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Bangladesh enters robotic surgery era
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Big borrowers to get up to 15yrs to repay loans
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Gopalganj clashes: one more injured dies at DMCH, death toll rises to 5

"He was brought in with bullet injuries and had been in critical condition"
18 July 2025

Fundamental reforms non-negotiable

There is no scope to avoid fundamental reforms of the state’s key structures, said Chief Adviser and National Consensus Commission chief Prof Muhammad Yunus.
17 July 2025

Election observers: Minimum age lowered to 21

The Election Commission yesterday revoked the registrations of all 96 local organisations that monitored the 12th national election.
17 July 2025

328 arrested nationwide in army-led joint drives

A total of 328 individuals have been arrested in joint drives conducted across the country by the Bangladesh Army in coordination with other law enforcement agencies between July 10 and July 17.
17 July 2025

2 workers in Dhaka die of electrocution

Two construction workers died after being electrocuted while working at an under-construction building in Dhaka’s Demra area yesterday afternoon.
17 July 2025

Gopalganj clash: Victims buried without autopsy, no case filed yet

At least four people were killed, over 50 injured, and several sustained gunshot wounds
17 July 2025

Illegal wealth: ACC sues Tarique Siddique, family

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed cases against ousted prime minister Shekh Hasina's defence and security adviser Tarique Ahmed Siddique, his wife Shaheen Siddique, and their two daughters for allegedly amassing over Tk 62 crore in illegal wealth.
17 July 2025

12 students expelled from Comilla University over ragging

The university's acting registrar Professor Mohammad Anwar Hossain confirmed the matter yesterday
17 July 2025

9 of a family get life term for murder

A court in Kishoreganj yesterday sentenced 13 individuals, including nine members of a family, to life imprisonment in a case filed over the murder of a grocer in 2016 in the district's Karimganj upazila.
17 July 2025

Reducing US trade GAP: Dhaka turns to Boeing, wheat imports

Bangladeshi officials are preparing for a third round of talks in Washington next week
17 July 2025

Hunt for outdated vehicles from Sunday

The government is set to launch a crackdown on outdated vehicles from Sunday in a bid to reduce road crashes and environmental pollution.
17 July 2025

Teen stalker kills 2 women in their home

The Detective Branch (DB) of police yesterday detained the prime suspect in a case filed over the killing of an elderly woman and her granddaughter-in-law in Bogura.
17 July 2025

BNP sees plot to thwart plans for Feb election

A conspiracy is unfolding to derail the national election to foil the democratic transition in the country, said the BNP yesterday.
17 July 2025

Gopalganj reeling from four deaths

An uneasy calm took hold of Gopalganj yesterday, a day after violent clashes between Awami League supporters and law enforcers over an NCP rally left at least four people dead and around 50 injured.
17 July 2025

23 more pushed in from India

Twenty-three people were pushed into Bangladesh from India through the Malkadanga and Shingroad borders in Panchagarh early yesterday.
17 July 2025

Army used force in self-defence: ISPR

The Bangladesh Army yesterday said it was forced to use force in self-defence during Wednesday’s clashes in Gopalganj after coming under attack from “a group of unruly people.”
17 July 2025

July 18, 2024: Deadliest day yet in quota protests

On one of the deadliest days in Bangladesh’s recent history, at least 29 people, including 11 students and a journalist, were killed and over 3,000 injured in violent clashes across the country, as the quota reform protest intensified into a full-scale nationwide uprising on July 18, 2024.
17 July 2025

Arrest the culprits, spare the innocent

National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam yesterday called on the government to refrain from harassing any ordinary resident of Gopalganj while demanding the arrest of those he called “fascist terrorists”.
17 July 2025

Another Bawm prisoner dies in Chattogram

Another Bawm prisoner of Chattogram Central Jail died after reportedly falling sick inside the prison early yesterday.
17 July 2025