News

Mymensingh man killed in Ukrainian drone strike in Russia, family says

Our Correspondent, Mymensingh

‘Whoever goes to Lanka becomes Hanuman; whoever comes to power wants to become Hasina’: Mamunul

Our Correspondent, Shariatpur

New York failed to disclose what it knew on toxic air after 9/11: mayor

AFP, New York

India hosts BRICS summit as Iran war tests unity

Reuters, NEW DELHI

In Brief / Girls worst hit by climate shocks on schools: UN

AFP, Paris

In Brief / Israeli strike in Gaza kills family of four

AFP, Gaza City

In Brief / Philippine ferry fire kills 5; 86 missing

AFP, Manila

Politics

Jamaat statement on opposition presidential election participation

Higher viva marks will open door to politicisation in govt jobs: Jamaat

5 HOUR(s) • Politics

Mia Golam Porwar urges government to scrap the new recruitment rules for 11th–20th grade posts, saying they could undermine merit-based assessment

‘Shariah can’t be disregarded’: IAB announces protests against Property Transfer Act

6 HOUR(s) • Politics

Faizul Karim says women journalists may attend IAB programmes if they observe purdah

BNP standing committee meeting September 2026

Tarique Rahman to chair BNP standing committee meeting Saturday

9 HOUR(s) • Politics

Party to discuss political situation, organisational activities and upcoming programmes

Thakurgaon-1 by-poll on October 29: EC

10 September 2026 • Election

Reuters Exclusive / Saima Wazed Putul resigns as WHO regional head after fraud allegations

10 September 2026 • Health

No unlawful directives to law enforcers ahead of local government polls: CEC

9 September 2026 • Election

Asif says ACC probe against him ‘politically motivated’

9 September 2026 • Politics

Rizvi condemns attack on Badhon, calls it ‘cowardly act’

9 September 2026 • Politics

Govt wants to bring Hasina back, not wait for her return’ - Says info adviser to PM

9 September 2026 • Politics

NCP changes Dhaka polls strategy

9 September 2026 • Politics

Hasina names Selim to lead AL in her absence

8 September 2026 • Politics

Asif Mahmud shifts voter registration to Aftabnagar in Dhaka north

7 September 2026 • Politics

Nasiruddin Patwary transfers voter registration to Dhaka-8

7 September 2026 • Politics

Crime & Justice

Prime suspect, 2 others confess in Savar SB officer murder case

2 HOUR(s) • Crime & Justice

The accused were sent to jail after giving statements before two Dhaka courts

SCBA chief Khokon, Attorney General Kazal lock horns over court incident

2 HOUR(s) • Crime & Justice

The two at loggerheads over the incident of Chief Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury and four other Appellate Division judges leaving the courtroom after Khokon commented on lawyers’ “declining” incomes on September 8

Man dies after assailants allegedly set him on fire in Mymensingh

5 HOUR(s) • Crime & Justice

‘Old wine in a new bottle’: Opposition slams bill abolishing Rab, setting up SRB

6 HOUR(s) • Crime & Justice

Man killed in scissors attack at Ctg house

10 September 2026 • Crime & Justice

Custodial Death Cases: Path to justice long and arduous

10 September 2026 • Crime & Justice

UP member hacked to death in Jhenaidah

10 September 2026 • Crime & Justice

CID says Don concealed ‘many important facts’ about Salman Shah’s death

9 September 2026 • Crime & Justice

Another state law officer resigns from AG office

9 September 2026 • Crime & Justice

ICT prosecution seeks charges against 26 over killing of Mugdho, 10 others

9 September 2026 • Crime & Justice

Accidents and Fires

Update / Two fires in Dhanmondi, Mohakhali brought under control

10 September 2026

Two army soldiers killed during tank firing exercise

10 September 2026

Pabna couple killed in road accident 2 days before son’s wedding

10 September 2026

Two missing after geo-bags on Meghna riverbank collapse in Bhola

10 September 2026

Lightning sparks fire at power minister Tuku’s Sirajganj home

9 September 2026

Fire at Centrepoint shopping mall under control

9 September 2026

Two children drown in Gazipur pond

9 September 2026

Fire damages internal server at Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant

9 September 2026

Cumilla bus plunge hurts 26

9 September 2026

CU student electrocuted to death

9 September 2026

26 SBMC students injured as study tour bus falls into ditch in Cumilla

8 September 2026

Classroom floor collapse leaves 5 children injured

8 September 2026

Two women drown in pond at JnU’s second campus in Keraniganj

7 September 2026

University issues notice restricting access to pond

5 students injured as classroom floor collapses at Habiganj primary school

7 September 2026

Incident occurred at Pirijpur Government Primary School in Ajmiriganj upazila

481 killed in August road accidents: RSF

7 September 2026

Road crash deaths rose by 65 from July, Road Safety Foundation says

Elevated expressway killing / Bus staff killed passenger after spotting cash: police

7 September 2026

Police have arrested a bus driver, supervisor and helper over the killing of a passenger whose body was found on the Dhaka Elevated Expressway in Banani on Friday.

