BNP leader held for ‘forcing RMU VC to resign’
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Trivedi meets Modi, ‘talks about Tarique’s possible visit’
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Diplomacy
School textbooks to get new content on history
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Bangladesh
Cancer queues long, families stretched
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Bangladesh
15yr NCT deal with DP World to be signed today
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Bangladesh
Biman places order for 10 Airbus planes
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Bangladesh
Talks with IMF for new loan to continue in Bangkok
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Bangladesh
Bangladesh satellite saved from space debris by local engineers
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News
Ecnec okays Rampal solar power plant
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Bangladesh
Climate resilience hinges on investment, coordination
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Bangladesh
National Astro-Olympiad finals held at EWU
210 contestants from across Bangladesh compete in junior and senior groups
31 July 2026
Behind the wheel, PM Tarique inspects civic problems across Dhaka North areas
The prime minister spent more than two and a half hours reviewing waste management, drainage, greening and road conditions, and ordered immediate corrective action
31 July 2026
India’s govt tells parliament Hasina not allowed to use Indian soil for political activity
New Delhi says her stay is based on humanitarian considerations, while Bangladesh’s extradition request remains under legal review
31 July 2026
Bagdi community in Jhenaidah struggles to survive as water bodies vanish
Protected ethnic minority faces hunger and debt after losing traditional livelihood
31 July 2026
US eases Bangladesh travel advisory, citing lower risk
The advisory was upgraded from “Reconsider Travel” to “Exercise Increased Caution,” according to the foreign ministry
31 July 2026
ACC case backlog keeps growing
In 2015, the Anti-Corruption Commission filed 59 cases over the Basic Bank loan scam. Over a decade later, most remain unresolved. Earlier this year, courts even ordered fresh investigations into several of the cases after finding flaws in the original probes.
31 July 2026
BB cuts policy rate for first time in 6 years
Bangladesh Bank yesterday cut its key policy interest rate by 50 basis points to 9.5 percent after keeping it unchanged for nearly two years, marking its first monetary easing in six years.
31 July 2026
Bangladesh feels no pressure over US trade pact
Bangladesh does not feel any pressure over the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) signed with the US, Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman said yesterday after a meeting with US Special Envoy to South and Central Asia Sergio Gor in Dhaka.
31 July 2026
Four more die with measles-like symptoms
Four more patients died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, bringing the combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 835 in the country.
31 July 2026
Three Bangladeshis held as POWs in Ukraine recount journey into Russian military
In exclusive interviews to The Daily Star, the men describe how debt and failed migrant jobs took them to the frontline while their families remained unaware they were alive
31 July 2026
Jamaat spent Tk 23.62 lakh more than it earned in 2025
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami spent Tk 23,91,86,934 last year, exceeding its income by Tk 23,62,795, according to the party’s financial statement submitted to the Election Commission yesterday.
31 July 2026
Heat cost country up to $1.8b in lost productivity
Heat-induced productivity losses cost Bangladesh an estimated $1.3-1.8 billion in 2024, equivalent to 0.3-0.4 percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), says a World Bank report.
31 July 2026
767 sub-assistant engineers transferred thru lottery system
In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the government has transferred 767 Sub-Assistant Engineers of the Public Works Department (PWD) through a lottery-based system.
31 July 2026
Malaysia to resume hiring Bangladeshis in late August: Mahdi Amin
Malaysia will resume the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers in the last week of next month, PM’s Adviser and Spokesperson Mahdi Amin said yesterday.
31 July 2026
Three more die of dengue, 463 get hospitalised
At least three people died of dengue and 463 others were hospitalised across the country in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.
31 July 2026
Rice price nearly doubles from farm to shop
The price of rice nearly doubles by the time it moves from the farmer or farm level to the retail or consumer level, according to a study by the Centre for Policy Dialogue.
31 July 2026
Monsoon turns road into mud track
Every monsoon, farmer Mojibor Rahman of Takuria village carries sacks of produce on his back and walks 1.5 kilometres to Aramnagar Bazar because no van or rickshaw driver is willing to brave the mud-soaked road past his home.
31 July 2026
Punishment alone can’t reduce crime
Dhaka University Professor Emeritus Serajul Islam Choudhury yesterday said crime cannot be eradicated through punishment alone; rather, society must address the social and economic conditions that drive people towards crime.
31 July 2026
Govt appoints 86 DAGs, 179 AAGs
The government has appointed 86 Supreme Court lawyers as deputy attorneys general (DAGs) and 179 lawyers as assistant attorneys general (AAGs) to represent the state in cases before the Appellate Division and the High Court Division.
31 July 2026
33 killed by mobs in three months
At least 33 people were killed in mob attacks across the country between April and June, according to a quarterly report released by Odhikar yesterday.
31 July 2026