“Bangladesh can’t bear migration burden indefinitely”
Bangladesh cannot sustain this migration pressure indefinitely, said State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam. She also called for actionable and predictable international support...
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Durga Puja ‘acid test’ for govt: DMP boss
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Mosleh Uddin Ahmed has said that this is the first time Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu...
Ruins, displacement and struggle to survive
Three years after the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 attack on Israel triggered a devastating war in Gaza, the Palestinian enclave has been transformed in ways...
Nahid slams price hikes, alleges syndicates’ return
National Citizen Party (NCP) Convenor Nahid Islam has questioned sharp increases in the prices of malta, aromatic rice, eggs and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), alleging...
Francis Halzen wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics
Belgian-American particle physicist Francis Halzen won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for groundbreaking work creating an observatory to detect some of the universe’s most...
Textile millers seek opposition help over power crisis
Leaders of the Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) have sought Opposition Leader Dr Shafiqur Rahman’s support in addressing persistent gas and electricity shortages, higher taxes...
Rooppur power in sight, NPCBL rejects allegations
Bangladesh’s first and most expensive Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) has entered the final stage before electricity generation. The 16-megapascal (MPa) pressure test of Unit-1’s...
Attacks on journos threaten free press
The Editors’ Council has strongly condemned recent attacks, threats and harassment against journalists across Bangladesh, calling for prompt and impartial investigations and exemplary punishment of...
2 bank officials beaten, robbed of Tk34 lakh
Two officials of an Islami Bank agent banking outlet were seriously injured after four robbers allegedly attacked them with iron rods and snatched Tk34 lakh...
AL reconciliation? ‘but on what basis?’
Information and Broadcasting Adviser to the Prime Minister Zahed Ur Rahman has said reconciliation could be pursued with Awami League leaders and activists who remain...
7yrs on, Abrar’s case awaits final verdict
Seven years after the murder of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) student Abrar Fahad, the appeals filed by the death-row and life-term convicts...
‘I have to take bribes’: ASI closed
An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Chunarughat Police Station in Habiganj has been withdrawn from his post and attached to Police Lines after a video surfaced...