Grandfather, 2 grandchildren drown in Lakshmipur pond

6 September 2026

Police say the children drowned while trying to rescue the 70-year-old after he failed to resurface

Governance

Brig Gen Mustafa Kamal appointed IG Prisons

3 HOUR(s) • Governance

Col Md Saidul Islam made additional IG Prisons

‘MPs sitting around me used abusive language’: Rumeen

5 HOUR(s) • Parliament

Independent MP says the conduct violated parliamentary norms; Speaker urges lawmakers not to obstruct one another while speaking

Law and order in Bangladesh has visibly improved: Home minister

6 HOUR(s) • Governance

Khokon asks chief justice to make Supreme Court 'free of corruption' within a month

7 HOUR(s) • Legal System

‘I got 3 messages purportedly from MPs asking for money’: Chief whip warns of phone hacking

8 HOUR(s) • Cyber Safety and Security

Opposition warns of food crisis over fertiliser shortage, government says stocks sufficient

9 September 2026 • Parliament

‘BNP in power without gas, electricity or fertiliser crises?’: Rumeen’s remarks spark uproar in parliament

9 September 2026 • Parliament

Law minister terms SCBA president’s courtroom conduct 'improper'

9 September 2026 • Parliament

Marriage, divorce registration to be digitised; pilot programme to be launched this month

9 September 2026 • Policy

Dengue situation in 5 divisions ‘matter of concern’: Shahe Alam

9 September 2026 • Disease

Education

Lack of willingness to understand one another widens secular-madrasa education divide: Anthropologist

3 HOUR(s)

Bangladesh parliament passes NHRC and enforced disappearance bills

JS committee calls for probe into corruption allegations in National University, education bodies

6 HOUR(s)

DSHE directs schools, colleges to arrange 15 sports, 21 co-curricular activities

8 HOUR(s)

4,585 students who failed SSC now pass after rescrutiny

10 September 2026

Bangladesh’s population is its biggest asset if made skilled: Milon

9 September 2026

More Education

Healthcare

measles deaths in Bangladesh 2026 update

Seven more die with measles-like symptoms

3 HOUR(s)

Dengue claims 6 more lives, 1,492 hospitalised in 24 hours

6 HOUR(s)

Bangladesh measles vaccine effectiveness

Nationwide measles vaccination campaign to resume Sept 25 in Bangladesh: Health minister

8 HOUR(s)

Ctg sees 585 dengue cases in first nine days of September

11 HOUR(s)

Over half of student suicides tracked this year involved school students: Aachol Foundation

9 September 2026

More Healthcare

Work and Migration

38 Bangladeshis rescued from cyber scam compounds in Cambodia return home

3 September 2026

Nearly 30,000 cases pending in labour courts, tribunal: Minister

3 September 2026

174 Bangladeshis return home from Libya detention centre

1 September 2026

338 Bangladeshi recruiting agencies can send workers to Malaysia: Ministry

28 August 2026

Malaysia lists 25 recruiting agencies

23 August 2026

More Work and Migration

Transport

No decision yet on cross-border trains; India must send formal proposal: Additional secretary

2 HOUR(s)

Traffic resumes at Dhaka's Mohakhali after transport workers end blockade

7 HOUR(s)

27 defective Dhaka Metro Rail bearing pads identified as critical: Transport minister

9 September 2026

Study, design completed for electric trains on Dhaka-Chattogram route: PM

9 September 2026

Sleeper buses cannot ply highways without BRTA authorisation: HC

9 September 2026

More Transport

Technology

This website is trying to document Bangladesh’s hidden child sexual abuse crisis

Farhan Musfique

6 HOUR(s) • Technology

The foldable iPhone is here: Meet iPhone Duo

Tech & Startup Desk

10 September 2026 • Technology

Apple CEO says the iPhone is the world's best AI device

Tech & Startup Desk

10 HOUR(s) • Technology

Anthropic researcher quits, warning AI could end humanity by end of decade

Tech & Startup Desk

11 HOUR(s) • Technology

Hackers are stealing Claude tokens from subscribers

Tech & Startup Desk

10 HOUR(s) • Technology

OpenAI deepens Samsung partnership on next-generation AI chips

Tech & Startup Desk

10 HOUR(s) • Technology

Meta launches AI agent capable of accessing other apps

Tech & Startup Desk

10 HOUR(s) • Technology

Google to invest $15 billion for AI infrastructure in Finland

Tech & Startup Desk

10 HOUR(s) • Technology

World

Houthis close in on Bab el-Mandeb Strait

1 HOUR(s) • World

Iran-aligned Houthis seized control of Yemen’s port city of Mocha yesterday and advanced down the Red Sea coast to strategic islands, military sources said, hours after President Donald Trump said he expected the Iran war to end after the US midterm elections.