Salahuddin Tanvir sent to jail over posts on PM

A Bogura court yesterday sent Gazi Salahuddin Tanvir, the recently suspended joint member secretary of the National Citizen Party, to jail in a case filed over making derogatory remarks about the prime minister on social media.
6 August 2026

July charter will be fully implemented

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday urged opposition parties to submit their nominees for the special parliamentary committee on constitutional amendments, assuring them that the July National Charter would be fully implemented.
6 August 2026

M Aminul Islam no more

M Aminul Islam (Dulu), former high commissioner of Bangladesh to Canada, passed away on August 2.
6 August 2026

A mother’s gift, lifeline for another baby

Digital app MilkShare connects donor mothers with babies in need across Bangladesh
6 August 2026

Mahbub Ali Khan’s death anniv today

Today marks the 42nd death anniversary of Rear Admiral Mahbub Ali Khan, former chief of naval staff and minister for communications and agriculture.
6 August 2026

Tagore’s 85th death anniv today

Today is the 85th death anniversary of Biswakabi Rabindranath Tagore.
6 August 2026

Man dies after falling from building

A man died after falling from the rooftop of a three-storey building in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur yesterday morning.
6 August 2026

Partisan narratives limiting space for opposition

National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener and Opposition Chief Whip Nahid Islam yesterday said partisan narratives or visions of history presented at national events narrow the space for opposition and other political parties to participate.
6 August 2026

A bridge still beyond reach

The long-awaited Panchpukuria-Siddhashram bridge over the Halda river in Chattogram’s Fatikchhari upazila remains incomplete even though the stipulated deadline expired last month.
6 August 2026

A chorus for July

As Bangladesh marked the second anniversary of July Mass Uprising Day, thousands gathered at Suhrawardy Udyan yesterday for an evening of music.
6 August 2026

Five more die with measles-like symptoms

Five patients died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 854 this year.
6 August 2026

‘We must never again become a client state’

Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman yesterday said Bangladesh must never again become a “client state”.
6 August 2026

Rohingya child killed in Cox’s Bazar landslide

Torrential rain triggered landslides in Cox’s Bazar yesterday, killing a seven-year-old Rohingya child at a refugee camp in Ukhiya and disrupting traffic on Marine Drive.
6 August 2026

The spirit of July lives on

Bangladesh observed July Mass Uprising Day 2026 across the country yesterday, marking two years since the student-led uprising that led to the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government.
6 August 2026

Flood threat looms over 10 districts

The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) yesterday warned that at least 10 districts are at risk of short-term flooding over the next 24 to 48 hours due to heavy rainfall across the country and torrential rain in upstream areas of India.
6 August 2026

Big oil firms make $93b in war profit

The world’s eight largest listed oil producers posted combined profits of roughly $93 billion in the three months to the end of June, as the US-Israeli military strikes on Iran disrupted fossil-fuel supply and pushed benchmark crude above $126 a barrel.
6 August 2026

Israel resumes strikes on south Lebanon

Israel’s military resumed strikes on southern Lebanon yesterday despite ongoing talks, blaming a ceasefire violation by militant group Hezbollah as Beirut said at least one person was killed.
6 August 2026

Hasina’s media event: ‘Detrimental’ to Dhaka-Delhi ties reset

India allowing ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to interact openly with the media in Delhi was deeply hurtful to Bangladeshis and detrimental to the development of harmonious ties between Bangladesh and India, the government said last night.
6 August 2026

Sand extraction continues despite lease suspension

Sand extraction continues unabated along an erosion-prone stretch of the Tetulia river in Patuakhali’s Bauphal allegedly with the backing of a local BNP leader, despite the government’s suspension of quarry leases, locals say.
6 August 2026

FSRU fragility exposing gas supply vulnerabilities

Every disruption at floating terminals spirals into national gas crisis
6 August 2026