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Beard on Asur's face part of fascist plot, aided by collaborators: Adviser

Beard on Asur's face part of fascist plot, aided by collaborators: Adviser

Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday alleged that fascist elements and their collaborators were behind the recent attempt to destabilise the Chittagong Hill Tracts o...

  • 05 Oct 2025
Consensus Commission to Submit Final Report Soon

Consensus Commission to Submit Final Report Soon

The National Consensus Commission will soon submit its final report to the interim government, Commission Vice-Chairman Professor Ali Riaz said on Sunday.He made the remarks during a meeting of the co...

  • 05 Oct 2025
Public Administration Secretary Post Still Vacant Amid Speculation Ahead of Elections

Public Administration Secretary Post Still Vacant Amid Speculation Ahead of Elections

With the 13th national parliamentary elections around the corner, attention is mounting within the Secretariat and the civil administration over who will be appointed as the new Public Administration...

  • 05 Oct 2025
Israel Rules Out Full Gaza Withdrawal Amid Hostage Talks

Israel Rules Out Full Gaza Withdrawal Amid Hostage Talks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ruled out a full withdrawal from Gaza, even as Israel and Hamas prepare for indirect talks in Egypt on a new U.S. plan aimed at ending the conflict and se...

  • 05 Oct 2025
Extortion behind Alif bus arson: Bangladesh Army

Extortion behind Alif bus arson: Bangladesh Army

The arson of an Alif Transport bus in Mirpur was allegedly carried out due to extortion, as the perpetrators reportedly did not receive the demanded money.Major Shahid Ahsan of the 11th Signal Battali...

  • 05 Oct 2025
Governor expresses concern over country’s struggling banking sector

Governor expresses concern over country’s struggling banking sector

Expressing concern over the weak state of the country’s banking sector, Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H. Mansur said it has become increasingly difficult to find well-qualified managing directors (MD...

  • 05 Oct 2025
Nurul Haque Nur Returns Home 12 Days After Treatment in Singapore

Nurul Haque Nur Returns Home 12 Days After Treatment in Singapore

Nurul Haque Nur, president of the Ganadhikar Parishad, has returned to the country after undergoing medical treatment in Singapore for 12 days.His plane landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airpor...

  • 05 Oct 2025
Navy launches operation with 17 warships to protect Hilsa

Navy launches operation with 17 warships to protect Hilsa

The Bangladesh Navy has launched a special operation across the country’s rivers and coastal areas to protect mother Hilsa during the peak breeding season.As in previous years, the government is obser...

  • 04 Oct 2025
Chief Adviser: We Stand with Shahidul Alam and Gaza

Chief Adviser: We Stand with Shahidul Alam and Gaza

The Chief Adviser’s Office has expressed solidarity with world-renowned photographer and human rights activist Shahidul Alam, who is participating in the historic flotilla for Gaza.In a statement issu...

  • 04 Oct 2025
Emaciated body found on heap of garbage in Hili

Emaciated body found on heap of garbage in Hili

A heart-wrenching photo of an emaciated body lying on the heap of garbage in Hili, Dinajpur, has gone viral on social media.According to the district correspondent, police recovered the body from the...

  • 04 Oct 2025
Section 144 withdrawn in Khagrachhari after a week

Section 144 withdrawn in Khagrachhari after a week

The local administration has withdrawn Section 144 in Khagrachhari after a week as the law and order situation improved.According to the district administration office, the restriction will no longer...

  • 04 Oct 2025
Gold price hits record high again, nears Tk 2 lakh per bhori

Gold price hits record high again, nears Tk 2 lakh per bhori

The Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) has increased the price of gold by Tk 2,192 per bhori, setting the new rate of 22-carat gold at Tk 1,97,576 per bhori— the highest in the country’s history...

  • 04 Oct 2025
Bangladesh’s National Security Adviser meets senior US officials in Washington

Bangladesh’s National Security Adviser meets senior US officials in Washington

National Security Adviser and High Representative for the Rohingya issue Dr Khalilur Rahman held a series of meetings with senior US officials in Washington DC on Friday, focusing on bilateral coopera...

  • 04 Oct 2025
September’s Grim Toll on Roads in Bangladesh: 417 Lives Lost, 682 Injured

September’s Grim Toll on Roads in Bangladesh: 417 Lives Lost, 682 Injured

In yet another tragic reminder of Bangladesh’s persistent road safety crisis, a total of 417 people were killed and 682 injured in 446 road crashes across the country in September, according to a rece...

  • 04 Oct 2025
Sanae Takaichi Set to Become Japan’s First Female Prime Minister

Sanae Takaichi Set to Become Japan’s First Female Prime Minister

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has elected Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, paving the way for the 64-year-old conservative politician to become the country’s first female prime minist...

  • 04 Oct 2025
Bangladeshi Expat Wins Tk 66 Crore in UAE Lottery

Bangladeshi Expat Wins Tk 66 Crore in UAE Lottery

A Bangladeshi expatriate living in the United Arab Emirates has won a staggering AED 20 million (around Tk 66.34 crore) in the popular Big Ticket Abu Dhabi raffle draw, bringing a moment of joy and di...

  • 04 Oct 2025
Gaza War Nears End as Trump Orders Israel to Halt Strikes

Gaza War Nears End as Trump Orders Israel to Halt Strikes

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday directed Israel to stop bombing the Gaza Strip after Hamas indicated willingness to accept parts of his peace plan, raising hopes for an end to the nearly two-yea...

  • 04 Oct 2025
10 injured in clash between BNP, Jamaat men

10 injured in clash between BNP, Jamaat men

At least 10 people were injured in a clash between the activists of BNP and Jamaat in Hajiganj upazila of Chandpur on Friday morning over sharing a ‘distorted photo’ of two central BNP leaders on Face...

  • 03 Oct 2025
'We shall prevail': Shahidul Alam from Gaza-Bound Flotilla

'We shall prevail': Shahidul Alam from Gaza-Bound Flotilla

Bangladeshi photojournalist of international repute, Shahidul Alam, has issued an update from a Gaza-bound flotilla, describing the challenges faced by those on board as they continue their mission to...

  • 03 Oct 2025
Stop terror or risk erasure from geography: Indian Army Chief to Pakistan

Stop terror or risk erasure from geography: Indian Army Chief to Pakistan

In a scathing warning to Pakistan, Indian Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Friday cautioned that India’s western neighbour must end state-sponsored terrorism or risk jeopardising its historical a...

  • 03 Oct 2025