Narayanganj administration launches ‘Swapner Shiri Library’ for primary students
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Khalilur Rahman to take charge as UNGA president today
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Diplomacy
Cabinet approves tax waiver for solar equipment
8 September 2026
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Bangladesh
Govt websites built for officials, not citizens
8 September 2026
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Bangladesh
Staff recruitment viva marks to rise by up to 400%
8 September 2026
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Bangladesh
Spotlight / Depositors of five troubled banks getting money back
8 September 2026
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Bangladesh
Get serious about dengue
8 September 2026
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Bangladesh
ICT seeks to amend rules to confiscate assets of convicts
8 September 2026
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Bangladesh
Data gaps weaken policy planning
8 September 2026
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Bangladesh
Int'l Literacy Day / Half the children can’t read, comprehend
8 September 2026
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Bangladesh
Man stabbed to death by ‘muggers’
A man was stabbed to death allegedly by muggers on the staircase of the Tongi flyover on the Dhaka–Mymensingh highway yesterday morning.
7 December 2025
Rare Himalayan vulture rescued in Kurigram
A rare Himalayan griffon vulture was rescued from Kurigram’s Nageshwari upazila on Friday.
7 December 2025
800 cartons of foreign cigarettes seized
Airport security and Customs officials recovered 800 cartons of foreign cigarettes, found abandoned, at Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport yesterday morning.
6 December 2025
Bangladesh Railway: Container revenue falls to 9-year low
Bangladesh Railway’s revenue from container transportation, long regarded as its only reliably profitable operation, has fallen to its lowest level in nine years, raising concern among officials and service users.
6 December 2025
8 held with 375 sacks of cement
Bangladesh Coast Guard detained eight people attempting to smuggle a large consignment of cement to Myanmar early yesterday.
6 December 2025
2 criminals held in India, handed over to BGB
A listed criminal from Brahmanbaria and his accomplice, both of whom fled to India after shooting three people in broad daylight, were held by India's Border Security Force and returned to Bangladesh on Friday.
6 December 2025
Presidency Int’l School holds annual science fair
Presidency International School organised Annual Science Fair 2025 on Friday at its Panchlaish campus in Chattogram city.
6 December 2025
Lakshmipur Municipality: 192km road network turns unfit for traffic
The 192-kilometre road network within Lakshmipur municipality has become largely unfit for vehicles due to years of neglect.
6 December 2025
Those who pressed for election now want to delay it
Leaders of Islamist parties said yesterday that those who were once adamant in their demand for the national election are now conspiring to delay it.
6 December 2025
‘Khaleda not fit to fly at this moment’
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia remains under close observation at Evercare Hospital, and her travel to London for advanced treatment will be delayed until doctors declare her fit to fly by air ambulance.
6 December 2025
Country trapped in Awami-era power deals
The government has no capability to get rid of the deals that were signed by the ousted Awami League government, said Iftekharuzzaman, executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh.
6 December 2025
16 Days of activism: The abuse that leaves no bruise
When 32-year-old Akhi (not her real name) finally left her marriage last year, it was not the beatings that drove her away. It was the slow erasure of her being.
6 December 2025
Anisul, Manju to announce new political alliance
A new political alliance, led by a Jatiya Party faction chairman Anisul Islam Mahmud and JP Chairman Anwar Hossain Manju, is set to launch tomorrow ahead of the upcoming national election.
6 December 2025
Case against meme creators: The space for free speech shrinking again
Filing cases against cartoonists, meme creators and satirists is a serious blow to freedom of expression, said rights activists, writers and cartoonists.
6 December 2025
Don’t use religion card in election campaign
The experiences of religious minorities regarding elections have been extremely painful, worrying and alarming, said the Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parishad and the Mahanagar Sarbojanin Puja Committee.
6 December 2025
Hasina’s stay in India is her call
Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s stay in India is her personal decision, influenced by the circumstances that led her to the country, said Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
6 December 2025
Child deaths higher among the poor, little care for mothers
Nationwide survey shows how inequality is deepening health disparities among households
6 December 2025
Seat-sharing snub riles BNP allies
Party fields 272 candidates; no seats allotted to partners yet
6 December 2025
Seven of a family burnt in gas blast in Agargaon
Eight people, including seven members of a family, suffered burn injuries in an explosion caused by a suspected gas line leakage at a tin-shed house in Agargaon early yesterday.
6 December 2025
Tarique Rahman may return home anytime: Khosru
BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury yesterday said the party’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman may return to Bangladesh at any time as all preparations for his homecoming have been completed.
6 December 2025