Masked robbers loot gold ornaments, cash in Sylhet
Masked robbers raided a house and looted gold ornaments and cash pointing sharp weapons at a woman on Monday night at Jakiganj upazila of Sylhet....
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Civic groups protest at lease of RDA complex to private school
Several civic organisations in Rajshahi submitted a petition to the Rajshahi Development Authority on Tuesday, demanding immediate cancellation of the lease of the newly built cultural complex at Talaimari to Cambrian International School....
Integrated approaches stressed to address cyber violence
Academics and other speakers on Tuesday emphasised that digital violence was deeply intertwined with social norms and power structures and needed integrated approaches across prevention, protection and accountability....
One more dies of dengue, 633 fresh cases
Health officials on Tuesday said that they recorded 633 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts, killing at least one person in the past 24 hours....
Missing Kushtia Sramik Dal leader found dead in Faridpur river
The POLICE recovered the floating body of a Kushtia Sramik Dal leader from the River Padma in Faridpur district on Monday night, nine days after he had gone missing in a boat capsize....
IU forms review body to assess penalties
THE authorities of Islamic University in Kushtia formed a seven-member review committee to evaluate disciplinary actions against individuals accused of involvement in activities labelled as 鈥榓nti-uprising鈥�....
Workers block road as RMG factory聽laid off in Gazipur
Workers of a readymade garment factory in Gazipur鈥檚 Baghia area of Konabari on Tuesday blocked a local road protesting at the sudden closure of the factory....
S Korea provides $5m for Rohingyas
South Korea has provided the International Organization for Migration with $5 million to improve the living conditions for Rohingya in Cox鈥檚 Bazar....
Govt promotes 7 non-cadre officers to DS
The government on Tuesday promoted seven non-cadre senior assistant secretaries to the rank of deputy secretary and appointed them as officers on special duty at the public administration ministry....
Govt to repair 12,531 schools for polls
The government has approved a plan to repair and renovate 12,531 government primary schools that will serve as polling centres during the upcoming national parliament elections....
Govt issues Noise Pollution (Control) Rules, 2025
In a major policy upgrade aimed at tackling the growing threat of noise pollution, the ministry of environment, forest and climate change has issued the Noise Pollution (Control) Rules, 2025....
Gaza survival at stake, UN warns
Israel鈥檚 war in Gaza has ravaged the Palestinian territory鈥檚 economy and is threatening its very survival, the United Nations warned Tuesday, calling for 鈥榠mmediate and substantial鈥� international intervention....
July atrocities in Kushtia: ICT begins trial of AL鈥檚 Hanif, 3 others
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Tuesday began the trial of Awami League joint general secretary and former lawmaker Mahbubul Alam Hanif and three other Kushtia-based leaders of the party for their alleged command responsibility in......
UK warns of 10-yr travel ban for visa fraud
The United Kingdom has warned that those who attempt fraud in visa applications will face serious consequences, including a 10-year travel ban....
Nuclear science fair begins
Science and Technology ministry secretary Md Anwar Hossain inaugurated the 鈥楴uclear Science and Technology Fair-2025鈥� at the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Centre in Dhaka on Tuesday....
BUFT, NBA ink MoU to promote education
BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology and News Broadcasters鈥� Alliance Society of Bangladesh signed a memorandum of understanding on BUFT campus at Turag in Dhaka on Tuesday....
Strict measures urged to eliminate lead from products
Public health and environmental experts on Tuesday called on the government to fully enforce the updated Bangladesh Standards and introduce stronger regulatory measures to eliminate lead from industrial paints, aluminium cookware and children鈥檚 toys....
ULAB holds discussion on linguistics research
The University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh held an engaging panel discussion, featuring linguists, community activists, and cultural representatives as the culminating session of a 3-day student workshop on Saturday....
BMU observes World COPD Day
A public awareness procession and discussion meeting was held at Bangladesh Medical University on the occasion of World COPD Day 2025 on Tuesday....
Green University to host ITD 2025
Green University of Bangladesh is set to host the 4th international conference titled Innovation and Transformation for Development 2025....
US hails Bangladesh鈥檚 new labour reform move
The United States has welcomed the interim government鈥檚 commitment to strengthening international labour standards through the 2025 Bangladesh Labour Act Amendment Ordinance, calling it a critical step toward improved worker rights and fair competition....
ACC to disclose names if pressure exerted to obstruct graft probe: chair
Anti-Corruption Commission chairman Mohammad Abdul Momen on Tuesday warned that the commission would publicly disclose the names of people who would try to exert pressure on the commission to obstruct graft inquiry and investigation....
