Tarique joins meeting with Xi Jinping
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Diplomacy
Keep freedom fighters’ allowance above all others
11 hour(s) ago
Bangladesh
Bribes rose 15.9% during interim govt
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India to resume issuing tourist visas from Sunday
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Diplomacy
China pledges full support for Teesta management
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Diplomacy
Upazila health complexes: 880 diagnostic machines lying dysfunctional
11 hour(s) ago
Bangladesh
BSF ‘takes back 16 after failed push‑ins’
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Bangladesh
Editors’ Council demands probe into assault on journalists
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Bangladesh
Holy Ashura today
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Nearly 82 lakh people addicted to illicit drugs
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BNP names 25 ministers, 24 state ministers
The list includes 23 members of parliament and two technocrats among the ministers
17 February 2026, 13:33 PM
Six NCP MPs take oaths at Jatiya Sangsad
They take oaths separately from their other alliance MPs
17 February 2026, 13:28 PM
Several called to join new cabinet as ministers, state ministers
Cabinet Division contacts senior BNP leaders and first-time lawmakers ahead of oath
17 February 2026, 13:20 PM
Hasnat Abdullah takes oath wearing ‘historic’ jersey from July uprising
He was elected as an MP from Cumilla-4
17 February 2026, 13:14 PM
Three of expatriate family murdered in Cumilla’s Homna
Victims include two minors; police are investigating motive
17 February 2026, 13:03 PM
Tarique Rahman elected leader of BNP parliamentary party
Newly elected MPs pledge not to take duty-free cars or government plots
17 February 2026, 12:41 PM
Jamaat-led alliance, independent, and Islami Andolan MPs take oath
CEC administers oath as Constitutional Reform Council process begins; Six NCP MPs not seen
17 February 2026, 12:37 PM
47 cars prepared for ministers
The vehicles will be sent to the new ministers as per instructions, officials concerned said
17 February 2026, 12:26 PM
BNP MPs too will not take duty-free cars, govt plots
Decision came from its first parliamentary party meeting
17 February 2026, 12:15 PM
Uncertainty over Jamaat-led alliance MPs’ swearing-in
Alliance leaders meet at parliament amid BNP refusal to join reform council
17 February 2026, 12:13 PM
BNP's newly elected MPs take oath
The lawmakers, however, didn't take oath as members of the Constitution Reform Council
17 February 2026, 10:48 AM
Newly elected MPs entering Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban for taking oath
CEC AMM Nasir Uddin will administer the oath, which is usually done by the speaker
17 February 2026, 10:18 AM
5 of a family from Lakshmipur killed in KSA road crash
Five of a family, including a one-and-a-half-year-old girl, from Lakshmipur’s Ramganj upazila were killed early yesterday in a road accident while travelling from Makkah to Abha after performing Umrah in Saudi Arabia.
17 February 2026, 04:16 AM
70-year-old woman burnt in acid attack in Natore
An elderly woman suffered burn injuries in an acid attack allegedly carried out by the stalkers of her granddaughter in Natore early yesterday.
17 February 2026, 04:14 AM
Transcom chairman, CEO cleared in last case
Transcom Group Chairman Shahnaz Rahman, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Simeen Rahman and four others were discharged yesterday from a fraud case filed by the CEO’s sister.
17 February 2026, 04:07 AM
Defence deals needed, but their timing ‘questionable’
Bangladesh’s interim government has signed a series of defence deals with foreign countries tha
17 February 2026, 04:01 AM
Land registration: Israel’s West Bank move draws outcry
Israel’s government has approved a process to register land in the West Bank as “state property”, drawing condemnation from Arab nations and critics who said it would accelerate annexation of the Palestinian territory.
17 February 2026, 03:58 AM
NCP signs July charter without notes of dissent
The National Citizen Party (NCP) yesterday signed the July National Charter on the condition that the people’s verdict on the referendum would be implemented in its entirety, without the notes of dissent.
17 February 2026, 03:54 AM
Tarique gives up Bogura-6
BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has formally given up his Bogura-6 parliamentary seat after securing victory in two constituencies in the 13th national parliamentary election, Election Commission officials confirmed.
17 February 2026, 03:46 AM
Hatia ‘Rape’: Police file GD; victim’s medical tests done 2 days after admission
A general diary was filed over the alleged rape and torture of a woman in Noakhali’s Hatia upazila on Sunday, after which a forensic test of the victim was conducted at Noakhali General Hospital yesterday -- two days after she was admitted on Saturday.
17 February 2026, 03:44 AM