In August, Bangladesh recorded its third-highest number of dengue cases and deaths for the month since the country’s first major outbreak in 2000, as infections continue to rise.

It seems like Bangladesh Bank just can’t say no to a bad debt. Since September 2025, it has been rolling out loan-restructuring extensions like clockwork -- once in a quarter -- always leaning on the same comforting buzzwords like “distressed but viable”, “genuine borrowers”, and “policy support”.

The new pay scale approved by the BNP-led government for public servants could lead to a slight rise in inflation, said Prime Minister’s Adviser Zahed Ur Rahman.

MPO-enrolled teachers and employees of the country’s private educational institutions will receive the benefits of the new national pay scale, Finance Secretary Khairuzzaman Mozumder said yesterday.

Police yesterday arrested two people, including the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal’s Demra thana unit convener, in a case filed over the recent alleged shooting at the house of SM Reza Chowdhury Selim, convener of the Demra thana BNP unit.

After declining for two consecutive months, Bangladesh’s measles situation took a worrying turn in August, with cases, hospitalisations, and deaths all rising.

A contractor died in a fire that broke out at a flat in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur early yesterday. The victim, Newaz Chowdhury Mitu, was from Mojompur of Kushtia, said police.

It was a celebration filled with songs, dance and puppetry.

Police say the man may have killed his children before consuming pesticide following a family dispute

Another 1,581 selected for recruitment

BGB will train personnel to use thermal imaging and night-vision drones in hard-to-monitor frontier areas

US president thanks Bangladesh PM for deciding to purchase Boeing aircraft and says he looks forward to meeting Tarique soon

State minister says discussions on PM’s India visit are continuing, with no date fixed yet

More than 300 tourists and hundreds of licensed fishermen returned to the mangrove forest as the annual closure ended

Rival BNP factions clash during founding anniversary celebrations in Sreenagar

Broken rail line, derailment cause more than five hours of disruption

Party marks 48th anniversary for first time without Khaleda Zia

United Healthcare yesterday performed what it described as the first two robotic surgeries in the country’s history, marking a milestone in the use of advanced technology in Bangladesh’s health sector.

Runa Khan, founder and executive director of non-governmental organisation Friendship, has won the 2026 Ramon Magsaysay Award for her decades of work improving lives in remote, river-eroded and climate-vulnerable areas of Bangladesh.

More than half of Bangladesh’s private universities are now facing the tax authority’s wrath for failing to file their tax returns in the last fiscal year.