Political parties urged to adopt clear VAW policies
Women and human rights bodies on Tuesday called on political parties to adopt and commit to implement clear policies to ensure gender equality and prevent all forms of violence against women....
Cultural activists demand resignation of chief adviser
Cultural activists on Tuesday demanded the resignation of Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus as he took no legal action against attacks on more than a hundred shrines in his tenure....
Russia hammers Kyiv as talks over US plan rumble on
Russia rained missiles and drones on Kyiv overnight, killing six people, as frantic diplomatic efforts over a draft US plan to end the war intensified....
Pakistan denies strikes after Afghanistan vows retaliation
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban government vowed on Tuesday to 鈥榬espond appropriately鈥� to deadly overnight air strikes it blamed on Pakistan, a claim Islamabad denied, as tensions spiked a day after a suicide bombing in a Pakistani city....
EXPATRIATE VOTER REGISTRATION:聽BNP urges EC to extend deadline
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday requested the Election Commission to extend the deadline for registering expatriate Bangladeshis as voters to ensure maximum participation in the upcoming national polls....
14,083 women, girls raped in 16 years: Odhikar
Odhikar, a human rights organisation in Bangladesh, on Tuesday in a statement said that at least 14,083 women and girl children were reportedly raped from January 2009 to September 2025....
Online recharge service for metro rail cards launched
Metro rail passengers from now on will be able to recharge their passes online through facilities introduced on Tuesday....
Unplanned urbanisation shrinks farmland: Farida
Fisheries and livestock adviser Farida Akhter on Tuesday said that agricultural land in Bangladesh was rapidly decreasing due to a combination of urbanisation, industrialisation, and unplanned development....
Bangladesh pitted against England, WI
Bangladesh will kick-start their ICC Men鈥檚 T20 World Cup campaign against the West Indies on February 7, 2026, in Kolkata, as the International Cricket Council announced the fixtures and groups of the marquee event to be co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka......
Tigers desperate to solve middle-order problem
The middle order will undergo another trial in the forthcoming series against Ireland, as the Bangladesh national cricket team is set to begin their last bilateral series before the T20I World Cup scheduled in February-March next year......
One woman killed by someone close every 10 minutes: UN
Every 10 minutes last year a woman somewhere in the world was killed by a person close to her, the United Nations said Monday as it decried a lack of progress in the battle against femicide....
Bangladesh eye win against Malaysia
Bangladesh will take on Malaysia in a bid for victory in the Tri-Nation Women鈥檚 football series opener at the National Stadium in Dhaka today......
Commerce adviser Sheikh Bashir exempted from July murder case
A Dhaka court on Tuesday exempted commerce adviser Sheikh Bashir Ahmed in a case filed against 57 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, on charges of killing Md Sohan Shah, an executive mechanical engineer of Virgo Garments....
New law for wider wildlife protection on table
A new wildlife ordinance would define the hunting of 246 wildlife species as a non-bailable offence, expanding a provision that is currently applied only to the killing of tigers and elephants....
Tanvir spins Barishal to win
Skipper Tanvir Islam鈥檚 7-64 set up Barishal鈥檚 second win of the season as they beat Dhaka by six wickets on the fourth and final day of their fifth round National Cricket League match at the Cox鈥檚 Bazar International Stadium on Tuesday......
One health vision: crisis to coordination
BANGLADESH is facing its worst dengue outbreak on record, a deadly reminder that human, animal and environmental health cannot be separated. With 169 million people living alongside millions of livestock, the country鈥檚 densely populated landscape has become a 鈥榩athogenic pressure chamber鈥�. It is therefore time to move beyond isolated crisis management......
AIUB hosts seminar on pharmaceutical industry
American International University鈥揃angladesh held a seminar titled 鈥楶rospects of bioequivalence studies in the pharmaceutical industry of Bangladesh鈥� on its campus in Dhaka on Thursday....
Bangladesh is larger than any attempt to shrink it
BANGLADESH is entering a defining chapter of its national story. The tension we see today is not simply political; it is a struggle over the soul of the country. A growing section of society believes that Bangladesh can be reshaped into a nation with one dominant ideology, one religious expression, one cultural voice. This pressure is becoming increasingly visible, especially......
6.2cr people vulnerable to poverty
Bangladesh failed to check growing income inequality in the 2010-2022 period, leaving about 62 million people vulnerable to falling back into poverty, said a World Bank report released on Tuesday....
