Malaysian team in Dhaka to oversee deployment of 17,000 workers

Delegation to supervise training and processing of Bangladeshis who missed the 2024 entry deadline
4 August 2026

Heavy rain disrupts Dhaka morning commute

Office-goers and students struggle through downpour as showers bring relief from recent heat
4 August 2026

Case filed against Gazi Salahuddin Tanvir over Facebook posts on PM Tarique Rahman

Bogura BNP leader alleges Tanvir made defamatory and provocative remarks
4 August 2026
4 August 2026

July failed to transform our political culture

The expected shift in political parties’ conduct and electoral democracy has not materialised despite the July uprising two years ago, while women’s once-visible political participation has steadily faded in the post-July period, speakers said yesterday.
4 August 2026

DENV-3 now dominant strain

Say experts; hospitals report rising admissions
4 August 2026

Pak police station attack: Death toll hits 17

At least 17 people were killed in a suspected suicide bombing outside a police station in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, a rescue group and a regional police official said, as the country battles widening insurgencies.
4 August 2026

Man’s body recovered from pond

Police recovered the body of an unidentified man from a pond in Begumganj upazila of Noakhali yesterday.
4 August 2026

Driver killed as auto-rickshaw, pickup, collide

A CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver was killed and another injured in a head-on collision with a pickup on Kabirhat-Sonapur road in Kabirhat upazila, Noakhali yesterday.
4 August 2026

Farmer killed by lightning in Dinajpur

A farmer was killed after being struck by lightning in Dinajpur’s Biral upazila yesterday.
4 August 2026

Don’t allow Hasina to use Indian soil for politics

Bangladesh has sought India’s cooperation to ensure that deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, or any individual associated with the Awami League, cannot use Indian territory to deliver political speeches or engage in activities aimed at creating instability in Bangladesh.
4 August 2026

Father hands over son to cops after attempted rape

A man handed his 20-year-old son over to police after the youth was allegedly caught attempting to rape a six-year-old girl in Jashore’s Manirampur upazila on Sunday.
4 August 2026

Gas crisis ripples across economy

Over 3,000MW of loadshedding recorded yesterday
4 August 2026

Locals besiege power office in Barguna

Residents of Barguna yesterday laid siege to the local office of West Zone Power Distribution Company Limited (WZPDCL), demanding an end to frequent load shedding and implementation of a seven-point charter to resolve the district’s electricity crisis.
4 August 2026

Looking back at July: Road to one-point demand

It began with a question that resonated with millions of young Bangladeshis competing for scarce government jobs: should merit take a back seat to quotas?
4 August 2026

Tk 7.61cr water plant lies idle for 5 years

Residents of Santhia municipality in Pabna have long faced a shortage of safe drinking water, while a purification plant built at a cost of Tk 7.61 crore has remained unused for the past five years.
4 August 2026

We’re open to nuclear energy deal with US

Dhaka is positive about signing civilian nuclear energy cooperation with the US, State Minster for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam said yesterday.
4 August 2026

China partnership crucial for long-term growth

Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Humayun Kabir yesterday said stronger institutional partnerships and knowledge sharing with China would be crucial for long-term development of Bangladesh.
4 August 2026

Local govt polls: Jamaat, NCP solo bids question alliance’s future

The central and grassroots leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami and the National Citizen Party (NCP) have questioned the alliance’s future after Jamaat decided to contest the local government elections on its own.
4 August 2026

‘He wanted to tell me something’

Police recovered the body of a madrasa student in Dhaka’s Shanir Akhra area yesterday afternoon.
4 August 2026