No more road digging in Dhaka during monsoon
18 September 2026
The government has decided to stop digging roads in Dhaka during the monsoon and shut down illegal battery-rickshaw charging stations as part of measures to ease traffic congestion and disruption from uncoordinated development work.
18 September 2026
Malaysia job market reopening: Recruitment clouded by cartel worries
17 September 2026
Recruiting agencies fear associate agencies may wield little authority if they have to depend on principal agencies to process job orders.
17 September 2026
Biman’s fleet: Deals on 21 Boeing, Airbus planes likely within weeks
16 September 2026
Biman is preparing to sign deals for 21 more Boeing and Airbus aircraft within weeks, taking its unfulfilled orders to 35 aircraft.
16 September 2026
CAAB issues Air Navigation Order ahead of int’l audit
15 September 2026
The audit is scheduled to begin on October 26, and the dedicated aviation security ANO is one of the major issues auditors will examine
15 September 2026
UAE cancels visas of over 4,000 Bangladeshis, leaving many unable to return to jobs
14 September 2026
Bangladesh seeks diplomatic review as affected expatriates say cancellations came without explanation
14 September 2026
From web to waterways, hunt widens
11 September 2026
The hunt for firearms looted during the July uprising is set to expand beyond raids and checkpoints, with law enforcers planning to search water bodies, monitor online arms trading and increase surveillance of people linked to arms cases.
11 September 2026
Govt steps up efforts to recover looted firearms
10 September 2026
With the country heading towards local government elections, the government has launched a special nationwide drive to recover looted and illegal firearms.
10 September 2026
Advance screening of int’l travellers gets govt nod
10 September 2026
The government has approved in principle a plan to introduce advance screening of international travellers, allowing immigration authorities to identify potential security risks before passengers arrive in Bangladesh.
10 September 2026
Heatwave: Jail authorities take measures to protect inmates
The jail authorities, to protect inmates from the heatwave, are keeping the them under the shade of the trees inside the jail grounds for the majority of the daytime
16 April 2023
Another fire crushes traders’ Eid hopes
Just 11 days after a blaze ripped through the Bangabazar shopping complex, another one yesterday gutted Dhaka New Super Market, causing losses to businesses and traders.
15 April 2023
Siddique Bazar Blast: Faulty Titas gas line might have caused it
A faulty Titas Gas line might have caused the explosion at the seven-storey Café Queen building in the capital’s Siddique Bazar last month, say investigators.
14 April 2023
When cons use Facebook as a tool
They had a team to keep an eye on law enforcers.
12 April 2023
Human trafficking syndicate busted
The promise of a better life in a foreign land has long been a lure for many. But for some, this dream turns into a nightmare when they become targets of human-trafficking syndicates.
10 April 2023
‘Pay some, get so much more’
Taking a deposit of Tk 3 lakh, he first gave the depositor an appointment for the post of an assistant teacher in a school with a monthly salary of Tk 18,000.
6 April 2023
Dreams, hopes go up in smoke
They invested the money they had and the money they could borrow in the hope of good business ahead of Eid but within a few hours yesterday, they lost everything.
4 April 2023
Meth smuggling rose by 3 times in a year
From 2021 to 2022, the seizure of crystal meth increased by three times.
29 March 2023
Demerit Point For Drivers: Govt agencies dragging foot on enforcement
When the Road Transport Act-2018 was enacted over four years ago incorporating a system of demerit points on driving licenses for traffic violation, the authorities said the system would go a long way in ensuring road safety.
27 March 2023
Families caught in bureaucratic tangle
Partha Roy Chowdhury, a sub-inspector of Itna Police Station in Kishoreganj, was severely injured in a road accident on the way to a Khagrachhari court for testimony on October 14, 2020.
3 March 2023
How a student is reuniting families
It was March 2019. The clock ticked 1:30am. An old man was lying in the middle of Dhaka-Mawa highway.
3 March 2023
Police want 550 SP posts before polls
The Police Headquarters is planning to propose promotion of 550 police officials to superintendents of police keeping them in the offices they are serving now.
3 March 2023
Conning people inside the secretariat
As per the plan, the gang first arranged for entrance passes to get into the secretariat.
21 February 2023
In Dhaka, footpaths not for pedestrians only
It’s a 10-minute walk from Farmgate’s Ananda Cinema Hall to the Panthapath intersection through Green Road. However, it takes 20 minutes to cross this 700-metre road, thanks to illegal occupants of the footpath
17 February 2023
Dhaka-Chattogram Highway finally coming under watch
1,427 CCTV cameras to be set up by June to check theft of RMG shipments, robbery
17 February 2023
Dream of better life ends in nightmare
Without any licence to run a recruiting agency, they used to send people abroad.
14 February 2023
A grand ploy to get visas
The gang first communicates with businesses in the US, Czech Republic, Italy, and Poland, introducing themselves as suppliers of Bangladesh’s security forces.
9 February 2023
9.4m displaced in seven years
At least 1,053 people were killed and 9.4 million more displaced internally in different climate-related disasters in 58 districts in seven years from 2014, says a recent study.
9 February 2023
Leaders at home, robbers on highways
Locally, they were known as politicians or social workers. They even held social programmes spending a considerable sum of money.
3 February 2023
Graft is his middle name
Internal GCC enquiry upon directive of LGRD ministry exposes countless misdeeds of suspended mayor Zahangir Alam
3 February 2023