrest, punish perpetrators’

A protest march and rally were held yesterday on Dhaka University campus, demanding the immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of those involved in the gang rape of an eighth-grade Jumma student in Khagrachhari, and protesting the arrest and assault of an indigenous student leader.
26 September 2025

Babar summits 8,000m Manaslu peak without oxygen tank

Bangladesh has scaled new heights in mountaineering as Dr Babar Ali became the first Bangladeshi to summit an 8,000-metre peak without supplemental oxygen yesterday morning.
26 September 2025

Govt’s UNGA delegation: TIB misled by inaccurate information, says Shafiqul

Press secretary stresses delegation significantly smaller than Hasina-era teams, necessary for key diplomacy
26 September 2025
26 September 2025