Accident occurred around 9:00am in the Jamalpur Bridge area

Backstreets bustle with activity despite quiet main roads

Bangladesh Animal Welfare Association set up the clinic in Banani

Bangladesh votes in a general election on Thursday

At least 11 people were injured in an explosion at the Starship factory of Abul Khair Group in Oxygen area of Chattogram yesterday morning.

Ali Mahmud, city editor of the daily Dinkal, died of a heart attack on Monday. He was 69.

A rice trader was hacked to death by criminals at his own shop in Mymensingh’s Trishal upazila on Monday night.

At least four people were killed and more than 30 injured in a head‑on collision between two buses on the Dhaka-Pabna highway in Sholabaria area of Pabna’s Santhia upazila this morning.

At least four people were killed and more than 30 injured in a head‑on collision between two buses on the Dhaka-Pabna highway in Sholabaria area of Pabna’s Santhia upazila this morning.

A government consultation committee has recommended limiting SSC exams to five core subjects -- Bangla, English, mathematics, science, and social science -- while keeping PSC and JSC exams in classes 5 and 8 scrapped.

Bangladesh’s ranking in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) worsened, with the country placed 13th among the world’s most corrupt nations out of 182.

As the dust settles on election season with the last day of campaigning officially ending yesterday morning, the street rallies were complemented by a digital battle for the ballot, where political parties poured crores of taka into thousands of Facebook ads.

Election codes strictly prohibit exploitation of religious sentiments for gaining electoral advantage.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has urged voters to make the February 12 election day the “birthday of a new Bangladesh”.

Bangladesh secures a marginal US tariff cut to 19%, but commits to billions of dollars in purchases

Advisers in the outgoing interim government, along with their spouses, disclosed wealth statements yesterday, detailing changes in their assets between June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025.

The Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism has issued a clarification to our report titled “Lord of the wings,” published on February 6.

With the much-awaited national election set to take place tomorrow, looted firearms yet to be recovered and thousands of licensed weapons yet to be deposited may pose security challenges, experts and law enforcers said.

2 fire engines working to bring the blaze under control

The formal trial of Salman F Rahman, former adviser to the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and former law minister Anisul Huq in a crimes against humanity case began yesterday, with the prosecution placing its opening statement before the International Crimes Tribunal-1.