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Shipyard deaths / Hazardous job treated as routine work: probe report
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NBR goes after private univs dodging tax
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Friendship’s Runa Khan gets Ramon Magsaysay Award
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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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National pay scale: Hurrah for government employees
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BPC panel against fuel imports by pvt sector
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Death anniv of Nurjahan Murshid today
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Local govt offices falling behind in e-governance
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Man shot dead during arbitration in Adabar
A man was shot dead during an arbitration over a dispute in the capital’s Adabar area yesterday evening.
16 July 2025
‘Not Satyajit Ray’s ancestral home’
The authorities yesterday halted the demolition of a century-old house in Mymensingh city following public outcry.
16 July 2025
Dinajpur police official withdrawn over Facebook post
The post appeared to mock leaders of NCP
16 July 2025
Public service recruitment: Govt to scrap political vetting
The practice of vetting a candidate's political affiliation through intelligence agencies before recruitment and promotion is set to be scrapped
16 July 2025
Push-ins: India ignoring established protocol
No border guard force has the right to shoot and kill someone who violates the law along the border, said Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain.
16 July 2025
‘We’ll bury Mujibism’
National Citizen Party Convener Nahid Islam yesterday said they would bury “Mujibism” in the country to build a truly democratic Bangladesh.
16 July 2025
Child victims of July uprising: Of abandoned toys and unlived tomorrows
They were readers of fairy tales, keepers of marbles, chasers of kites across twilight skies. Some still asked to sleep in their mother’s arms. Others, on the cusp of adolescence, had just begun to dream in the language of futures -- of stethoscopes, classrooms, galaxies. They were children, dreamers of careers, cartoons, and cricket.
16 July 2025
AL attack on NCP rally venue: Four killed as violence grips Gopalganj
At least four people were killed and dozens injured in daylong running battles between law enforcers and Awami League followers in Gopalganj yesterday.
16 July 2025
Abu Sayed killing: Justice within this govt’s tenure
One year has passed, but there has been no visible progress in the trial of the Abu Sayed murder case, his elder brother Ramzan Ali alleged as the nation observed his first death anniversary yesterday.
16 July 2025
July 17, 2024: Grief turns into defiance
On the public holiday marking Ashura, Dhaka and other parts of the country witnessed unrelenting student protests, road and highway blockades, symbolic funeral prayers, coffin processions, and repeated clashes with police and pro-government activists.
16 July 2025
55 pushed in from India
Fifty-five people were pushed into Bangladesh from India through four border points along Sylhet and Sunamganj districts yesterday.
16 July 2025
Miscreants unsuccessfully attempt to free accused from Gopalganj district jail
Miscreants attacked the Gopalganj District Jail around 3:30pm today..The matter was confirmed by Gopalganj Jail Superintendent Tania Zaman.."They broke through the main gate and attempted to take an accused, but the attempt was unsuccessful," the superintendent said. ."The atta
16 July 2025
‘Those responsible will face justice’
The interim government has said the attacks on the venue of the National Citizen Party’s rally in Gopalganj, carried out by members of the Awami League and the banned Chhatra League yesterday, will not go unpunished.
16 July 2025
EC removes ‘boat’ symbol from its website
After the suspension of the Awami League’s registration, the Election Commission yesterday removed the party’s polls symbol, “boat,” from its website.
16 July 2025
Health complex out of reach for 1.5 lakh
The 50-bed Shayestaganj Upazila Health Complex in Habiganj has remained non-operational for the past eight years due to unresolved land acquisition complications, leaving more than 1.5 lakh residents without access to essential healthcare services.
16 July 2025
Potholes galore on Barishal highway
Potholes have formed at various points along the 20-kilometre highway from Bhurghata to Batajor Kobibari in Gournadi upazila under Barishal district, making the route risky for travellers.
16 July 2025
No alternative to polls for democratic transition: Moyeen
BNP standing committee member Abdul Moyeen Khan yesterday said no path outside the electoral process is acceptable for a transition to democracy.
16 July 2025
ICT trials of several cases may finish by Dec: Tajul
Trials of several cases related to crimes against humanity during last year’s July uprising could be wrapped up by December, said ICT Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam yesterday.
16 July 2025
NCP, allies block Shahbagh over Gopalganj attack
Leaders and activists of the National Citizen Party (NCP), Bangladesh Democratic Student Council, and several like-minded platforms blocked the Shahbagh intersection in the capital for an hour yesterday, protesting an attack on NCP activists in Gopalganj.
16 July 2025
Rizwan Bin Farouq elected to Duke of Edinburgh’s int’l council
Businessperson Rizwan Bin Farouq has been elected as the international council (IC) member for the Asia Pacific sub region (South Asia) of Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award for the 2025-2028 term.
16 July 2025