Labour law reforms: implementation is key
BANGLADESH鈥橲 development journey today stands at a critical turning point 鈥� one in which reform, accountability and justice increasingly dominate the national discourse. Yet the greatest obstacle to this long pursuit of reform is not a lack of legislation; rather, the core of our problem lies in an excess of laws and a chronic deficiency in their enforcement. We have......
Urgent case for quake preparedness
A TREMOR is not just a wakeup call, for Bangladesh, it may already be a warning. Recent small quakes have jolted our cities, but the threat of a major earthquake looms far larger than the flicker of fear they inspire. Situated at the nexus of the Indian, Eurasian and Burmese tectonic plates, Bangladesh lies precariously above a network of active fault lines. Experts have long......
When custody turns deadly
A PERSON who enters state custody should be protected by the law. Their safety becomes the responsibility of the state the moment the handcuffs are placed or the lock on the cell is closed. Yet the reality shows a picture that is far from this basic idea. Reports from rights groups and media have long told us about custodial deaths, but the pattern visible is deeply......
Rot beneath rhetoric in Tazreen fire trial
THE delay in the delivery of justice for Tazreen Fashions fire victims is a stark failure that is unacceptable. The fire, which tore through the factory on Dhaka鈥檚 outskirts of Ashulia on November 24, 2012, left at least 117 people dead and more than 200 wounded. The victims are yet to get justice and the charred, abandoned building still stands as a reminder of a glaring......
Regulatory failures in gas storage fuel growing urban risks
THE storage of cylinders of liquefied petroleum gas in basements of blocks of flats in Dhaka, as experts fear, creates high risks for urban disasters. This is so because large gas cylinders, generally with a net gas weight of 45 kilograms contained under high pressure, could potentially act like stacks of bombs that would not only flatten buildings, if they explode, but could......
State has many avenues to repress journalists, change in mindset necessary: AG
Attorney General of Bangladesh Md Asaduzzaman on Monday said that the state had many provisions in its hand to repress journalists, and the repeal of a particular law could not stop such coercion if its mindset was not changed....
Banks allowed to offer special facility
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has allowed commercial banks to offer special rescheduling facility for up to 10 years with a two-year grace period to borrowers whose loans are classified as of November 30, under a generous government bailout package......
Layoffs, EPZ move put tannery workers at risk: union
Tannery Workers Union (TWU) on Tuesday alleged that widespread worker layoffs, the expansion of an illegal contractor system and a government initiative to bring the leather industry under BEPZA (Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority) have created extreme uncertainty in the sector......
Streamlining of licensing process stressed
Entrepreneurs and analysts on Tuesday strongly urged the government to implement contemporary policies for sustainable development of Bangladesh鈥檚 healthcare, medical equipment and pharmaceutical industries......
DSE slips, CSE ends higher
After opening on a positive note, the Dhaka Stock Exchange closed Tuesday鈥檚 session in the red, while the Chittagong Stock Exchange managed to maintain its upward momentum......
UK hoping budget eases pressure of high energy bills
Pub聽landlord James Fitzgerald will wait a while longer to switch on the outside Christmas lights at the Thatched House in London, as high energy bills cause financial pain across Britain......
Unilever hosts champions of environment
Unilever Bangladesh Limited, in partnership with Young Power in Social Action and Chattogram City Corporation, organised 鈥榊outh Champions of the Environment 2025鈥� on Tuesday in Chattogram......
Walton Digital Campaign Season-23 begins
Walton on Tuesday launched its 鈥楧igital Campaign Season-23鈥� nationwide, said a press release......
NCC Bank, Mastercard unveil premium card portfolio
NCC Bank and Mastercard have announced a strategic collaboration with the launch of an exclusive portfolio of premium cards designed to deliver enhanced convenience, financial flexibility and world-class privileges to customers, said a press release......
AI-powered LC platform Prime Banijjo launched
Prime Bank PLC has launched Prime Banijjo, an AI-powered digital LC management platform, marking a major milestone in Bangladesh鈥檚 trade digitization journey, said a press release......
Polls schedule in Dec first half: EC
Election commissioner Abul Fazl Md Sanaullah on Tuesday said that the schedule of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad Elections would be announced in the first half of December....
AIB begins training prog for SME entrepreneur dev
Al-Arafah Islami Bank launched a month-long SCICP training programme at Al-Arafah Islami Bank Training Institute, supported by the Bangladesh Bank and funded by ADB, to promote sustainable entrepreneurship and strengthen the SME sector......
