Kolkata hotel fire: 5 Bangladeshi victims repatriated through Benapole, 1 via Bhomra
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Woman's body recovered from Bangshi river in Dhaka with clay pot tied around neck
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Will rebuild Bangladesh under Tarique Rahman’s leadership: Moyeen Khan
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Andaleeve Partho seeks prayers ahead of taking charge of information ministry
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Boat race revives Old Dhaka's river spirit
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New ministers, state ministers pay tribute at national memorial
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Century-old Shamshernagar station buried under mountain of garbage
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India, Nepal, Maldives congratulate Fakhrul on election as president
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Kolkata hotel fire: Relatives wait at Benapole as bodies of five Bangladeshis expected home
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Malaysia lists 25 Bangladeshi agencies, but recruitment process remains unclear
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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