MPO-listed teachers, staff call off strike

Teachers and employees of MPO-listed non-government educational institutions yesterday called off their 10-day strike after the government agreed to increase their house rent allowance to 15 percent of their basic salary.
21 October 2025

Roads deadly, committees silent

After last year’s mass uprising, at least four key committees or task forces had been entrusted with overseeing road safety -- a critical issue long neglected, costing hundreds of lives annually
21 October 2025

Deals with India: Touhid refutes Asif’s scrap list

Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain has contradicted LGRD Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiya’s claim, made in a Facebook post, that the interim government cancelled at least 10 agreements with India.
21 October 2025

243 citizens, Mahila Parishad seek probe into media worker’s death by suicide

A group of prominent citizens has expressed outrage over the recent death of Dhaka Stream graphic designer Sornomoye Biswas, demanding a proper investigation and accountability for those responsible.
21 October 2025

IMF’s sixth tranche to come after polls

The sixth instalment of International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) loan programme of $4.7 billion may not arrive by the end of the year, as the donor agency wants to work with the new political government for smooth continuation of reform programmes.
21 October 2025

ICT to review progress in cases against army officers today

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 today is to review the progress in a July uprising killing case and two enforced disappearance cases, in which 32 people, including 25 serving and retired army officers, stand accused.
21 October 2025

Airport fire aftermath: RMG, pharma fear snag in production

Many import consignments of the garment and pharmaceutical sectors are stuck at Dubai and Singapore airports because of the space crisis in Dhaka’s cargo village and the lack of cold room facilities for pharmaceutical raw materials after the fire incident.
21 October 2025

Shibli Rubayat, Reaz Islam banned for life in market over scam

Following an investigation, the BSEC imposed a lifetime ban on both individuals
21 October 2025

Time to act like a caretaker admin

The BNP yesterday asked the interim government to assume the role of a non-partisan caretaker administration to ensure that the upcoming national election is neutral and acceptable to all.
21 October 2025

Customs seize 60 tonnes of banned sweetener at Ctg port

Banned artificial sugar substitute, sodium cyclamate, smuggled using fake lab reports
21 October 2025

Govt cannot accept all demands from rights bodies: Foreign adviser

6 global bodies, including HRW, urged action on disappearances, arrests, and political bans
21 October 2025

131 AL activists held from flash processions in Dhaka: DMP

Police confirm arrests across multiple divisions, with Motijheel reporting highest numbers
21 October 2025

Travel scam fears grow as another online agency vanishes; 3rd such case in 2 months

Travel Business Portal customers can't find website, office closed
21 October 2025

NCP activists seize Awami League office in Ctg

Witnesses say it was vandalised; NCP leaders claim AL men were using the office
21 October 2025

Yunus assures BNP all pre-polls administrative changes will be under his watch

Interim govt's responsibility is to remain neutral, he says
21 October 2025

Mother elephant won’t leave her dead calf in Rangamati forest

Efforts to recover the calf’s body failed as the mother chased away rescuers
21 October 2025

Class 9 student beaten to death by teenagers in Ctg’s Hathazari

16-year-old allegedly attacked by group after trying to mediate a school dispute
21 October 2025

‘Scrapping caretaker system gave rise to disappearances and questionable elections’

Senior lawyer tells SC 13th Amendment was integral to Constitution’s basic structure
21 October 2025

Advisory committee on information ministry affairs formed

Advisers Wahiduddin Mahmud, Adilur Rahman Khan, Rizwana Hasan, Mahfuj Alam and CA's special envoy Lutfey Siddiqi part of the panel
21 October 2025

Prof Arshad Mahmud Chowdhury appointed BRAC Pro-VC

He has over two decades of academic and research experience in higher education
21 October 2025