CUET students continue ‘shutdown’ Reiterate
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Act now to stop harassment of gender-diverse students
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Tk 10,000 penalty for repeated passport loss
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Beauty Rani named Sylhet’s best headteacher
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Three new laws weaken rights safeguards: HRW
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Govt Hospitals: No new clinics, pvt practice within 1km
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4 rights groups urge withdrawal of draft cyber law
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Hilsa imports from India halted
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Small traders’ big extortion woes

For more than two decades, 51-year-old Sazzad Mia has run a 120-square-foot scrap metal shop in the bustling heart of Karwan Bazar.
17 July 2026

Driver killed as two trucks collide

A truck driver was killed and two others were injured in a head-on collision between two trucks on the Netrokona-Mymensingh highway in Purbadhala upazila yesterday morning.
17 July 2026

Cyber slavery: Bangladeshis forced into online scams in Cambodia

Trafficking victim Tofail Ahmed said he was sold to a heavily guarded cyber scam facility in Cambodia.
17 July 2026

Eight more die with measles symptoms

Eight children died from symptoms consistent with measles in the 24 hours until 8:00am yesterday, bringing Bangladesh’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 779.
17 July 2026

New loan programme: IMF to push for banking reforms, tax boost

The conditions for the possible new International Monetary Fund programme are likely to be based on raising the tax-GDP ratio, reducing subsidies, exchange rate flexibility and banking sector reforms.
17 July 2026

Abu Sayed Killing: Four file appeals for acquittal

Four convicted accused in the Abu Sayed killing case yesterday filed two separate appeals with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court seeking acquittal from the charges.
17 July 2026

Bangladeshis view China more positively than the US

China is now viewed more favourably than the US in Bangladesh, according to a new survey by the US-based Pew Research Centre.
17 July 2026

Rear Admiral Khondkar Misbah ul Azim new navy chief

Rear Admiral Khondkar Misbah ul Azim has been appointed as the new chief of naval staff of the Bangladesh Navy.
17 July 2026

Nahid calls for swift execution of verdict

National Citizen Party Convener Nahid Islam yesterday called for the implementation of the verdict in the Abu Sayed killing case, as well as state reforms in line with the outcome of the July referendum.
17 July 2026

DNCC unveils Tk 4,527cr FY 26-27 budget

The Dhaka North City Corporation has announced a budget of Tk 4,527.74 crore for the 2026–27 fiscal year, prioritising dengue and other vector-borne disease control, waterlogging mitigation, and rehabilitation of damaged roads.
17 July 2026

EC to finalise local polls code July 21

As preparations for the local government elections gather pace, the Election Commission (EC) yesterday said it will finalise the code of conduct for the five tiers of local bodies at a meeting on July 21, before sending it to the law ministry for vetting.
17 July 2026

Unproven divorce no ground to deny maintenance: HC

The High Court, in the full text of a verdict, has observed that an unproven or legally ineffective divorce cannot be used as a ground to evade payment of maintenance to a wife and a minor child or to obstruct the execution of a decree for dower (denmohor).
17 July 2026

418 upazila hospitals set for expansion

The health ministry has started implementing its plan to upgrade all 418 existing upazila health complexes (UHCs) to 101-bed facilities to accommodate the growing number of patients seeking care at public hospitals.
17 July 2026

Khondkar Misbah ul Azim appointed new Navy chief

He will be promoted to vice admiral, take charge on July 23, says ISPR
16 July 2026

Body of missing Fire Service diver recovered from Shitalakkhya

Sadik, who received the fire service medal last year, disappeared after falling from a speedboat
16 July 2026

6 Bangladeshis held while trying to enter India illegally through Moulvibazar border

BGB intercepted the group in Kulaura as alleged brokers fled the scene
16 July 2026

Rabab Fatima appointed head of UN mission in Afghanistan

She brings more than three decades of diplomatic and multilateral experience to the role
16 July 2026

How illegal sand extraction led to Khowai embankment breach

Officials file case against two over alleged lease violations as locals say repeated warnings about sand extraction went unheeded
16 July 2026

BOU postpones Friday's HSC examinations due to adverse weather

It also postpones all examinations scheduled for July 17 and 18 under several academic programmes
16 July 2026