Commander-in-beef: Bangladesh's 'Donald Trump' buffalo wins fans

Crowds in Bangladesh are flocking to snap photographs with an unlikely social media star -- an albino buffalo with flowing blond hair nicknamed "Donald Trump" due to be sacrificed within days
21 May 2026

Woman found murdered inside Bogura home

Police say incident occurred late at night in Gabtoli upazila; investigation underway from multiple angles
21 May 2026

Polls largely orderly but integrity concerns persist: ANFREL on Bangladesh national election

Asian Network for Free Elections calls for reforms to sustain trust in electoral process
21 May 2026

Madrasa student arrested over rape of 10-year-old in Banasree

Accused allegedly incited victim to death; police say four other children were also abused
21 May 2026

‘Sold’ after reaching Russia: Families allege 3 Gopalganj youths taken to army camp

The men were promised Tk 1.2 lakh-a-month construction jobs but allegedly ended up near the Ukraine border
21 May 2026

Bangladesh, US entering new era of strategic cooperation: Finance minister

US ambassador highlights Boeing deal, tariff agreement and energy cooperation as markers of growing engagement
21 May 2026

Ramisa laid to rest beside grandparents in Munshiganj

Eight-year-old buried in ancestral village
21 May 2026

Cattle start arriving at Dhaka markets

With three days left before the official opening of makeshift cattle markets in Dhaka, sacrificial animals, particularly bulls, have started arriving at temporary markets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
21 May 2026

Power price hike hearing: PDB gets flak from consumers

People should not have to pay for the authorities’ inefficiency, failures, and system losses, consumers said at a hearing on the Power Development Board’s tariff hike proposal yesterday.
21 May 2026

Opposition slams govt for dissolving SC Secretariat

Leader of the Opposition and of Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman yesterday criticised the government for the dissolution of the Supreme Court Secretariat through the removal of 15 judges and their subsequent attachment to the law ministry.
21 May 2026

Bangladesh, US open new chapter in ties: Says Khosru

Bangladesh and US are opening new chapters of strategic cooperation as the two countries celebrate the enduring friendship, Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said yesterday.
21 May 2026

‘Except Israel’ to be reinstated in passports

The words “Except Israel” are being reinstated in Bangladesh’s regular passports, a decision already implemented for diplomatic ones.
21 May 2026

Shrinking WASH funds may threaten SDG targets: experts

Bangladesh’s water, sanitation and hygiene sector is facing shrinking development allocations, weak implementation and growing climate risks despite the country’s commitments under the SDGs, experts said at a pre-budget policy briefing in Dhaka yesterday.
21 May 2026

‘I just want to save my child’

Two-year-old Habib has already spent 19 days inside the crowded wards of Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
21 May 2026

Four to die, nine get life term

A Cox’s Bazar court yesterday sentenced four people to death and nine others to life imprisonment in the murder case of Army officer Lt Tanjim Sarwar.
21 May 2026

Girder collapses stall Jadukata bridge project

The construction of Shah Arefin (RA)-Advaita Mahaprabhu Maitree Bridge over the Jadukata river in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj has plunged into uncertainty after seven girders collapsed within two years.
21 May 2026

Cops profiling journos, artists

The police’s Special Branch (SB) has been collecting information on the political affiliations, social media handles, and personal information of journalists and cultural personalities in the capital.
21 May 2026

Wave of grisly murders fuels safety fears

1,142 murder cases filed in four months; large number of children among victims
21 May 2026

4 workers die in septic tank in B’baria

Four workers died after entering a septic tank of an under-construction building in Golania village under Brahmanbaria’s Sarail upazila yesterday.
21 May 2026

Measles outbreak: Unicef warnings fell on deaf ears

Unicef Bangladesh yesterday said it had warned the interim government, both in writing and during meetings with health ministry officials, several times about the shortage of measles vaccines that could lead to an outbreak.
21 May 2026