Merit, not politics, should guide promotions
UNB, Dhaka
1 HOUR(s) Bangladesh
2024 was a ‘rehearsal for final battle’
Staff Correspondent
1 HOUR(s) Bangladesh
DENGUE OUTBREAK / Hospitalisations hit yearly high
Staff Correspondent
1 HOUR(s) Bangladesh
Maritime ports asked to hoist signal three
UNB, Dhaka
1 HOUR(s) Bangladesh
Shipbreaking worker dies after falling ill at yard
Staff Correspondent, Ctg
1 HOUR(s) Bangladesh
Right to info a key govt responsibility
Staff Correspondent
1 HOUR(s) Bangladesh

Journo barred from flying at Dhaka airport

Immigration authorities at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport prevented Nazrul Islam Mithu, the Dhaka correspondent of Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa), a German-based news agency, from boarding a flight to China yesterday.
4 May 2026

49 reserved-seat MPs take oath

Forty-nine newly elected Members of Parliament from the reserved women’s seats of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad have taken their oath.
4 May 2026

Inability to probe disciplined forces shackles NHRC

The National Human Rights Commission’s current inability to investigate disciplined forces remains a major structural barrier to eradicating state-sanctioned human rights abuses in Bangladesh, according to United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Dr Alice Edwards, who called for urgent legal reforms to align the body with global independence standards.
4 May 2026

‘Withdraw bar on access to SC courtrooms’

A group of journalists formed a human chain yesterday at the Supreme Court main gate, protesting the bar on reporters from entering the courtrooms of the Supreme Court.
4 May 2026

2 farmers die seeing paddy fields flooded

Two farmers collapsed and died on the spot after witnessing their ripe paddy fields go under floodwaters in Brahmanbaria and Kishoreganj on Saturday.
4 May 2026

Healthcare still out of reach for hill children

Children with measles-like symptoms in several remote hill settlements of Kurukpata union under Bandarban’s Alikadam upazila are being treated with local remedies and herbal medicine as Mro families struggle to access healthcare.
4 May 2026

9 more die from suspected measles

At least 10 people died from measles and measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours leading up to 8:00am yesterday, taking the total number of confirmed and suspected measles deaths to 294.
4 May 2026

Stakeholders meet in Cox’s Bazar on eco‑friendly toys, learning products

ILO, ESDO, FCDO back initiative for sustainable tourism
3 May 2026

SCBA election: 40 candidates finalised for race after scrapping 42 pro-AL nominees

Election Commission clears list of contestants, mostly backed by BNP, Jamaat, NCP
3 May 2026

Supreme Court's virtual judicial proceedings stayed

SC, however, did not specify any reason behind the move
3 May 2026

Illegal structures to be demolished even if used as BNP offices: Gazipur-3 MP

SM Rafiqul Islam orders eviction of all illegal structures on RHD land along the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway
3 May 2026

BNP leader’s detention disrupts bus services from Cumilla

Supporters blocked buses and three-wheelers for around three and a half hours
3 May 2026

DMP to take legal action against drivers ignoring traffic case notices

CCTV and AI-based cameras are being used to detect violations, it says
3 May 2026

Water from Ctg’s Muradpur-Lalkhan Bazar flyover adds to commuters’ woes

CCC executive engineer Rifatul says they will install new pipelines to resolve matter rainfall subsides
3 May 2026

NCP's Nusrat Tabassum to miss oath for reserved seat in parliament tonight

EC says the gazette may be issued tomorrow, but a pending writ petition by Monira Sharmin could affect the final decision
3 May 2026

EC orders quick disposal of 68,000 pending NID correction cases

Field officials instructed to clear backlog within month
3 May 2026

A prolonged vacuum at the ACC gives a wrong message

Anti-corruption agencies depend on continuity. Without leadership, investigations slow and enforcement stalls. In this vacuum, even routine processes become uncertain
3 May 2026

DAG Rezaul Karim resigns to contest SCBA polls

To run for secretary as Green Panel candidate
3 May 2026

No journalist will stay in jail without committing crime: Info minister

Defamation cases and legal complexities involving the media will be brought under the Press Council’s institutional management, he says
3 May 2026

Four bridges on old Dhaka-Sylhet highway at risk as erosion weakens structures

Cracks, exposed foundations and landslides raise fears of disruption along key 10km stretch in Habiganj
3 May 2026