Banglalink, ZTE to enhance digital services for customers
Banglalink has taken a major step toward enriching the daily digital experience of millions of Bangladeshis through a renewed strategic investment with ZTE......
Sonali Bank holds meeting on preventing money laundering
Sonali Bank PLC organised a view-exchange meeting with the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit, bank鈥檚 board of directors and senior management on taking effective initiatives to ensure good corporate governance and preventing money laundering and terrorist financing......
Islami Bank holds board meeting
Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC organised board of directors meeting on Monday at Islami Bank Tower......
Mahtab joins Bank Asia as DMD
Mahtab Osmani joined Bank Asia PLC as deputy managing director, effective Tuesday......
VW says it can now make cars entirely in China
Volkswagen can now develop cars from start to finish in China, the German automotive giant said Tuesday, as it plots a fightback on the world鈥檚 largest market......
UN, Bangladesh discuss migrant workers鈥� welfare in Maldives
Bangladesh and the United Nations emphasised strengthened cooperation with the Maldives to ensure the rights, security and welfare of immigrant workers, mostly Bangladeshis, in the Maldives....
Japan scrambles aircraft over suspected China drone near Taiwan
Japan said Tuesday it scrambled aircraft after detecting a suspected Chinese drone off an island near Taiwan that has been drawn into a weeks-long diplomatic spat between Tokyo and Beijing......
Syrians protest after attacks on Alawite minority
Thousands of people demonstrated on Tuesday across Syria鈥檚 coastal Alawite heartland in protest against recent attacks targeting the minority community, AFP correspondents said......
Thailand floods kill 13, leaving people stranded, roads submerged
Residents of southern Thailand waded through waist-deep floods on Tuesday, with a main tourist town left inundated by days of heavy rain, stranding people in homes and hotels, and killing at least 13 in the region......
Trump ends US protected status for Myanmar nationals
The Trump administration announced on Monday that it was ending temporary protections shielding immigrants from Myanmar from deportation from the United States......
Parents of abducted Nigeria students plead for rescue
Parents of dozens of children kidnapped last week from a Catholic school in Nigeria are desperate for their release, with one father crying out that his son is so young he has not yet learned to speak......
Xi pushes Taiwan issue in call with Trump
Chinese leader Xi Jinping pressed the ever-sensitive issue of Taiwan in a phone call Monday with US president Donald Trump, as he stressed the need to build on a fragile trade truce between the two superpowers......
China promises 鈥榥ew giant pandas鈥� for France as pair flies home
Two giant pandas were flying home from France to China for retirement on Tuesday, after the female was diagnosed with kidney failure, with a Chinese official pledging new bears would soon replace them......
Nauru president planned extra security for Australia deportees
Nauru鈥檚 president said the arrival of immigrants resettled from Australia under a secretive deal would require extra security measures in the Pacific nation, according to an interview transcript with the leader released this week......
HSIA cargo village fire caused by short circuit: report
The probe body investigating the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport cargo village blaze submitted its report to chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday, stating that the fire originated from an electrical short circuit....
One thirds of bank loans now classified as defaults
Non-performing loans in the banking sector jumped to about Tk 6 lakh crore at the end of June, marking the sharpest quarterly rise on record and exposing the scale of hidden bad debts that have now come to light under stricter reporting and inspection by the central bank....
Verdict in case against Hasina, Rehana, Tulip Dec 1
The Dhaka Special Judges Court-4 on Tuesday set December 1 to deliver its verdict in a case filed against 17 people, including deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and niece Tulip Siddiq, who is also a British lawmaker, for their......
Dollar holdings plunge to $3.7b amid rising imports
Commercial banks鈥� holdings of dollars fell to about $3.7 billion in October, the lowest in five years, as central bank purchases and rising import payments pulled down their foreign currency balances....
RMG exports to non-traditional markets declines
Bangladesh鈥檚 readymade garment exports to non-traditional markets declined in the July-October period of the current financial year 2025-26, due to weaker demand and economic sluggishness....
Revival, Ecomilli urge govt, Janata bank to reconsider Beximco鈥檚 assets sale
Japan鈥揃angladeshi ethical fashion and sustainability venture Revival and US-based platform Ecomilli urged the government and the Janata Bank authority to reconsider the decision of selling Beximco鈥檚 assests in the interests of workers and the rights of shareholders....
