Five children, including two pairs of sisters, drown in Chapainawabganj
Our Correspondent, Rajshahi
1 HOUR(s) Bangladesh
Dhaka offers support after Nepal flood
Staff Correspondent
28 August 2026 Bangladesh
Dhaka lost 83% of surface water in 250 years
Staff Correspondent
28 August 2026 Bangladesh
RANGPUR FAMILY MURDER / Ganapati, wife, daughter were killed on roof
Our Correspondent, Lalmonirhat
28 August 2026 Obituary
Imran’s ex-wife slams his solitary confinement
Agencies
28 August 2026 Bangladesh
30 ruling party MPs, ministers to oversee 64 dists
Staff Correspondent
28 August 2026 Bangladesh
July uprising: ICT accepts charge against ex-secretary
Staff Correspondent
28 August 2026 Bangladesh
Dhaka would consider Mecca pact if invited
Diplomatic Correspondent
28 August 2026 Diplomacy
Disappearance, NHRC bills tabled
Staff Correspondent
28 August 2026 Bangladesh

Under-construction new DNCC market: Left abandoned for 18yrs

Construction of a six-story building beside Paris Road in Mirpur, locally known as Paris Market, began in 1996 and was erected by 2007. Since then, 18 years have passed, but no further work has been done on the structure.
22 August 2025

Police stop minority conference

Police did not allow the National Minority Conference to be held in Dhaka yesterday at the Krishibid Institution Bangladesh, saying the organisers had not obtained permission from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police for the event.
22 August 2025

Pakistan commerce minister visits Ctg port

Assures cooperation for boosting bilateral trade, direct shipping
22 August 2025

One dead, 15 injured in Jubo Dal factional clash in Kishoreganj

The victim has been identified as Md Himel Mia, 24, of Boulai Puran Bazar
22 August 2025

4 of family killed as covered van overturns onto car in Cumilla

Four members of a family were killed yesterday afternoon when a container-laden lorry overturned onto their private car on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Cumilla’s Paduar Bazar Bishwa Road area.
22 August 2025

Gendaria fire claims son’s life; parents critically hurt

A house fire in Dhaka’s Gendaria early yesterday killed a 28-year-old man, while his parents remain in critical condition with severe burn injuries.
22 August 2025

Ducsu polls: Candidates start reaching out to voters

Ahead of the central students’ union and hall union elections on September 9, informal campaigns have begun at Dhaka University.
22 August 2025

No let-up in violent crimes

The only fault of Rabbi, a resident of the capital’s Jafrabad area, was that he questioned two unknown young men loitering near his home late at night on May 15.
22 August 2025

Healthcare reform begins, service yet to improve

The health administration initiated a series of reforms to improve medical care but struggled to implement them, say health experts
22 August 2025

Avijit murder convict Farabi freed on bail

Shafiur Rahman Farabi, who was sentenced to life in prison in a case over the murder of writer-blogger Avijit Roy, has been released on bail granted by the High Court.
22 August 2025

Youth found dead in Chakaria police custody; locals stage protest

A man’s body was found hanging inside the holding cell of Chakaria Police Station in Cox’s Bazar early yesterday.
22 August 2025

A life in print ends in tragedy

Police yesterday recovered the body of veteran journalist Bibhuranjan Sarker from the Meghna river in Munshiganj.
22 August 2025

Mob ties teens to bridge, beats one dead

A 15-year-old boy was beaten to death and two others were injured in an attack carried out by a mob of seven or eight people in Chattogram’s Fatikchhari upazila early yesterday.
22 August 2025

CUCSU Polls: Voter list yet to be finalised

Despite publishing guidelines for the long-awaited Chittagong University Central Students’ Union (Cucsu) election on August 1, the process has made little progress, with the voter list yet to be finalised and no schedule announced.
22 August 2025

‘We knew nothing about any open letter’

Journalist Bibhuranjan’s son says after identifying his body
22 August 2025

UNO in Netrokona withdrawn after viral video of beating youth

A circular signed by Mymensingh Divisional Commissioner on August 19 ordered his withdrawal
22 August 2025

BSF hands over Bangladeshi national to BGB in flag meeting

Iqbal Hossain is a farmer from Kutubpur village in Meherpur's Sadar upazila, said BGB
22 August 2025

Today it is Rihan, tomorrow it could be one of us

Brutal killing of 15-year-old in Fatikchhari exposes how impunity fuels violence
22 August 2025

Eight local Awami League leaders resign in Gopalganj

Amidst the ban on all activities of the Awami League, eight grassroots leaders in Muksudpur upazila of Gopalganj have announced their resignation from the party..Their resignations came through a press conference held at the Nanikshir High School grounds in the upazila yesterday afternoon.
22 August 2025