Two confess to strangling teacher, family of three in Rangpur
Police say the suspects killed retired teacher Ganapati Chakraborty and his wife, daughter and 12-year-old son after he caught them using drugs on the roof.
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Agriculture Ministry denies fertilizer shortage as raids continue nationwide
Officials call shortage reports 'rumor' even as raids fine dealers for hoarding and overcharging, and reserve-stock data shows shortfalls against safety targets.
Anonymous letter threatens journalist's life over Facebook posts, GD filed
Hasan Imam Rubel says a letter signed 'Tawhidi Janata' called his writing anti-Islamic and warned it was a 'last warning' before he would be killed.
Chained for 20 years: Cumilla family appeals for help for brother
Azad Mia, 40, has been kept chained by the leg since a family incident two decades ago; his brother says treatment options have been limited.
Three fake magistrates arrested for extortion in Savar
Locals detained the men after growing suspicious during another extortion attempt and handed them to Savar Model Police Station.
Opposition walks out of parliament over rights, disappearance bills
Leader of the Opposition Shafiqur Rahman accused the government of pursuing partial reform as lawmakers walked out during the tabling of two bills.
Young man electrocuted while doing masonry work in Mirsharai
Nur Alam, 28, died on the spot in Chattogram's Jorarganj union while working on a building rooftop.
From BCS cadre to compost: one farmer's integrated agriculture bet
Ekhtiar Uddin Ahmed Munna left a secure banking career to build MM Agro, a Kishoreganj farm where fish, cattle, poultry and vermicompost feed into each other.
50th death anniversary of national poet Nazrul observed in Chuadanga
Local administration, BNP leaders and cultural groups laid wreaths at Kazi Nazrul Islam's memorial in Karpasdanga, where he once lived.
BGB seizes Tk 755,000 in contraband, drugs at Jashore border
Patrol teams from three border posts recovered Indian cough syrup, sarees, cosmetics and food items in a day-long operation.
Farmer electrocuted while starting irrigation pump in Madarganj
Azahar Mondal, 55, was rushed to Madarganj Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared him dead.
Police return 108 lost mobile phones to owners in Meherpur
SP Uttam Kumar Roy also returned 1.743 million taka recovered from fraud cases at a ceremony at the district police office.
Analysis: New light on studying the life of the Prophet
A look at a lesser-used method in Sirah scholarship: comparing how different writers, across generations, have interpreted the same episodes.
'In an instant, my wife and son were swept away,' says Nepali survivor
A cloth trader from Nuwakot's Trishuli Bazar told NDTV he had only seconds' warning before a glacial flood tore through his town.
Khoksa school holds anti-drug, anti-eve-teasing awareness meeting
Police OC Molla Zakir Hossain told students and guardians at Moragachha Secondary School that preventing these crimes takes a shared community effort.
Jamaat-led 11-party alliance to march toward parliament Sunday
The march will protest the gas, power and fertilizer crises and demand swift justice in enforced-disappearance cases from the Awami League era.
84 Palestinian schools face demolition threat
The UN says schools serving roughly 13,000 students in the West Bank's Area C and East Jerusalem are under demolition or stop-work orders.
Load-shedding is here one moment, gone the next: Rumeen Farhana
The independent MP told parliament 62,000 people have lost jobs and over 900 factories closed since the government took office.
Analysis: Is India yielding to Chinese pressure on border demarcation?
A Doval-Wang Yi meeting in Beijing has diplomatic circles debating whether India has dropped its insistence on a comprehensive border settlement.
Rising costs, labor shortage worry Hathazari's Aman rice farmers
Farmers in Chattogram's Hathazari upazila say every stage of cultivation costs more this season, with some fertilizer sold above the fixed price.
Hormuz Strait stays closed until Iran's terms are met: IRGC
IRGC spokesperson Brig. Gen. Mohebbi says hostile warships have withdrawn 400 km from the strait, a claim that could not be independently verified.
Home minister sparring with MP over Brahmanbaria law-and-order record
Salahuddin Ahmed and Cumilla-4 MP Hasnat Abdullah clashed in parliament over halted music shows and boat races, and disputed crime statistics.
17 years of autocracy, will take time to clear the mess: Nazrul Islam Khan
The BNP standing committee member and prime ministerial adviser spoke at a memorial for former PM Kazi Zafar Ahmed.
Holy Cross College bars married students, TC issued if one weds
The Tejgaon college's 11th-grade admission notice for 2026-27 says married applicants need not apply.
Government trying to dodge fertilizer crisis complaints: Nahid Islam
NCP convener and opposition chief whip Nahid Islam says the 11-party alliance will march August 30 against a weak enforced-disappearance law.
Dinajpur blockade over labor leader's arrest halts traffic, sparks clashes
Workers set a bus on fire and clashed with each other after police arrested Sheikh Badsha, who had left the banned Awami League to join the BNP.
Gas, power crisis cuts light-engineering output, pushes up costs
Factory owners from Jatrabari to Keraniganj say production has fallen by half or more while electricity bills climb, threatening tens of thousands of small businesses.
288 Indians unreachable in Nepal
India's foreign ministry says the group includes power-project workers and pilgrim tourists from Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Kerala heading to Kailash-Mansarovar.
Dakhil 8th-grade scholarship exam form-fill begins September 2
The Madrasah Education Board says the process runs through September 12, with a total fee of 600 taka per examinee.
