TIB raises concerns over independence of proposed rights bills
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Rights
BFUJ, DUJ rally for immediate formation of 10th Wage Board for journalists
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Rights
Over 1,800 stolen concrete blocks returned to embankment in Netrokona
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Bangladesh
Bangladesh, China discuss strengthening defence cooperation
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Diplomacy
‘Bangladesh PM intelligent and pro-people’
3 September 2026
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Diplomacy
ACC launches probe against Asif Mahmud
3 September 2026
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Bangladesh
Govt struggles to break with old bureaucratic vices
3 September 2026
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Bangladesh
Bad loans now over Tk 6 lakh crore
3 September 2026
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Bangladesh
Tehran not concerned over Dhaka’s decision
3 September 2026
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Diplomacy
CPC interested in signing political MoU with BNP
This was shared by Liu Jianchao, minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, during a meeting with the visiting BNP delegation
24 June 2025
36-day programme announced for July uprising anniversary
The interim government has chalked up 36 days of events to commemorate the martyrs of the July Uprising as part of observing one year of the mass movement that toppled the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government on August 5, 2024.
24 June 2025
‘July fighters’ to receive allowance from next month
The July fighters of the student-people uprising will get an allowance from next month, said Liberation War Affairs Adviser Faruk-e-Azam.
24 June 2025
Two SUST students expelled
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) authorities have expelled two students for life over charges of raping a female student of the university and filming the incident.
24 June 2025
Mob violence now alarmingly routine
Rights groups say the state's failure to act swiftly and decisively has to some extent emboldened mobs and contributed to a climate where vigilante justice is becoming commonplace.
24 June 2025
46 pushed in thru Sylhet, Lalmonirhat borders
India’s Border Security Force (BSF) pushed 39 Bangladeshi nationals back into the country through border areas in Sylhet’s Jaintapur upazila and Sunamganj’s Chhatak upazila early yesterday morning, according to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).
24 June 2025
Jamaat gets registration with EC, polls symbol back
A circular was issued this afternoon in a letter signed by the EC's Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed
24 June 2025
Govt warns of strict action against mob attacks
The government yesterday warned that mob attacks in any form will not be tolerated and vowed to bring all involved to justice regardless of whether civilians or law enforcement members are responsible.
24 June 2025
Court orders seizure of S Alam couple’s foreign assets
A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the freezing and confiscation of foreign assets of S Alam Group Chairman Mohammad Saiful Alam and his wife Farzana Parveen in three countries.
24 June 2025
July uprising ICT case: Hearing on charge framing against Hasina, others on July 1
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday fixed July 1 for the hearing on charge framing against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and two of her top aides in a case filed over crimes against humanity committed during the July uprising.
24 June 2025
Woman killed in elephant attack
A woman was killed in an attack by wild elephant at Chhaiyrakhali in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Monday night.
24 June 2025
Father, daughter killed in road crash
A father and his daughter were killed in a road accident in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila yesterday.
24 June 2025
Recent drownings raise concern
In a shocking video that went viral recently, a tourist was seen struggling against strong waves to save his son from drowning in the sea in front of a beach resort in the Kolatoli area of Cox’s Bazar.
24 June 2025
A 200-year-old hub for jackfruit trade
Even before dawn breaks in mid-summer, the Brahmanbazar wholesale market in Kulaura upazila bursts into life. Buyers and sellers crowd the area, haggling over the price of ripe jackfruit, their sweet aroma filling the air.
24 June 2025
State-appointed lawyers must be capable, independent
Toby Cadman, special adviser to the chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), yesterday said judges must ensure any state-appointed defence lawyer has the necessary experience and ability to represent an accused properly and independently.
24 June 2025
China hopes for free, fair election in Bangladesh
Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sun Weidong yesterday expressed hope for a free and fair election in Bangladesh and conveyed its willingness to work with the country’s future government.
24 June 2025
‘Bekar, Janata, Nagorik’
Ahead of the upcoming 13th national parliamentary election, a total of 147 political parties have applied for registration with the Election Commission (EC), several of them with rather unusual names.
24 June 2025
‘No one can take law into own hands’
Reaffirming their party’s stance against the culture of mob violence, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday said no one has the right to take the law into their own hands.
24 June 2025
Singer Noble granted bail in rape case
On June 18, Noble married the plaintiff in presence of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nazmin Akter
24 June 2025
‘Bangladesh is our valuable partner’: Kosovo’s envoy tells Prof Yunus
Yunus commends the people of Kosovo for their steadfast commitment to freedom, peace
24 June 2025