Garbage-choked Shyamasundari canal fuels infestation affecting over 8 lakh people

Discrepancies found in supporting voters’ signatures

Four flights were diverted to Chattogram, four to Kolkata, and one to Bangkok

The celebrated poet died in a Chattogram hospital this morning

Affidavit includes statements regarding 132 cases against him

Relatives recite Holy Quran and offer prayers; public access briefly restricted during visit

10,000 yaba pills worth around Tk 50 lakh seized

Fire service rules out electrical short circuit as possible source of fire

President accepts Asaduzzaman’s resignation as he aims to contest the national election

Sanjay Schism and Mohammad Foysal sent to jail after statements recorded

Prof Sayedur Rahman has been reappointed as special assistant to the chief adviser for the health ministry, just a day after his resignation was accepted.

Three women arrested in connection with the explosion at Ummal Qura International Madrasa in Keraniganj were sent to jail yesterday after the completion of their remand.

The human rights situation in the country remained “disappointing and alarming” in 2025 due to the inaction of law enforcement agencies, the government’s ineffective response, and the irresponsibility of major political parties, according to the Human Rights Support Society’s (HRSS) annual report.

A 35-year-old lawyer was beaten to death in the capital’s Bashundhara Residential Area on Wednesday night following an altercation over a motorcycle-car collision, police and family members said.

Three people, including a police officer, were killed in two road accidents on Malibagh-Mouchak and Khilgaon flyovers in Dhaka on Wednesday night and early yesterday.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has decided in principle to purchase 14 aircraft from Boeing -- to expand its fleet and modernise the national flag carrier.

A high-powered probe committee has found defects in the metro rail’s bearing pads and design flaws at the point where a pad fell in Dhaka’s Farmgate in October last year, killing one person and injuring two others.

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday filed four cases against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s adviser and Beximco Group vice chairman Salman F Rahman and 33 others over allegations of embezzling around Tk 2,858 crore from Janata Bank by abusing Export Development Fund facilities.

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday said his party and the BNP should work together over the next five years for the sake of national stability.

Dhaka braces for a high-voltage election as top leaders of three major parties -- the BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami, and the National Citizen Party -- submitted their nominations on Tuesday.