Govt prepares ‘red line’ along eastern border
DU Correspondent
25 August 2026 Bangladesh
DNA confirms accused as father of 11-yr-old rape victim’s baby
Our Correspondent, Netrokona
25 August 2026 Bangladesh
Govt showing lack of political courage: CPD
Staff Correspondent
25 August 2026 Bangladesh
Nusrat murder: HC confirms death sentences of two
Staff Correspondent
25 August 2026 Bangladesh
Draft NHRC act ‘will protect rights violators, not victims’
Staff Correspondent
25 August 2026 Bangladesh
Ex-councillor hacked to death in Kishoreganj
Our Correspondent, Kishoreganj
25 August 2026 Bangladesh
July case: Three journos sent to jail
Staff Correspondent
25 August 2026 Bangladesh
Who are so bothered?
Diplomatic Correspondent
25 August 2026 Diplomacy

Barishal forest officer suspended following 17 marriages

The ministry yesterday issued a notification in this regard
17 September 2025

Ex-law minister, 7 others shown arrested in three murder cases

Court orders in three cases tied to anti-discrimination student movement deaths
17 September 2025

Trump’s trade wars and Bangladesh’s balancing act: Michael Kugelman speaks

He discusses shifting US-Bangladesh ties, Trump’s tariffs, and South Asia’s fragile geopolitics
17 September 2025

Consensus commission suggests constitutional order, referendum

Following the legal panel's proposal, political parties began discussions
17 September 2025

Where humans and birds share a home

Villagers of Ajmer protect a thriving bird colony in Moulvibazar
17 September 2025

Polytechnic students block roads, rails over 4-point demand

Students from polytechnic institutes staged blockades in Dhaka and several districts yesterday to press home their four-point demands, including the introduction of a single-track system in engineering education to eliminate discrimination in jobs.
17 September 2025

Derailment at Rangpur: Train services resume after 14 hours

The services were restored around 2:30am today
17 September 2025

Inside Shibir’s Ducsu domination: What the numbers reveal

Liberation war post delivers shock win for Shibir-backed candidate
17 September 2025

Press ahead with economic reforms

Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, has urged Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus to pursue deeper reforms as Bangladesh seeks to consolidate its economic recovery ahead of the national election in February.
16 September 2025

‘Personal grudge behind accusing Sheikh Hasina’

The state defence counsel for deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday alleged that Amar Desh Editor Mahmudur Rahman implicated the former PM and Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh in the 2009 BDR carnage out of personal vendetta.
16 September 2025
16 September 2025

Direct cargo flights from port city not before Feb

Direct cargo flights from Chattogram's Shah Amanat International Airport are expected to begin in February next year -- six months later than the initial timeline -- due to bureaucratic sluggishness.
16 September 2025

SC halts construction at Hatirjheel, Panthakunja

The Supreme Court chamber judge yesterday upheld, for the time being, a High Court order that barred authorities from carrying out any construction work at Panthakunja Park and the Hatirjheel waterbody in Dhaka.
16 September 2025

Appoint religious teachers in primary schools or face demo

The interim government’s decision to appoint music and dance teachers in primary schools, instead of religious teachers, is “forced and irrelevant”, leaders of Islamist political parties and organisations said yesterday.
16 September 2025

Man killed in Adabor

A 25-year-old man was hacked to death in Dhaka’s Adabor area yesterday.
16 September 2025

Dhaka’s changing conversation on mental health

What has changed is that conversations can now happen out into the open
16 September 2025

2-year-old girl sexually assaulted

A two-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in Sylhet's Moglabazar area on the night of September 10 after being lured with biscuits, her family has said.
16 September 2025

Jamaat wants PR system at least once

Election under the proportional representation system is necessary to address the political parties’ tendency to capture polling centres, said Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday.
16 September 2025

BNP plans image clean-up before February polls

The BNP has decided to launch a countrywide campaign in mid-October to improve its public image, counter opposition narratives and reassure voters of its commitment to reforms ahead of the national election scheduled for February.
16 September 2025