2 friends killed in motorcycle crash after exams, day out
Nine friends were riding three motorcycles back home in Kurigram when two of the bikes collided, leaving two of them dead and several injured.
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Everything around it destroyed, one 'miracle house' stands in Nepal floods
A reinforced-concrete home in Nuwakot survived the glacial flash flood intact, with a family of six riding out two terrifying hours on its upper floor.
Jamaat holds unit conference in Chougachha
Nearly 300 unit-level presidents and secretaries from across the upazila attended the Jashore gathering.
Cabinet approves 9th pay scale, to be rolled out in 3 phases
The new pay structure for government employees may take effect from July 1 of the current fiscal year, following a morning meeting between the PM and finance officials.
5,000 US troops head to Thai shores after 200 days at sea
Pattaya police have stepped up patrols and a sex-trade crackdown ahead of the USS Abraham Lincoln's Wednesday arrival, even as local businesses hope for an economic boost.
Discrepancies surface in official fertilizer stock figures
Urea stock has fallen by roughly 203,000 tonnes in a year and the ministry has reassigned three officials, even as the agriculture minister insists there is no shortage.
3 snatch Tk 3.8m from bank customer, victim's chase leads to 3 arrests
One snatcher fell off his motorcycle mid-chase in Dhanmondi and was caught by locals with a revolver, leading police to two accomplices.
200 school students missing in Nepal floods
Nepal's education ministry says 19 schools were damaged in the worst-hit districts, with roughly 20 students swept away and one school bus lost to the floodwaters.
Dengue deaths near 100, with 43 in August alone
The health directorate recorded four more deaths and 1,163 new hospitalizations in the latest 24-hour count, with Khulna division hit hardest outside Dhaka.
Child Achiya murder-rape case: Hitu Sheikh's death sentence upheld
The High Court confirmed the sentence handed down after a trial that concluded in just 13 working days, while three other accused, including a minor, remain acquitted.
Successful commercial pineapple cultivation on the plains
A Natore farmer's first pineapple harvest, grown from Tangail saplings on flat land, is drawing crowds of curious agricultural entrepreneurs.
Current government determined to work for the people: aviation minister
M Rashiduzzaman Millat told a Mymensingh coordination meeting that officials must show sincerity on law and order, drugs and manifesto implementation or risk losing public trust.
DCs, UNOs, OCs used to be bribed in past elections: health minister
Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain told a Manikganj meeting that officials once took millions in bribes around elections and even from doctors' and nurses' transfers, but this year's vote saw none.
Rumors swirl over Bilawal Bhutto's marriage
The PPP has denied reports that Zardari traveled to Liechtenstein to arrange his son's wedding, calling the claims false and baseless.
US gives $2.4 million in health sector assistance
The aid includes newborn-warming equipment, therapeutic food for malnourished children and vaccine-cold-chain supplies delivered through FHI 360, Jhpiego, JSI and UNICEF.
Rs 110 million gold smuggling bust at Mumbai airport, 6 held including 3 Bangladeshis
Indian customs intelligence traced a Vietnam Airlines employee carrying wax-hidden gold capsules to five passengers who had supplied the shipment.
Must work united for PM's successful New York visit: Rizvi
BNP leaders across the US and Canada held a virtual joint meeting ahead of Tareque Rahman's first New York trip in 17 years, for the UN General Assembly's 81st session.
Nepal flood traveled at 300 km/h
Researchers say a two-square-kilometer glacier collapse from a 7,000-meter peak, not a lake breach, drove the deadly surge, with three new lakes now posing further risk.
Good news for women with breast cancer
A British Heart Foundation-funded study found 98% of women who stopped heart medication after their cancer treatment showed no change in heart function a year later.
Traditional rice-seedling market, a gathering place for farmers
Habiganj's Baniachong comes alive daily as farmers from across the district bring homegrown Aman seedlings to the traditional 'jala' market at Chilapanja.
Illness, too, is a blessing from Allah
A reflection on hadith teaching that patience through sickness expiates sin and raises a believer's rank.
Awami League's complaint to IPU envoy surfaces startling claim
An opposition MP says the party that once told the IPU Bangladesh's parliamentary democracy was intact now claims, from abroad, that it was excluded from the 13th parliament.
In India, gang rape of a teenage girl on a moving bus again
Police have arrested the driver and conductor of a private sleeper bus after a 16-year-old was assaulted and left roughly 40 kilometers from where she boarded.
At a glance: Uthman (RA), Islam's third caliph
A brief profile of the companion known as Dhun-Nurayn, who compiled the Quran into a single text and was martyred while reciting it.
Iran's president holds bilateral meeting with Modi
The Bishkek meeting was the first direct contact between the two leaders since the US-Israel war against Iran began last February.
Cabinet committee meeting begins, ninth pay scale on agenda
Officials say salaries could rise under the new structure from October, with the July-September gap adjusted as arrears once the gazette is issued.
Finland grows closer to Israel with new 10-year defense pact
YLE reports the extension, approved despite criticism over Gaza, was kept out of public view until now; annual Finnish purchases from Israeli defense firms now run into the hundreds of millions of dollars.
IPU secretary general meets opposition leader
Anda Filip and Shafiqur Rahman discussed strengthening parliamentary committees and boosting young lawmakers' participation during a Dhaka courtesy call.
Farmers crowd Madhukhali market to buy Aman seedlings
The agriculture department expects this season's transplanted Aman cultivation to exceed target thanks to favorable rainfall.
