Launch operators blame Padma Bridge, bad weather and safety fears for sharp drop in passengers

Thousands of tea workers at four gardens stop work, management says wages halted over delayed bank loan

A 240-ton shipment of essential food items is being dispatched as a gesture of solidarity

Doctors say infant may have suffered cardiac arrest triggered by lightning shock

Commuter pressure surges as 45% of Gazipur garment factories go on holiday, worsening congestion and waterlogging on key routes

Traders fear delayed tannery payments and rising costs could devastate Balikandi’s seasonal economy

Across Rangpur division, farmers face mounting losses as Eid markets remain sluggish despite massive oversupply

They discuss $1.4 billion loan agreements and future cooperation programmes

Over 13,000 sanitation workers and 2,117 vehicles to be deployed across Dhaka South

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday said Bangladesh is steadily moving towards clean energy, a green economy and a self-reliant energy system.

Sixteen more patients died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, raising the death toll from measles and measles-like symptoms to 528.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide Bangladesh with $1.4 billion in funding, including $1 billion in budget support, in response to the government’s call for support amid the economic situation over the Middle East war.

Their families do not know whether they are being kept in detention camps or traffickers’ hideouts in Libya or drowned in the Mediterranean during perilous journeys to Europe.

Bangladesh Bank has appointed Md Khurshid Alam, a former deputy governor, as chairman of Islami Bank PLC, hours after the previous chairman resigned.

The National Citizen Party is preparing a Tk 8,52,157 crore “shadow budget” for FY2026-27, prioritising education, healthcare, defence modernisation, employment generation and energy security.

The next budget should be smarter, not just larger in amount as before, said the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday.

The 127th birth anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam will be celebrated across the country today with due respect and renewed admiration for the poet, whose fearless voice stood against injustice, exploitation, and communalism.

A court in Meherpur yesterday sentenced a man to death over the rape of a 9-year-old girl last year.

Twenty-one candidates, who contested the 13th National Parliamentary Election, have yet to submit their election expenditure accounts to the Election Commission, prompting it to extend the deadline until June 14.

ICT Chief Prosecutor Md Aminul Islam yesterday said anyone found to have involvement in crimes against humanity, including journalists, will be brought to justice.