Young man killed in road accident near Dhaka airport
A 32-year-old man was killed in a road accident in front of Terminal-3 of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport under Airport Police Station on Saturday night...
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Unidentified attackers hurl two crude bombs near BNP office
Unidentified attackers hurled two crude bombs in front of Bangladesh Nationalist Party鈥檚 Nayapaltan central office on Saturday night...
12 killed in 10 motorcycle accidents in 6 months
Twelve people, including 11 motorcyclists, were killed in 10 road accidents on the Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga Expressway and Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in the past six months...
Jatrabari blast death toll rises to three as another victim dies
The three-year-old girl, who sustained 90 per cent burn injuries in an explosion apparently from gas leak at a building in the capital鈥檚 Jatrabari area, died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on early Saturday, raising the death toll to three...
Protests flare against Mitford murder
Protests against the July 9 killing of a trader allegedly by the activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party affiliated organisations near Sir Salimullah Medical College Mitford Hospital flared up in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country on Saturday...
BNP wings expel four over Old Dhaka killing
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party affiliated organisations鈥擩atiyatabadi Jubo Dal, Chhatra Dal and Swechchhasebak Dal鈥攈ave expelled four members in connection with the brutal killing of Mohammad Sohag, who was hacked and beaten to death in broad daylight outside Mitford Hospital in Old Dhaka on July 9.
Bangladesh Bouddha Kristi Prachar Sangha celebrates Ashadhi Purnima
The Bangladesh Bouddha Kristi Prachar Sangha in association with the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC), celebrated Ashadhi Purnima on Thursday at the Dharmarajika Buddhist Monastery premises in Dhaka, says a press release.
Bomb hoax delays Biman flight at Dhaka airport
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight bound for Kathmandu was halted just moments before takeoff on Friday at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka after an anonymous phone call had warned of a bomb on board.
Forest department rescues 50 wild birds in Mirpur-1
The Wildlife Crime Control Unit of the forest department on Friday rescued 50 wild birds from different pet shops and kitchen market areas of Mirpur-1 in Dhaka.
Dhaka鈥檚 air turns 鈥榰nhealthy for sensitive groups鈥�
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked ninth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 10 at 9:15 am this morning (July 11, 2025).
How Delhi can turn page in Dhaka?
WHEN Sheikh聽Hasina鈥檚 16-year hold on Bangladeshi politics snapped during the student-led uprising in July-August, 2024, few in South Block were prepared for the geopolitical whiplash that followed. After she escaped to India, the interim government of Bangladesh demanded the extradition of Hasina, which India has so far rejected. This, along with hundreds of other...
Working women in city on brink
ON SWELTERING streets of Dhaka, time does not tick. It melts. For the thousands of women who work in open market places, tin-roofed factories or city landfills, heat is not merely an inconvenience. It is a slow-burning threat that tightens its grip each summer. With soaring mercury and infrastructure that could not care less, Dhaka鈥檚 working women race against...
Council of advisers approves 2 ordinances, 3 proposals
The Council of advisers approved two ordinances and three proposals at its meeting on Thursday with chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus in the chair.
Three of a family burnt in explosion from 鈥榞as leak鈥� in Dhaka
Three members of a family sustained serious burn injuries in an explosion apparently from gas leak at a building in the capital鈥檚 Jatrabari area on early Thursday...
Dairy Value Chain Forum launched
The Dairy Value Chain Forum was launched, marking a key step towards advancing green transformation in dairy sector in the country, at a programme at the InterContinental Dhaka on Wednesday...
Seven people killed in one month
A four-kilometre stretch of the Rangpur-Dhaka Highway, passing through the Mithapukur upazila, has turned into a deadly zone, claiming at least seven lives in the past month alone...
SAU distributes surgical, obstetrical box among ASVM students
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University distributed surgical and obstetrical box among 108 final year students of the faculty of animal science and veterinary medicine at a programme at the SAU Teachers-Students Centre in Dhaka on Wednesday...
Bangladesh鈥檚 1st robotic rehab centre to launch at BMU Tuesday
Bangladesh is set to launch the country鈥檚 first robotic rehabilitation centre at the Bangladesh Medical University Superspecialised Hospital in Dhaka city on Tuesday, according to a press release.
Freeze 53 more bank accounts with Tk 113cr of S Alam, others: court
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Wednesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze 53 bank accounts with deposits of Tk 113.09 crore, belonging to S Alam Group chairman Mohammed Saiful Alam and people or entities connected to him.
PBPLC opens collection booth at DMCH
Pubali Bank PLC has recently opened a collection booth at Dhaka Medical College Hospital premises in the capital, said a press release...
Yunus orders election preparations in Bangladesh by Dec
Interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday instructed law enforcing agencies to take full preparations by December for the 13th national elections to be held in mid-February or April next year...
The sooner election is held the better for Bangladesh: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said the sooner the election was held, the better it would be for Bangladesh.
Listed crime suspect Subrata on 7-day remand聽
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Dhaka on Wednesday placed listed crime suspect Subrata Bain on a seven-day remand over the killing of a local leader of Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal, Arif Shikder...
One dengue patient dies, 406 new cases recorded in 24hrs across Bangladesh
The country reported one more death from dengue in the 24 hours till Wednesday morning, taking this year鈥檚 death toll from the mosquito-borne disease to 52, according to the Directorate General of Health Services...
Elderly man killed in Dhaka road accident
A 52-year-old man was killed after being crushed between two buses while crossing the road near Bakshi Bazar intersection in front of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in Dhaka鈥檚 Chawkbazar area on early Wednesday...
Dhaka鈥檚 air in 鈥榤oderate鈥� zone with AQI score of 68
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 30th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 68 at about 9:20am on Wednesday morning...
Stocks extend rally for fourth day
Country鈥檚 both bourses鈥擠haka Stock Exchange and Chittagong Stock Exchange 鈥� on Tuesday also continued its upward trajectory, extending its gaining streak for a fourth consecutive session...
SCB delegation to hold meeting with National Shippers鈥� Council of Malaysia
A nine-member delegation led by Md Rezaul Karim, chairman of Shippers鈥� Council of Bangladesh, will leave Dhaka for Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday for an important business tour, says a press release.
Second group of Bangladesh nationals return from Iran
The second group of Bangladeshi nationals wishing to return home arrived in Dhaka from Iran on Tuesday.