JEC meeting: Dhaka, Islamabad discuss trade, connectivity

Bangladesh and Pakistan yesterday agreed to expand economic cooperation by exploring new trade opportunities and enhancing direct connectivity through shipping links and air services.
27 October 2025

Graffiti book, not altered map, gifted to Pakistani general: CA's office

Indian media report on altered Bangladesh map including Indian territory completely false, it says
27 October 2025

EC finalises list of polling centres

A total of 42,761 polling centres and 2,44,739 booths will be set up across the country for the upcoming 13th national parliamentary election scheduled for February next year, according to the final list released by the Election Commission yesterday.
27 October 2025

Bullet took his voice, future

Once a cheerful boy, whose father dreamed he would become a pilot one day, Basit Khan Musa now sits silent in a wheelchair, a feeding tube in his nose and paralysis gripping the right side of his body.
27 October 2025

'Bangladesh among top four most lead-contaminated countries; 36 million children at risk'

Speakers say at rally organised by YouthNet Global and Pure Earth Bangladesh
27 October 2025

Investigators digging into documents

A probe committee yesterday began looking into Sunday’s tragic incident, where a bearing pad fell from a metro rail pillar near Farmgate station, killing a pedestrian and injuring two others.
27 October 2025

July charter: Commission for immediate rollout of some reforms

The consensus commission will submit its recommendations on implementation of the July charter today, with a proposal that some parts of the constitutional reforms may take immediate effect upon issuance of the July charter implementation order.
27 October 2025

Polls strategy: BNP mulls keeping backup candidates

The BNP is considering to have multiple candidates selected in each constituency for the upcoming polls as part of the party’s strategy.
27 October 2025

ACC won’t need approval to sue govt officials

The Anti-Corruption Commission will no longer require government approval to file cases against judges and public servants, according to the draft ACC Ordinance 2025.
27 October 2025

BADC constructing lab on water retention pond

Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) is constructing a four-storey structure on a retention pond, a critical component of Dhaka city’s drainage system, in violation of environmental laws and building regulations.
27 October 2025

100 days on, no headway in IU student murder probe

A hundred days after Islamic University (IU) student Sajid Abdullah was found dead, his classmates staged a protest carrying a symbolic coffin yesterday, demanding progress in an investigation that remains stalled.
27 October 2025

Demand for bhairab district: 20 hurt as protesters hurl stones at train

Train services on the Dhaka-Chattogram and Dhaka-Sylhet routes were disrupted for over two hours yesterday after protesters in Bhairab blocked the railway lines demanding the upazila be declared a district.
27 October 2025

Arrest warrants against Saiful Alam, PK Halder

A Dhaka court yesterday issued arrest warrants against S Alam Group Chairman Mohammad Saiful Alam, former managing director of Reliance Finance Limited (now Aviva Finance) Proshanta Kumar (PK) Halder, and 11 others in three cases filed over the alleged embezzlement and laundering of approximately Tk 270 crore from non-bank financial institutions.
27 October 2025

Writ seeks HC order to examine material quality

A writ petition was filed with the High Court yesterday seeking its order on the government to verify and ensure the bearing quality of the materials used in the construction of metro rail and flyover pillars in Dhaka, in order to safeguard public lives.
27 October 2025

Undisciplined and demotivated cops to face music

Months after the July uprising, police officials who are still demotivated, show indiscipline, disobey orders, or display disrespect to the government and the state will face strict administrative and legal action.
27 October 2025

Six more die of dengue, 983 get hospitalised

At least six dengue patients died while 983 others were hospitalised in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.
27 October 2025

Madrasa student murdered in his sleep

A 13-year-old madrasa student was murdered, allegedly by his peer, in Noakhali’s Sonaimuri upazila early yesterday.
27 October 2025

Credible polls, peaceful transfer of power

Three major political parties yesterday opined that the upcoming national election must be internationally recognised and ensure a peaceful transfer of power.
27 October 2025

Salauddin, who lost sight in police firing, passes away

Gazi Salauddin, who lost sight in one eye after being hit by shotgun pellets of police during the anti-discrimination movement in July last year, died on Sunday night.
27 October 2025

‘Graffiti book, not altered map’

The Chief Adviser’s Office has dismissed Indian media reports claiming that Prof Muhammad Yunus presented a flag, featuring an altered map of Bangladesh incorporating India’s northeast, to a top Pakistani military official as “completely false and imaginary”.
27 October 2025