Shibir leader held in rape, forced abortion case
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Govt sets aside Tk 200cr for blue economy
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Bangladesh
Won’t give govt ‘much time’
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Politics
Jamaat seeks clarification on new Indian envoy’s remark
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Bangladesh
‘Ad-din followed me around with crores of taka’
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Bangladesh
Wider reforms key to media commission’s success
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Bangladesh
Nicotine pouches to be under tax net
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Bangladesh
Opposition trying to create unrest over budget
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Bangladesh
BGB foils 2 more push-in attempts
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Bangladesh
Social safety net budget: Pro-poor schemes to get less than 40%
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Bangladesh Budget 2026-27
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, 00:00 AM
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, 00:00 AM
Cabinet approves policy to attract investment from Bangladeshis living abroad
Policy approved at cabinet meeting chaired by PM Tarique Rahman
4 June 2026, 23:02 PM
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, 19:46 PM
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, 16:28 PM
Missing Gazipur trader’s body recovered from Shitalakshya River
The body bears injury marks, say police
4 June 2026, 16:11 PM
UNDP resident representative meets Tarique Rahman
Stefan Liller congratulates the PM on forming government with majority mandate
4 June 2026, 15:03 PM
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, 14:49 PM
Woman found dead in Dhaka’s Pallabi apartment
Husband and children live abroad, police say
4 June 2026, 13:41 PM
Khadems demand return of Bagerhat shrine crocodile
Reptile was moved to Khulna days after fatal attack on a child
4 June 2026, 12:40 PM
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, 00:36 AM
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, 00:00 AM
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, 00:00 AM
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, 00:00 AM
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, 00:00 AM
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, 00:00 AM
Virtue, weaponised
There’s a particular craftiness to the way America’s latest trade offensive has been packaged.
4 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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, 00:00 AM
Bangladesh may face 10% more tariff on US exports
The US has proposed fresh tariffs on 60 countries, including Bangladesh, because they have failed to prove they do not import industrial raw materials from places where forced labour is used.
4 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Probe committee submits report
The government probe committee yesterday submitted its investigation report on the deaths of six newborns at Ad-din Medical College Hospital last week.
4 June 2026, 00:00 AM