Government challenges HC bail of ex-CJ Khairul Haque

Attorney general’s office files four petitions seeking stay on bail in murder and forgery cases
10 March 2026, 13:49 PM

Unplanned fish farming leaves cropland waterlogged in Mymensingh

Two major wetlands in Phulpur municipality of Mymensingh have remained waterlogged almost year-round due to unplanned fish farming and the absence of a proper drainage system, leaving once-fertile three-crop lands uncultivable and causing years of losses for hundreds of farmers.
10 March 2026, 12:58 PM

Ride‑sharing motorcycles will get 5 litres of fuel per day from now on

Filling stations instructed to verify motorcycle’s registration number and driver’s details
10 March 2026, 12:43 PM

Three, including husband, held over stabbing death of woman in Gazipur

Rab arrests prime accused in Sunamganj; two others in Netrokona
10 March 2026, 12:37 PM

Bangladesh, UK discuss boosting trade, investment ties

Foreign minister, PM's foreign affairs adviser meet UK officials in London
10 March 2026, 12:10 PM

Tk 559cr border road in Netrakona remains underused without bridges

The absence of bridges over key rivers continues to disrupt patrols, travel and local development
10 March 2026, 10:35 AM

Two chicken traders killed as truck hits rickshaw-van near Bangabhaban

Victims were returning to Shantinagar from Kaptan Bazar when the accident occurred
10 March 2026, 10:24 AM

Auto-rickshaw driver hacked to death in Dhaka’s Shantibagh

Family alleges local drug dealers behind the killing; police investigating
10 March 2026, 10:00 AM

ICDs, lighter vessels face diesel crisis

Container handling at private inland container depots (ICDs) and transport of import cargo on inland waterways risk disruption due to a shortage of diesel from state‑owned oil depots, say operators.
10 March 2026, 04:54 AM

Two die in Mirpur fire

Two people were killed in a fire broke out at a commercial building named LA Plaza in Dhaka’s Mirpur-2 yesterday.
10 March 2026, 04:39 AM

Chhatra Shakti men beat up DU student

A Dhaka University student was beaten and later handed over to police by activists of Jatiya Chhatra Shakti, the student wing of the National Citizen Party, early yesterday.
10 March 2026, 03:20 AM

Laws alone can’t ensure gender equality

Achieving gender equality requires more than strong legal provisions; it demands institutional accountability, inclusive reforms, and the dismantling of colonial-era loopholes that leave women and marginalised groups vulnerable, speakers said at a roundtable yesterday.
10 March 2026, 03:09 AM

‘People’s voting rights were violated’

Opposition Leader and Jamaat Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday alleged that people’s voting rights were violated in the national election and claimed that his party had been “made the opposition in a calculated way”.
10 March 2026, 03:05 AM

Family card: Over 37,000 women to get Tk 2,500 each before Eid

Some 37,567 women-headed households in 14 areas, including two in the capital, are going to get Tk 2,500 each against the family cards through their bank accounts or mobile wallets before Eid.
10 March 2026, 03:04 AM

Joint forces claim control of Jungle Salimpur

Joint forces yesterday launched a large-scale operation in the Jungle Salimpur area of Sitakunda upazila in Chattogram, deploying around 3,200 personnel from the army, police and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab).
10 March 2026, 03:00 AM

Forex reserves in focus as global oil price surges

With the government struggling to manage growing panic over fuel amid the US-Israel war on Iran, the key commodity surged beyond $100 a barrel yesterday, raising fresh concerns for highly import-dependent Bangladesh.
10 March 2026, 02:56 AM

Diesel crunch hits farm heartlands

Farmers across the country are struggling to irrigate paddy and other crops after the government restricted fuel supply amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, raising fears of disruptions to Boro cultivation.
10 March 2026, 02:52 AM

Hadi murder suspects: Dhaka seeks consular access, extradition

Bangladesh is seeking cooperation from India to obtain consular access and pursue the extradition of two suspects in the murder of Sharif Osman Bin Hadi who were arrested in West Bengal, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed said yesterday.
10 March 2026, 02:50 AM

Queues at filling stations remain long

Government efforts to strengthen monitoring of the fuel supply chain appear to have done little to ease sufferings, as shortages and long queues at filling stations continued across the country yesterday.
10 March 2026, 02:49 AM

Freight piling up at Dhaka airport

The piling up of freight at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) has been increasing as some of the Middle East-based airliners suspended cargo flights due to the US-Israel war on Iran.
10 March 2026, 02:42 AM