Interim govt advisers’ wealth grew 6% on average in FY25

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.
11 February 2026, 02:45 AM

Civil aviation ministry’s clarification, our reply

The Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism has issued a clarification to our report titled “Lord of the wings,” published on February 6.
11 February 2026, 02:43 AM

Police roll out three-tier security plan

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.
11 February 2026, 02:38 AM

Fire breaks out at 10-storey building in Dhaka’s Pallabi

2 fire engines working to bring the blaze under control
11 February 2026, 00:33 AM

New political platform ‘Gonobiplobi Udyog’ launched

A new political platform, Gonobiplobi Udyog (People’s Revolutionary Initiative), was launched yesterday, based on the ideology of the July mass uprising.
11 February 2026, 00:00 AM

Security beefed up in Cox’s Bazar, Rohingya camps

Security has been strengthened in and around Rohingya camps as well as across the wider Cox’s Bazar region ahead of the upcoming 13th national election, said Lieutenant Colonel Tanveer Ahmed of the Army’s Ramu 10 Infantry Division.
11 February 2026, 00:00 AM

Empowering women, Sadia’s key pledge

In the verdant landscape of Moulvibazar-2 (Kulaura), the campaign of Sadia Noshin Tasnim Chowdhury, candidate of the Socialist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist) in the upcoming 13th national parliamentary election, stands apart from the established norm.
11 February 2026, 00:00 AM

37% of buildings at fire risk

Under the fire safety inspection programme in 2025, the Fire Service and Civil Defence inspected 10,533 buildings across the country.
11 February 2026, 00:00 AM

‘Polls come and go, but will our fate ever change?’

Ahead of the 13th national election scheduled for February 12, people from marginalised communities across the country have urged the next elected government to work for the betterment of their lives and livelihoods and to ensure a brighter future for their children.
11 February 2026, 00:00 AM

Against odds, 17 women take on Dhaka polls

On the morning of February 9, a large crowd gathered near the Mirpur-1 Eidgah field.
11 February 2026, 00:00 AM

Trial of Anisul and Salman begins at ICT

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.
11 February 2026, 00:00 AM

14 years of delays and despair

An elderly mother, Saleha Monir, had renewed hope of getting justice for the brutal killings of her son, Sagar Sarowar, and daughter-in-law, Meherun Runi, after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led government on August 5, 2024, following a student-led mass movement.
11 February 2026, 00:00 AM

With Tarique in race, all eyes on Dhaka-17

Kona and Jannat were strolling through the Banani DNCC Market when they suddenly found themselves amid an election campaign procession.
11 February 2026, 00:00 AM

11 injured in explosion at Ctg factory

At least 11 people were injured in an explosion at the Starship factory of Abul Khair Group in Oxygen area of Chattogram yesterday morning.
11 February 2026, 00:00 AM

5,067 inmates cast votes in historic first

A total of 5,067 inmates exercised their voting rights in the 13th national parliamentary election through postal ballots, marking the first time in Bangladesh’s history that prisoners were allowed to vote while in custody.
11 February 2026, 00:00 AM

6 hurt in BNP-Jamaat clash: Local leader’s ‘eye gouged out’, says BNP Bogura-4 candidate

Mother of victim died after learning of son’s eye injury, he says
10 February 2026, 23:58 PM

Outgoing interim govt advisers’ wealth grew 6% on average in FY25

Yunus reports 11 percent increase, Bashir remains wealthiest
10 February 2026, 22:42 PM

New political platform ‘Gonobiplobi Uddyog’ launched

Around 50 have already registered, says a representative of the platform
10 February 2026, 22:05 PM

Govt to allocate Tk 25 lakh home, Tk 25 lakh aid for Dipu Das’s family

Assistance insignificant compared to the value of a human life, Adviser CR Abrar says
10 February 2026, 20:22 PM

Four killed, over 30 injured in Pabna road accident

Head‑on collision between two buses suspends traffic for an hour
10 February 2026, 20:02 PM