5 hurt in clash after gun attack on BNP leader on Cox’s Bazar court premises
At least five people were injured, including two with bullets, in a clash after a gun attack on a local BNP leader on the Cox’s...
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5 killed as bus, ambulance collide in Faridpur
At least five people were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and an ambulance in Nagarkanda upazila of Faridpur on Sunday morning. The...
Trump says agreement with Iran ‘largely negotiated,’ includes opening strait
US President Donald Trump said Saturday a deal with Iran had been “largely negotiated,” with the proposal including opening the crucial Strait of Hormuz, though...
JRC meeting ends amid silence
The 90th meeting of the Bangladesh-India Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) on the landmark Ganges Water Sharing Treaty to be expired this year concluded in Kolkata...
Death toll rises to 90
At least 90 people have been killed in a gas explosion at a coalmine in northern China’s Shanxi province, in the country’s worst mining disaster...
Experts flag slow reforms, law and order failures
Policy analysts, legal experts and business leaders have raised pointed concerns about the pace of institutional reform, deteriorating law and order, economic fragility and mounting...
Iran joins online frenzy over ‘Trump’ buffalo
Iran on Friday (22 May) injected a note of diplomatic humour into social media discourse by referencing a viral video of a Bangladeshi albino buffalo...
Bangladesh Bank unveils Tk 60,000cr stimulus package to revive economy, create 2.5m jobs
Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Saturday announced a massive Tk 60,000 crore stimulus package for 2026, aiming to revitalise a slowing national economy, spur private sector...
From India to Pakistan: Cockroach Janta Party movement crosses borders
The satirical “Cockroach Janta Party” movement, which first gained traction in India, has now crossed into Pakistan’s online political space. Inspired by India’s viral Cockroach...
Rail secretary outlines Eid train travel safety, anti-rooftop measures
Bangladesh Railways secretary Md Fahimul Islam today visited the country’s main rail hub Kamalapur Rail station ahead of Eid ul Adha and outlined the overall...
PM test-drives locally made electric vehicles, assures support to manufacturers
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday test-drove locally manufactured electric vehicles (EVs) and praised the initiative, assuring necessary government support for the country’s emerging EV...
Backlog grows as ACC remains headless
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Bangladesh’s principal anti-graft body, has been without its top leadership for over two and a half months, effectively paralysing its core...