We are in the 11-party alliance and will stay: Sarjis Alam
The NCP's chief organizer said the party will still contest local elections independently to build its organizational base.
Iran calls on Muslim nations to boost economic cooperation
President Masoud Pezeshkian told an Islamic unity conference in Tehran that only 19% of OIC member states' exports stay within the bloc.
Snake scare at Education Ministry
Officials suspect more snakes may be hiding in storage after three were spotted on the 19th floor of the Secretariat, an unusual sighting for Dhaka.
4,000 SIs, 400 sergeants and 10,000 constables to be recruited
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed told parliament the new posts will also boost police manpower in Rangpur district.
Indian training aircraft crashes, killing 2 pilots
Officials say the plane lost control before crashing into a wooded area near Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, during a training flight.
Luxury BMW, Lexus, Range Rover cars smuggled in as old spare parts
NBR says AI and physical inspection uncovered four disassembled luxury vehicles declared as used headlights, doors and steering wheels at Mongla port.
Meherpur holds discussion on building cashless Bangladesh
Bank officials discussed how the Bangla QR system lets customers transact easily and without charges at a Jhenaidah upazila seminar.
Taj Mahal, an unrivaled monument of beauty
Built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal, the marble mausoleum took 22 years and 20,000 artisans to complete.
Iran’s nuclear industry is world-class: agency chief
Mohammad Eslami says Iran's nuclear program keeps pace with leading nations despite US sanctions and strikes, as Iran maintains the program is purely peaceful.
‘Home minister condescends in parliament — we didn’t come here to be his students’
Leader of the Opposition Dr. Shafiqur Rahman accused Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed of talking down to lawmakers since the session began.
‘Red alert’ issued in Mecca
Saudi Arabia's weather agency has forecast heavy rainfall for the city, urging residents to stay away from valleys, dams and waterlogged areas.
Banks allowed to issue foreign-currency guarantees for projects
Bangladesh Bank's new directive lets local banks issue guarantees and SBLCs on behalf of foreign contractors on internationally tendered projects.
Why are so many Indians in Nepal?
More than a hundred Indian pilgrims heading to the sacred Kailash-Mansarovar site are missing after floods swept away a key border bridge.
5 more die from measles symptoms, 1,031 new cases
The health directorate says the death toll from measles symptoms since March 15 has reached 856 children.
Can flash floods be predicted in advance?
Experts explain what makes flash floods different from ordinary floods, why they're so hard to forecast, and what early-warning systems can and can't do.
More floods, landslides feared in Nepal
Disaster expert Basanta Raj Adhikari says a "second and third wave" of flooding could strike within days, even without heavy rainfall.
Water exploded like a bomb, survivor Bahadur recalls
With roads and bridges destroyed across flood-hit Nepal, rescuers are relying on helicopters to reach people trapped in remote and debris-covered areas.
Merged 5 Islami banks file 10,000 cases to recover defaulted loans
Bangladesh Bank says a forensic audit into fraud under the banks' previous management is in its final stages, alongside ongoing restructuring efforts.
Nepal death toll rises to 332, 1,500 missing
Police say bodies have been recovered from eight districts, while Reuters reports roughly 1,500 people missing across Nepal and Tibet, including 800 foreign nationals.
First-phase UP polls in 371 unions; schedule in November
CEC A A M Nasir Uddin says voting preparations will run through September, with balloting set for December.
17 banks to provide 410 billion taka for stimulus package
Bangladesh Bank's 600-billion-taka package aims to reopen closed factories and revive the stalled economy, with the private sector borrowing at 7.5% average interest.
No clear evidence Iran is rebuilding nuclear sites: IAEA
IAEA chief Rafael Grossi says roughly 440 kilograms of highly enriched uranium remains exactly where it was during last year's 12-day war.
President to meet CEC today
The Election Commission may brief President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on preparations for local government elections at the Bangabhaban meeting.
Joining Mecca Pact is Bangladesh’s own sovereign matter: Dr. Shafiqur Rahman
The Jamaat-e-Islami Amir and Leader of the Opposition said any decision Bangladesh makes in its own interest needs no outside approval.
National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam’s 50th death anniversary today
The Nazrul Institute, Nazrul Academy and Shilpakala Academy have organized programs marking 50 years since the poet's death in Dhaka.
96% oppose political leaders on school managing committees
A Dainik Shiksha survey backs Deputy Speaker Kaiser Kamal's call to bar party leaders from school committees and involve retired teachers instead.
Mother-cooked mid-day meals to launch soon in primary schools
The state minister for primary education says Bangladesh will pilot a Sri Lanka- and Tamil Nadu-style model with mothers cooking using locally sourced ingredients.
Couple electrocuted in Shailkupa
Amar Bhowmik and his wife Meenakshi Rani were fatally shocked while operating a grass-cutting machine in Madhabpur village, police say.
Kerala is now Keralam
India's central government has brought the state's renaming law into effect, days after President Droupadi Murmu signed the bill into law.
Rare lunar eclipse in two days — where it will be visible
NASA expects the deep partial eclipse, covering about 96% of the moon, to peak Friday morning Bangladesh time, visible across the Americas, Europe and Africa.
South Korea to open visa center in Dhaka
The Banani facility opens September 2 and will handle general visa and passport-collection applications, the embassy says.