dengue outbreak / Four die, 1,558 get hospitalised
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EC eyes November start for UP polls
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Take criticism against govt to JS, not streets
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Shishu Park to open next year
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Power cuts leave Barishal hospitals struggling
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TIB fears SRB may become RAB in new name
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In brief / Some accused suspected of sabotage bid
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In brief / Man and two grandchildren drown in pond
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No arrest yet in BNP leader’s murder in Badda

Police have yet to uncover any clues behind the murder of Kamrul Ahsan Shadhon, 52, former joint convener of BNP’s Gulshan thana unit, as of yesterday.
26 May 2025

Make people alert to polls fraud: Yunus

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has stressed the importance of raising awareness among citizens to prevent ballot box snatching.
26 May 2025

$1b soft loan: Japanese cabinet to decide soon

Japan has been and will continue to be a faithful development partner of Bangladesh, Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Saida Shinichi has said ahead of Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus’ four-day Tokyo visit.
26 May 2025

Shammo murder: DU probe committee submits report

The investigation committee formed to probe the death of Dhaka University student Shahriar Alam Shammo has submitted its final report to the university's vice-chancellor.
26 May 2025

2.1m people lost jobs, and 86% of them women

Progress in women empowerment is plateauing or reversing in key areas, found a recent analysis by the Centre for Policy Dialogue.
26 May 2025

Crime wave sparks fear in city dwellers

Several recent mugging incidents, some taking place in broad daylight, have also rattled residents
26 May 2025

National consensus commission: Breakthrough on core reforms

Prof Ali Riaz optimistic despite gaps on some key issues, hopes ‘National Charter’ by July
26 May 2025

Govt raises festival allowance for MPO-listed teachers

The allowance has increased from 25 percent to 50 percent of one's basic salary
26 May 2025

Female teacher made OSD ‘for advocating equal rights’

Nadira Yasmin, assistant professor of Bangla at Narsingdi Government College, was made Officer on Special Duty (OSD) yesterday.
26 May 2025

‘We’re committed to religious freedom’

Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has reiterated the interim government's commitment to upholding religious freedom and protecting the rights of all citizens in Bangladesh.
26 May 2025

SC to resume hearing today

The Supreme Court has fixed today for resuming the hearing of two leave to appeal petitions filed by the state challenging the High Court verdict that acquitted BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, former state minister Lutfozzaman Babar, and others previously convicted in two cases over the August 21, 2004 grenade attack.
26 May 2025

Torching of homes in Abhaynagar: Men flee village, women in trauma

Despite the presence of law enforcers, almost all male residents of Dahor Moshiahathi in Jashore’s Abhaynagar upazila have gone into hiding after a mob looted and torched their homes following the murder of a local Krishak Dal leader.
26 May 2025

Army, govt are working together, not at odds

Bangladesh Army and the government are working hand in hand to safeguard the country’s interests and sovereignty, and there is no confrontation or discord between them.
26 May 2025

Protests continue at Secretariat

Protests swept through the government’s administrative core yesterday as employees from different ministries and divisions demonstrated for the third consecutive day inside the Secretariat, demanding the withdrawal of the Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025.
26 May 2025

Women’s reform report: HC rejects writ challenging some recommendations

The High Court yesterday summarily rejected a writ petition challenging the legality of several recommendations made in the Women’s Affairs Reform Commission’s report.
26 May 2025

Primary school teachers start indefinite strike

Assistant teachers at government primary schools across the country began an indefinite work abstention yesterday, demanding that their entry-level pay be placed under the 11th grade of the national pay scale.
26 May 2025

Army, govt working together, not at odds

Bangladesh Army and the government are working hand in hand to safeguard the country’s interests and sovereignty, and there is no confrontation or discord between them.
26 May 2025

Travel ban on ex-MP Sumon, wife

A Dhaka court yesterday issued a travel ban on former lawmaker Syed Sayedul Haque Sumon, and his wife Sammi Akter in connection with corruption allegations brought against them.
26 May 2025

Schoolgirl dies after being hit by bus in Kamalapur

A seven-year-old girl died after being hit by a BRTC bus at Dhaka’s Kamalapur intersection while returning from school with her grandmother yesterday morning.
26 May 2025

Potholes, neglect plague Kulaura’s vital road

A seven-kilometre stretch of road connecting Prithimpasha and Karmadha unions in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar has long been in a dilapidated state following years of neglect and lack of maintenance by the authorities concerned.
26 May 2025