Five children, including two pairs of sisters, drown in Chapainawabganj
Our Correspondent, Rajshahi
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Dhaka offers support after Nepal flood
Staff Correspondent
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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

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

‘Immediate legal action if anyone publishes Hasina’s statements’

ICT in Dec last year banned broadcasting her statements, inciting hatred, says CA's press wing
22 August 2025

Teen killed in mob violence on theft allegation, 2 others injured

Witnesses said a group of seven to eight young men chased the three teenagers, shouting “thieves”
22 August 2025

Jamaat suspends party membership of Patuakhali prosecutor over bribery allegation

Advocate Ruhul Amin accused of offering Tk 50,000 bribe to judge in gang-rape case
22 August 2025

Journalist Bibhuranjan Sarker missing, family files GD

According to his family, he left home at 10:00am yesterday
22 August 2025

Case yet to be filed in Khagrachhari double murder

Police mention family dispute as likely motive
22 August 2025

Laguna driven by husband crashes, killing garment worker wife in Gazipur

At least 11 others injured in early-morning accident
22 August 2025

Second accident on Dhaka-Mawa Expressway within 24hrs takes 3 more lives

Yesterday morning, three people were killed after a private car overturned on the expressway
22 August 2025

Explosives Case: Fakhrul, 64 BNP leaders, activists acquitted

A Dhaka tribunal yesterday relieved 65 leaders and activists of BNP and its front organisations, including its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir after accepting the probe report in a case filed under the explosives act.
21 August 2025

Aug 21 grenade attack: SC verdict on appeal against acquittal of Tarique Sept 4

The Supreme Court yesterday set September 4 to deliver its verdict on appeals against a High Court ruling that acquitted BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, former state minister Lutfozzaman Babar, and others in two cases related to the August 21 grenade attack.
21 August 2025

Prosecutor suspended for trying to bribe judge

The Patuakhali District Bar Association yesterday suspended Advocate Md Ruhul Amin, Patuakhali's public prosecutor (PP) of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal, on charges of attempting to bribe a judge.
21 August 2025

Rising extremism threat to country’s existence: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday called for unity, cautioning that the country’s existence is at stake if rising extremism goes unchecked.
21 August 2025

Face people’s verdict through politics, not tactics

Stating that some political parties are resorting to unfair tactics to block his party’s victory in the next election, BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday urged all to confront politics with politics instead of preventing people from giving their verdict.
21 August 2025

Fire guts 12 vehicles at Habiganj filling station

A fire broke out at a CNG refuelling station in the Aushkandi area of Nabiganj upazila of Habiganj yesterday, destroying at least nine auto-rickshaws, a passenger bus, and two motorcycles.
21 August 2025

Female candidates scarce in Jucsu polls

Female students of Jahangirnagar University have long stood at the frontlines of campus protests, from the 1999 anti-rape movement to last year’s mass uprising that toppled an authoritarian regime.
21 August 2025

9 NBFIs staring at liquidation

Nine non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) out of a total of 35 are likely to be liquidated in the interest of depositors, making it the first such incident in the financial sector.
21 August 2025

Govt amends tax reform ordinance; revenue officials to lead NBR

The advisory council yesterday amended the much-talked-about tax reform ordinance, paving the way for revenue officials to head the top and senior positions of the Revenue Policy Division.
21 August 2025

462 candidates cleared for Ducsu, 1,108 for hall polls

With nominations submitted and scrutinised, Dhaka University authorities yesterday unveiled the draft list for Ducsu and hall union candidates.
21 August 2025

3 killed as car crashes on Dhaka-Mawa Expressway

Three people were killed, and another was injured when a car overturned after hitting a guardrail in Munshiganj’s Srinagar upazila early yesterday
21 August 2025