Rajshahi mango farmers face losses amid price slump

Mango growers and traders in Rajshahi are facing a difficult season as prices have dropped sharply despite a good harvest, raising concerns about whether farmers will be able to recover their production costs.
5 June 2026

63 of 75 DSCC wards at dengue risk

Among the 75 wards under Dhaka South City Corporation, 63 were found to have Aedes mosquito densities above the prescribed threshold, while 27 have been identified as being at extreme risk of dengue transmission.
5 June 2026

Govt to resume teacher benefit payments soon

The government will resume payment of retirement benefits for teachers who have not received allowances under the Teacher Welfare Trust since 2022, said Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon yesterday.
5 June 2026

Cox’s bazar: Illegal shops return to Sugandha beach

Hundreds of illegal temporary shops have reappeared on Cox’s Bazar’s Sugandha beach during the Eid-ul-Azha holiday, undermining a major eviction drive carried out just three months ago.
5 June 2026

Cabinet approves policy to attract investment from Bangladeshis living abroad

Policy approved at cabinet meeting chaired by PM Tarique Rahman
4 June 2026

After UNGA win, Foreign Minister Khalilur says there's precedent for dual role

Cites Humayun Rashid Chowdhury, the last Bangladeshi UNGA president, who served in 1986-87
4 June 2026

Govt probe finds Ad-din Hospital building ‘unfit’, ‘gross negligence’ in 6 newborn deaths

Health minister says investigators found poor ventilation, lack of emergency response and delayed care as authorities prepare action based on the findings
4 June 2026
4 June 2026

UNDP resident representative meets Tarique Rahman 

Stefan Liller congratulates the PM on forming government with majority mandate
4 June 2026

Rangamati election candidates demand reinstatement of Dipen Dewan as CHT affairs minister

Call for removal of state minister, citing provisions of the CHT Agreement
4 June 2026

Woman found dead in Dhaka’s Pallabi apartment

Husband and children live abroad, police say
4 June 2026

Khadems demand return of Bagerhat shrine crocodile

Reptile was moved to Khulna days after fatal attack on a child
4 June 2026

She left Bangladesh with hope; returned pregnant and broken

A woman's journey to Saudi Arabia, arranged through a broker, spiralled into alleged trafficking, forced labour, sexual exploitation and imprisonment
4 June 2026

A midday in ‘FIFA Goli’

I had to pause for a moment and take the phone out of my pocket. Right beside me were Lionel Messi and Neymar Jr. On the other side stood legends Pelé and Diego Maradona. Hamza Choudhury of Bangladesh, with his distinctive curly hair, was there too.
4 June 2026

Khan Jahan Ali crocodile moved to Khulna

Authorities yesterday relocated the sole crocodile from the pond at the Khan Jahan Ali Shrine in Bagerhat, two days after the animal fatally attacked a child.
4 June 2026

Four Bangladeshis hurt in drone attack

At least four Bangladeshi citizens were among those injured and one killed in a drone attack at Kuwait International Airport yesterday, according to the Bangladesh Embassy in Kuwait.
4 June 2026

5 Bangladeshis hurt in Delhi hotel blaze

At least five Bangladeshis were injured, while one is feared dead after a hotel fire in New Delhi yesterday killed at least 21, mostly foreigners.
4 June 2026

Man sent to jail over woman’s rape in Habiganj

A man was sent to jail yesterday on charges of raping a woman at her home in Nabiganj upazila of Habiganj.
4 June 2026

Virtue, weaponised

There’s a particular craftiness to the way America’s latest trade offensive has been packaged.
4 June 2026

Woman, two girls found dead at Barguna rest house

Police recovered the bodies of a woman and two young girls from a room at the Barguna District Council rest house yesterday afternoon.
4 June 2026