The Anti‑Corruption Commission has launched an investigation into alleged irregularities and corruption at the Ministry of Youth and Sports, naming four officials, including former interim government adviser Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan.

Urges MPs to maintain discipline by refraining from talking and using phones

Demonstrators say sanitation workers and their families must be resettled before development proceeds

Two drown in Tironoi river in Ranisankail

Six of seven named accused arrested; doctors demand arrest of ‘prime accused’

Govt not trying to control media, says Yasser

Bangladesh prime minister says existing facilities are more practical as government plans domestic drone production and stronger military cybersecurity

Ambassador blames US attacks and blockade for difficulties surrounding supplies

Gang of 6-7 ‘traffickers’ fled after sensing BGB presence, says border guard

Police yesterday arrested two people, including the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal’s Demra thana unit convener, in a case filed over the recent alleged shooting at the house of SM Reza Chowdhury Selim, convener of the Demra thana BNP unit.

After declining for two consecutive months, Bangladesh’s measles situation took a worrying turn in August, with cases, hospitalisations, and deaths all rising.

A contractor died in a fire that broke out at a flat in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur early yesterday. The victim, Newaz Chowdhury Mitu, was from Mojompur of Kushtia, said police.

It was a celebration filled with songs, dance and puppetry.

Police have arrested three people in a case filed over assaulting a woman entrepreneur during a dispute at Boro Bazar in Rajbari.

US President Donald Trump has expressed hope of meeting Prime Minister Tarique Rahman soon, saying he believes Bangladesh and its people have a very bright future under his leadership.

After three months of silence, the Sundarbans came alive again yesterday morning as tourists, fishermen and other forest-dependent people entered the world’s largest mangrove forest following the end of its annual conservation closure.

Remittance soared 22.49 percent in August to $2.96 billion, the third consecutive month inflows stayed below the $3 billion mark.

Dhaka University authorities have suspended three teachers over allegations of opposing the July uprising in 2024.

Amid speculation over Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s possible visit to India, Dhaka yesterday welcomed New Delhi’s decision to block an Awami League-linked programme, calling it a “positive step.”

A clash broke out between two BNP factions during the party’s founding anniversary celebrations in Sreenagar of Munshiganj yesterday.