Over 40,000 people stranded in five districts as Teesta flows above danger level
Over 40,000 people in five northern districts, including Rangpur and Lalmonirhat, remained stranded as the River Teesta continues to swell...
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Death toll in BAF jet crash reaches 35 as another victim dies
The death toll from the July 21 fighter jet crash into a building of Milestone School and College in the capital鈥檚 Uttara area reached 35 on Thursday as one more victim died from her injuries in the afternoon...
12,000 cubic feet stones of Sada Pathor recovered
Joint forces in an overnight drive on Thursday recovered 12,000 cubic feet of looted stones from Sada Pathor in Sylhet amid public outcry over rampant looting of stones from the popular tourist spot...
UP chairman arrested over stone theft from Sada Pathor
Police have arrested Purba Islampur Union Parishad chairman in connection with the theft of stones from Sada Pathor, a popular tourist spot in Companiganj upazila of the district...
Protesters in Gazipur disrupt train services between Dhaka, north
Train communications with Dhaka and the country鈥檚 northern part were disrupted for around 40 minutes on Thursday morning as a group of diploma engineering students blocked the rail track in Gazipur...
BMD predicts rain in Dhaka, six other divisions in next 24 hours
Bangladesh Meteorological Department has forecast light to moderate rain at many places in seven divisions, including Dhaka, in 24 hours commencing 9:00am on Thursday...
Dhaka鈥檚 air continues to be 鈥榤oderate鈥� with AQI score of 83
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 22nd on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 83 at 10:20am on Thursday...
Bangladesh rejects draft of Global Plastics Treaty
Bangladesh has categorically rejected the latest draft of the proposed Global Plastics Treaty, demanding stronger measures against plastic pollution...
Travel ban issued against independent TV CEO Shamsur Rahman
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Wednesday imposed a travel ban on Independent Television chief executive officer and its editor M Shamsur Rahman in connection with a graft charge.
Police in uniform spoke in Hindi, say witnesses
Two of the three prosecution witnesses told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Wednesday that police personnel in printed uniforms, present in the capital鈥檚 Chankharpool area on August 5, 2024, were speaking in Hindi during the killing of six protesters during the July uprising...
BNP to observe Khaleda Zia鈥檚 birthday with prayer sessions countrywide
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party will observe the 81st birthday of its chairperson Khaleda Zia, also a former prime minister, tomorrow with milad mahfil (prayer sessions) at party offices and mosques across the country...
Three plaintiffs testify against Hasina, Rehana, Tulip, Radwan
Three Anti-Corruption Commission officials on Wednesday testified as plaintiffs against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, Rehana鈥檚 daughters Tulip Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq and son Radwan Mujib Siddiq and others in three cases over corruption in Purbachal plot scam...
Asif Mahmud says he won鈥檛 be in election-time govt
The youth and sports and local government, rural development and cooperatives adviser, Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, has said that he will not be part of the election-time government to avoid conflict of interest as a political figure...
EC forms committee to scrutinise local observer applications
A 10-member committee has been formed to scrutinise the applications of the intending local observer organisations of the next national parliamentary elections, a press release of the EC said...
Jamaat wants all-party dialogue to ensure level playing field
Leaders of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Wednesday called on the interim government to hold dialogue with all political parties to ensure a level playing field before the next general election...