Two killed, two injured in Jashore road crash

Two people, including a former Chhatra League leader, were killed and two others injured as a private car hit a roadside tree on the Jashore-Benapole highway in Sadar upazila early today
26 June 2025

Police seek 10-day remand for ex-CEC Habibul Awal

Awal was arrested yesterday in the capital's Moghbazar area while Huda arrested from his Uttara residence on June 22
26 June 2025

Poll irregularities: Sedition among 3 new charges added against three ex-CECs

BNP filed a case against 24 individuals, including three former chief election commissioners, 10 election commissioners, and top government and police officials, for their alleged role in irregularities during national polls in 2014, 2018, and 2024
26 June 2025

Army warns against mob violence, 1 held

Bangladesh Army has arrested one person for his alleged involvement in the mob-violence in front of the residence of former Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on June 22.
25 June 2025

Part of illegal shipbreaking yard demolished

A part of an illegally established shipbreaking yard in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram was demolished yesterday.
25 June 2025

Locals suffer as culvert remains inaccessible

A culvert built without approach road in Yusufpur village under Patuakhali’s Kalapara upazila remains largely unusable, causing immense sufferings to over 700 families in the locality.
25 June 2025

ICT replaces counsel for Hasina in contempt case

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday removed Advocate Md Aminul Ghani Titto as defence counsel for Sheikh Hasina in a contempt of court case filed against her.
25 June 2025

July uprising: Students lock KMP gate over freeing accused SI

Students and locals locked the main gate of the Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) headquarters for hours yesterday, protesting the release of Sub-Inspector Sukanta Das from police custody.
25 June 2025

2 killed as train hits bike in Nilphamari

Two bikers were killed as an intercity train hit their motorbike near a Nilphamari level crossing area yesterday.
25 June 2025

Drug smuggling via air, land routes on the rise

This grim picture emerges as Bangladesh, like other countries around the world, observes the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking today.
25 June 2025

Stop destroying nature, plant trees instead

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday urged all to avoid destroying nature and stop the production and use of single-use plastic products and come together to plant trees and create a beautiful environment for the generations to come.
25 June 2025

Help us bring drugs, graft under control

Narcotics have infiltrated every level of society, from the affluent to the poor, he added. "When I visited a correctional facility, I saw children, students, professionals -- all affected."
25 June 2025

Govt declares 3 new days for nat’l observance

The interim government yesterday declared August 5 as “July Mass Uprising Day” to commemorate the student-led protests that toppled the Sheikh Hasina regime that day last year.
25 June 2025

Woman ‘raped’ in train toilet

A female passenger was allegedly raped inside a toilet of the Rangpur Express train at Dhaka’s Kamalapur Railway Station yesterday.
25 June 2025

Govt firm on ending culture of abuse: Yunus

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said the interim government is determined to end the culture of abuse.
25 June 2025

BNP agrees to 10yr PM cap, objects to NCC

Party leaders said the decision was made to improve the BNP's image ahead of the next general election, as sticking to the previous stance was drawing criticisms.
25 June 2025

Tourists allowed back to Debotakhum as weather improves in Bandarban

Previously, due to continuous heavy rain and the risk of landslides, the upazila administration had imposed a one-week ban
25 June 2025

Over 90% women work at informal sector: study

Over 90 percent of working women in Bangladesh are employed in the informal sector, which was particularly hard-hit during the pandemic, a new study has found.
25 June 2025

Woman, child electrocuted in Magura

A woman and her seven-month-old daughter were electrocuted while cooking rice in an electric cooker at their home in Magura’s Sadar upazila yesterday morning.
25 June 2025

HSC, equivalent exams begin today

The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations begins today, with 12,51,111 students scheduled to sit for the tests under different education boards.
25 June 2025