Cabinet okays referendum ordinance
The interim government on Tuesday approved the draft Referendum Ordinance 2025 -- incorporating the provision for giving 鈥榊es鈥� or 鈥楴o鈥� vote against a single question with four proposals relating to key state reforms in the referendum....
NID correction suspended, not NID services, clarifies EC
The Election Commission has clarified that only the National ID correction and voting address transfer services have been suspended, while all other NID-related services will continue as usual ahead of the forthcoming national election....
Karail fire renders hundreds homeless
Twenty units of firefighters were working to douse the fire that erupted in densely populated Karail slum at Banani in the capital Dhaka on Tuesday, rendering hundreds of people homeless....
People suffer for 47th BCS candidates鈥� demo at Savar, Shahbagh
Commuters in Dhaka had to suffer immensely as traffic became standstill when the police attacked a group of protesting candidates for the 47th Bangladesh Civil Service written examinations in the capital鈥檚 Shahbagh area on Tuesday late afternoon....
South Africa on brink of Test series win over India
South Africa had India tottering at 27-2, after declaring their innings and setting a mammoth target of 549, to be on the brink of a series win in the second Test on Tuesday. ...
Metro rail services halted briefly as bag found on line
Metro rail services in the capital Dhaka were closed for about half an hour after a bag was found on the line in the Motijheel area on Tuesday afternoon....
Kane relishing new Bayern role before Arsenal clash
Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane returns to north London on Wednesday to face old rivals Arsenal arguably in the best form of his career after dropping into a deeper position....
Joint operation in Teknaf rescues 28 from trafficking to Malaysia
Twenty-eight people, including women and children, were rescued early Monday a joint operation in the Baharchhara area of Teknaf by the Coast Guard and the police from an attempted trafficking attempt to Malaysia....
Fans bewildered by Argentina's complex top-flight football system
With eight trophies up for grabs from next year, a first division counting 30 teams and formats that can change seemingly on a whim, the Argentine league is at risk of alienating supporters in the home of the reigning World Cup winners. ...
Everton shrug off bizarre red card to beat blunt Man Utd
Everton survived an astonishing moment of madness at Old Trafford on Monday when Idrissa Gueye was sent off for slapping teammate Michael Keane to beat Manchester United 1-0....
Woman 鈥榗ommits suicide after killing two children鈥� in Bogura
A 24-year-old woman allegedly killed herself after killing her two children at her house at village Khalisha Kandi village in Shahjahanpur upazila of Bogura district on Tuesday......
NCT deal exceeds interim govt mandate: petitioner
The High Court on Tuesday set December 4 for delivering its verdict on a writ petition that challenged the government move to award the contract for operating the New Mooring Container Terminal to UAE-based DP World under a public-private partnership arrangement....
UK issues alert on visa fraud risks
The United Kingdom has launched a campaign to combat visa fraud and protect visa applicants from serious exploitation by fraudulent immigration facilitators......
CEC urges election observation organisations not to hire politically linked observers
Chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Tuesday called on local election observation organisations not to appoint any person involved in politics or any party as they are field-level observers to ensure their neutral role in the upcoming national election......
Well-marked low over Bay likely to intensify: BMD
The well-marked low over South Andaman Sea and adjoining area persisted over the same region and is likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify further, according to Bangladesh Meteorological Department......
Dhaka becomes 4th most polluted city with AQI score of 207
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 4th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an Air Quality Index score of 207 at about 9:04am on Tuesday......
AAUB wins in light aircraft design contest
Aviation and Aerospace University, Bangladesh, country鈥檚 first and only public university dedicated to aviation and aerospace....
Fresh schedule of SUCSU polls announced
The election commission for student union elections at the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology on Monday announced a fresh election schedule, setting January 20, 2026 as the voting day....
47th BCS written exams from Nov 27 as scheduled: PSC聽
The Bangladesh Public Service Commission said that the 47th Bangladesh Civil Service written examinations would start on November 27 as per schedule....
Govt reveals draft master plan for St Martins Island
The environment, forest and climate change ministry on Monday unveiled the draft master plan for the country鈥檚 lone coral-laced isle, St Martins Island.聽...
Europe demands more work on US deal for Russia-Ukraine war
Germany said Monday that Russia has to be present at talks on ending the Ukraine war as Europe and Kyiv pressed for more work on a US proposal seen as heavily favouring Moscow....
Israeli military sacks several generals over Oct 7 attack
Israel鈥檚 military announced the dismissal of three generals and disciplinary actions against several other senior officers over their failure to prevent the October 2023 assault by Hamas, the deadliest attack in the country鈥檚 history....
