3 held in Bagerhat
The district detective police have arrested three people in connection with the murder of a mother, her son and her mother-in-law in Kachua upazila of...
Today’s Newspaper
Death mystery of Saifur Rahman should be probed
BNP’s acting secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has commented that the mystery behind former finance minister M Saifur Rahman’s death should be investigated. He made...
Consumer rights drive fines five in Rangpur
The National Directorate of Consumer Rights Protection has fined five businesses a total of Tk 50,000 during a market monitoring drive in Badarganj, Rangpur. The...
‘Govt’s goal is qualitative connectivity’
Posts, Telecommunications, and Information Technology Minister Fakir Mahbub Anam stated that Bangladesh’s primary goal now is not merely connection, but quality and meaningful connectivity. He...
BD women cruise past Pakistan
Bangladesh Under-20 Women’s Hockey team registered two consecutive victories in their Junior Asia Cup Hockey campaign, while Bangladesh Under-20 Men’s Hockey team conceded two consecutive...
Bangladesh looks beyond Black Sea wheat
Asian wheat importers, including Bangladesh, have bought at least half a million metric tons of Australian and Argentinean wheat in recent deals, three trade sources...
25 Children killed in Cape Verde bus crash
At least 25 people, mostly children and teenagers, were killed in a bus crash on Cape Verde’s Fogo Island, public radio network RCV said on...
Green Development Turns Deadly: The Sitakunda Tragedy and the Crisis of State Accountability
The deaths of workers at a ship-recycling yard in Sitakunda should not be dismissed as another industrial accident. They expose a disturbing gap between Bangladesh’s...
Indonesia halts Jakarta flights over volcano ash
Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano erupted early Sunday, prompting the cancellation of all flights at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and disrupting other domestic airports as volcanic...
RAB abuses may redux, TIB warns
A leading anti-corruption watchdog has warned that a proposed paramilitary police unit meant to replace Bangladesh’s disbanded Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) could inherit the same...
South Africa’s chrome boom fuels deadly illegal mining
On August 13, a wall of soil collapsed and killed 14 miners, most of whom were believed to be undocumented migrants, at a disused mining...