The corridors of Khulna Medical College Hospital are no longer merely passageways for patients and attendants. They have become makeshift treatment spaces as dengue patients arrive in growing numbers.

MEA says outstanding issues can be addressed through existing bilateral mechanisms

Opposition leader hands letter to Saudi ambassador, expressing hope for stronger Bangladesh-Saudi relations

Prime minister attends high-level session as Bangladesh Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman presides over the 81st General Assembly

Current foreign secretary will move to New Delhi, with Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury set to succeed him

Blockade lifted after officials speak to agigated farmers, assure adequate fertiliser supply

Her body was found beside a pond near her house

The government has selected 92 police personnel for four categories of medals in recognition of bravery, exemplary service, investigation of important cases and other notable work, with the honours awarded for 2025.

Jahangirnagar University campus is home to 12 amphibian and 22 reptile species, a recently published study has found.

Parliament must not become a rubber stamp for executive-drafted legislation, Deputy Speaker Kayser Kamal said yesterday, stressing that elected representatives must scrutinise laws and debate them thoroughly.

Proposed amendments to the Cyber Security Act could revive repressive provisions of the Digital Security Act and silence dissent under the guise of protecting women and children, speakers at a roundtable said yesterday.

President of the UN General Assembly’s 81st session Dr Khalilur Rahman has described the Rohingya crisis as a “grave human crisis” and said violence cannot solve problems.

A prosecution witness yesterday told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 that a critically injured protester was stopped at six points while being taken to hospital during the July uprising in Narayanganj.

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and several political parties and organisations yesterday protested the government’s decision to raise fuel prices by Tk 20 a litre, saying the move would worsen inflation and raise the cost of living.

The government collects as much as 25 percent in tariff and other taxes on diesel imports, prompting analysts to call for waiving off the import taxes rather than raising prices and transfer the burden to consumers already battered by inflation.

The zone consistently ranked among hardest-hit regions for power outages

The government’s latest fuel price hike is set to ripple across the economy, threatening to rekindle inflation just as it had begun to ease, experts say.

An intelligence report has proposed allowing selected Rohingya families to open controlled bank accounts to divert hundi remittances into formal channels and curb their misuse for crime and terror financing.

About 36 percent of Bangladesh’s young people aged 15-24 who are in the labour force and have post-secondary education are unemployed, according to an article published in the International Monetary Fund’s Finance and Development Magazine.

Professor Dr Md Kayem Uddin passed away at his residence in Palash Nagar, Mirpur, Dhaka, at 8:30pm on August 27, 2026, said a press release.