Dhaka, Tuesday, Nov 03, 2026
Under the crisp autumn sky and blazing sunshine, small boats without roofs glide across the Sandhya River, carrying sacks of rice neatly stacked inside. Some boats run on simple engines while others r...
Armed men set fire to a bus and fired shots in Dhaka’s Mirpur area on Friday morning, officials said, in what is believed to be an internal dispute within the transport company.The incident took place...
Israel drew widespread condemnation and mass protests on Thursday after its military intercepted nearly all of a flotilla of about 40 boats carrying aid to Gaza, detaining more than 450 international...
-1759473153.webp "Hilsa export to India lowest in a decade")
Bangladesh has exported far less hilsa to India this year ahead of Durga Puja, with only 11 percent of the permitted quantity making its way across the border.The government had allowed export of 12 l...
The Government of Bangladesh has strongly condemned the interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) by Israeli forces in international waters while it was carrying humanitarian aid for the people...
The official Facebook page of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has come under the control of hackers, who changed the profile and cover photos and issued a threatening message.At 5:42 am on Friday, a ha...
Bangladeshi photojournalist of international repute Shahidul Alam, travelling on the aid flotilla bound for Gaza, reported on Wednesday that he had fallen ill briefly but was in no serious danger.Peop...
The popular tourist spot “Sadapathor” in Sylhet’s Companiganj has once again started drawing crowds of visitors; however, broken and cut stones remain a safety concern for tourists.Mehedi Hasan from D...
-1759466658.webp "Deep depression brings rain across Bangladesh, heavier in northern region")
The deep depression formed over the Bay of Bengal has now extended up to Bangladesh’s northern region, triggering rainfall across most parts of the country, including the capital Dhaka.According to th...
Green chili prices have once again shot up, crossing Tk 300 per kg in the capital’s kitchen markets.On Thursday, a kilogram of green chili was sold for around Tk 320 at retail, forcing buyers to settl...
The farewell of Goddess Durga at this year’s Sharadiya Durga festival in Cox’s Bazar touched a different emotion, as prayers for the freedom of Palestine resonated along with the chants of immersion o...
Ahmad Rafique, noted Language Movement veteran, poet and researcher, has passed away. He was 96. He breathed his last at 10:12 pm on Thursday while undergoing treatment at BIRDEM Hospital in the capit...
What began as an evening of celebration ended in anguish for two families in Kaliakair, Gazipur, after an engine-run boat capsized in the Turag River during Bijoya Dashami, leaving two children missin...
Journalists boycotted a press conference of the National Citizen Party (NCP) at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday morning after some media personnel were allegedly assaulted by the pa...
-1759388424.webp "Three cases filed over Khagrachhari violence, over 1,000 accused")
Police have filed three cases over the recent violence in Guimara and Sadar upazilas of Khagrachhari, accusing more than a thousand unidentified people.According to police, two of the cases, including...
The low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a deep depression, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).In a special weather bulletin on Thursday morning, the...
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus returned home on Thursday morning after a nine-day visit to New York for the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), where he urged world leaders to confront glo...
World-renowned primatologist, anthropologist and conservationist Dame Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91 in California, United States. The Jane Goodall Institute confirmed that she passed away of...
Israeli military personnel intercepted an international flotilla carrying food and medicine to Gaza and boarded several of its boats in international waters late Wednesday, the mission’s organisers sa...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that people across the country are standing united to guard Durga Puja mandaps in order to resist the conspiracies of ‘evil circles’.In a mes...