Milestone tragedy: 13 fighting for life in ICUs

Thirteen people, mostly children, were fighting for their lives in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) of hospitals yesterday, three days after a jet crashed into Milestone School & College in Uttara’s Diabari.
23 July 2025

Gopalganj violence: Two more cases filed, total accused 9,850

Two more cases were filed on Tuesday over the July 16 violence in Gopalganj, raising the total number of cases to 10 and the number of accused to 9,850.
23 July 2025

Woman killed for protesting granddaughter’s harassment

An 80-year-old woman was killed after protesting the harassment of her granddaughter in Bagerhat’s Chitalmari upazila, police said.
23 July 2025

Woman dies as scarf caught in wheel in Jashore

A woman died after her scarf got entangled in the wheel of a moving battery-run rickshaw in Jashore on Tuesday night.
23 July 2025

Appeal for help

Dr Md Shahadat Hossain Shibly, a decorated physician from Bangladesh known for his service, intellect, and unwavering compassion, is now waging the most personal and painful battle of his life -- against an aggressive form of recurrent metastatic squamous cell carcinoma.
23 July 2025

Bridge collapse leaves thousands isolated

With the only wooden bridge in the area -- their only means of travel to nearby markets, schools, and health facilities -- washed away by recent torrential rains, residents of Maijgaon in the Ranigaon Union of Chunarughat upazila in Habiganj are now relying on a makeshift banana raft to cross the river.
23 July 2025

Tajuddin’s leadership lit the path to liberation

Tajuddin Ahmad, the founding Prime Minister of Bangladesh, is a towering political figure whose unwavering patriotism, strategic acumen, crisis management skills, and leadership in the country’s Liberation War deserve thorough study, said speakers yesterday marking the birth centenary of the great leader.
23 July 2025

Indian medical team arrives in Dhaka to treat jet crash victims

The team consists of two doctors and one nurse
23 July 2025

NCP holds ‘mourning rally’ in Cumilla for Milestone crash victims

The mourning programme was observed to honour the victims of the tragedy
23 July 2025

71 Myanmar nationals return home from Bangladesh

As the situation in Myanmar has calmed, authorities were able to convince them to return voluntarily
23 July 2025

Govt approves 18 improved rice varieties for cultivation

80% of the varieties are suitable for the Boro and Aman seasons
23 July 2025

Bangladesh, Pakistan pledge joint efforts against drugs, terrorism

During the meeting, both sides expressed commitment to working together in combating terrorism and drug trafficking
23 July 2025

EC issues guidelines for journalists ahead of national polls

journalists may conduct live broadcasts from polling centres
23 July 2025

Two killed in separate road accidents in Dhaka

One victim run over by bus, the other hit by truck while on motorcycle
23 July 2025

HSC exams of July 22, 24 to be held on August 17, 19

Practical exams will take place between August 21 and 31
23 July 2025
23 July 2025

Kuet students, faculty form human chain demanding swift VC appointment

"This is possibly the only public university that has remained leaderless for such a long time"
23 July 2025

Tk 297cr embezzlement: Prof Abul Barkat placed on two-day remand

Police arrested him at his home in Dhanmondi on July 10
23 July 2025

‘I won’t play with planes anymore’

Parents recall the horrors of the Milestone jet crash
23 July 2025