933 trapped in Nepal tunnels, desperate rescue effort underway
Rescue teams wading through chest-deep mud at the Chilime hydropower project say a mapped safe zone inside may still hold survivors.
Mecca defense alliance holds first meeting today
Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia's foreign, defense and military chiefs are gathering in Istanbul as Bangladesh signals interest in joining the pact.
Tk 20 billion fund for frozen food exports: who qualifies
Bangladesh Bank's new three-year pre-financing fund offers loans at 7 percent to processors and exporters of frozen shrimp, fish and ready-to-cook food.
HSC exam after Ramadan: education minister
Ehsanul Haque Milon says moving the exam earlier would have left students without enough time to review before sitting it.
Nepal headmaster's quick thinking saves 900 students
Rajendra Dawadi evacuated Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School just 10 minutes before floodwaters hit, after four separate warning calls convinced him to act.
Best-teacher selection to use 14 criteria, medals and awards planned
DSHE says the criteria, ordered by PM Tareque Rahman, weigh everything from subject knowledge and classroom technology use to campus cleanliness.
Gold price falls Tk 4,474 per bhori
BAJUS cut prices again Monday after falling international rates, marking a second straight reduction following three earlier price hikes in August.
Dark days await us: BNP lawmaker
Shahadat Hossain Selim said a 32-hour Dhaka-Chattogram highway jam that killed a patient in an ambulance exposed a dangerous lack of accountability in the administration.
Russian attacks destroy more than 10 million books in Ukraine
A missile strike flattened a Kyiv-area printing house mid-run on 1.3 million new school textbooks, part of a wider campaign against Ukraine's publishing industry.
What to practice in the month of the Prophet's birth and passing
Scholar Sheikh Ahmadullah says Rabiul Awwal carries no specific prescribed rituals in the Quran and hadith, but Monday fasting and devotion to obligatory worship remain fitting.
Flash flood at US Grand Canyon, at least 15 missing
More than 60 people were airlifted from the canyon's depths after a burst of rain destroyed nearly every footbridge over Bright Angel Creek.
21-year bond ends, Bangladesh's Hamza finds a new home
Hamza Chowdhury is rejoining Sheffield United permanently after growing up through Leicester City's academy and winning an FA Cup and Championship title there.
SSC, Dakhil exams to share common question papers
The Madrasah Education Board has aligned Dakhil-level subject codes with the general SSC stream, effective from the 2027 Dakhil examination.
Iran strikes back in Jordan, new dimension to US conflict
The US says it struck Larak Island preemptively over fears Iran was preparing to mine the Strait of Hormuz; Iran's IRGC hit US-used air bases in response.
Started acting as a child, three decades later Karisma reflects
The Bollywood star tells Bombay Times that adapting to OTT's chaotic shooting schedule has tested her more than film ever did.
Worst Pakistan cricket board in 70 years
Former captain Rashid Latif said after back-to-back England Test defeats that the selection panel and coaches, not just the players, deserve the blame.
No bachelor's degree, yet appointed Rajshahi University registrar
A former pro-vice-chancellor and the outgoing registrar both say seniority and qualification rules were bypassed to install A H M Aslam Hossain in the post.
Information you should never share on social media
ID photos, bank card details, passwords and phone numbers can combine into a privacy risk even when each piece looks harmless on its own.
Government seeks five new sectors to diversify exports
With garments still accounting for 80-85% of export earnings, PM Tareque Rahman has ordered an action plan targeting IT, light engineering, agro-processing and leather.
Protests in New York over RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's event
USCIRF had recommended revoking Bhagwat's visa and sanctioning the RSS over alleged violence against Muslims, Christians, Dalits and Sikhs.
Bounced check for Ram Temple: donor's account held just 3 rupees
A Chennai woman's 40-million-rupee check for staff welfare bounced after the trust declined her written assurance on how the money would be spent.
Hot 70 Pro 5G launches in local market
Infinix's new phone pairs a Dimensity 7100 chipset with a 50-megapixel Sony sensor and a 6,000mAh battery, priced at 36,999 taka.
Israel also withholding bodies of children and women
A Palestinian rights group says roughly 1,700 bodies, including 81 children, are being held for use in future prisoner or hostage exchange talks.
The computer that runs on a signal from your brain
Brain-computer interfaces already let paralyzed patients type and control robotic arms with thought alone, though privacy and accuracy remain major hurdles.
Gaza deaths under rubble climb to 73,449
A rights group estimates 2,500 to 3,000 people may have been forcibly disappeared during the war, while thousands more bodies remain buried in debris.
6 more die with measles symptoms, 1,256 new cases detected
The health directorate's cumulative toll since March 15 has reached 973, including 99 confirmed measles deaths.
Top US commanders warn defense secretary
The Washington Post reports that service chiefs and regional commanders formally objected to prolonging strikes on Iran, citing depleted capacity elsewhere.
Netanyahu is the snake who lured the US into war: Araghchi
Iran's foreign minister said Netanyahu boasts in Hebrew about influencing Washington while praising Trump's leadership in English.
Analysis: Could Pakistan strike before Durga Puja? India on alert
Weapons-factory visits and new defense pacts with China, Turkey and Kuwait have Delhi watching closely, though analysts say there's no confirmed evidence of an imminent attack.
National University Honours final results out today
Vice Chancellor A S M Amanullah says releasing the 2024 results this quickly will be a record for the university.
PM's Gold Cup: order issued to prepare football grounds
DSHE wants five football-ready pitches in every upazila ahead of a September 10 nationwide tournament expected to draw roughly 50,000 school teams.