Rangpur family killed after witnessing yaba use, police say
Police say two men strangled a retired teacher and three family members one by one after being caught using drugs on the family’s rooftop, then robbed the house.
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Hundreds of maunds of snails dredged up illegally near Sundarbans
A local syndicate is running dredging machines around the clock in rivers adjoining the Sundarbans, threatening aquatic biodiversity in Koyra and beyond.
Foreign investor trading on stock market stays on downward trend
Foreign trading on the Dhaka bourse peaked in February 2026 before collapsing to just 740 million taka in May, part of a years-long net outflow.
Summit’s LNG supply halved as gas crisis drags on
Excelerate’s floating terminal is back online, but Summit’s cargo shortage has cut its own supply in half, leaving total LNG delivery still short of capacity.
Five die of dengue in a day, 839 new cases confirmed
DGHS reported 28 dengue deaths and 13,619 cases so far this month, with Khulna and Dhaka division recording the highest single-day hospitalizations.
‘We are in a total war’: Pezeshkian
Iran's president said his government feels “shame” over economic hardship it cannot relieve, even as he claimed Iran has emerged stronger despite US pressure.
Two police DIGs made NSI directors
Rangpur Range DIG Aminul Islam and Special Branch DIG Dr. Mohammad Abdul Kader have been posted on deputation to the Prime Minister's Office as NSI directors.
Government wants to move from import dependence to alternative energy
Finance Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury told a DCCI seminar Bangladesh is targeting 5,000 megawatts of solar power this fiscal year alongside nuclear and coal.
Dhaka Central University students issue 13 demands
DCU students called for a migration notification within 24 hours after 17,000 voted yes in a referendum, alongside demands on housing, transport, labs and research funding.
Doctor beaten over unpaid extortion demand, Chhatra Dal leader expelled
Veterinarian Ashiqur Rahman says he was beaten with an iron rod and robbed after refusing a 500,000-taka demand, in an attack a suspect blamed on a dispute over a pet's death.
Home minister must take responsibility for Rangpur incident: Jamaat ameer
Dr. Shafiqur Rahman's Facebook post cited the Rangpur family killing and two doctor-extortion attacks in Dhaka and Mymensingh as proof of a collapsing law-and-order situation.
BAJUS targets $7 billion in jewelry exports within five years
The jewellers' association outlined plans for a special economic zone, new factories and a diamond-processing unit to make jewelry the country's second-biggest export earner.
Order to launch biometric systems at all medical colleges, hospitals
DGHS directed all health institutions to enforce full staff attendance via biometric and facial-recognition systems, withholding pay for unresolved absences.
Titumir outlines government’s three-stage economic strategy
The PM's finance adviser described a Recovery-Restoration-Reconstruction framework, citing 12 percent revenue growth and rising reserves as early signs of progress.
Migration option to stay in place for college admissions
The government reversed a plan to scrap migration in Class XI admissions; applications open September 2, with more than half of the roughly 2.5 million seats expected to stay empty.
Government moves to recruit 100,000 health workers
DGHS ordered all health institutions to urgently fill grade 13-16 vacancies as part of a manifesto commitment, with monthly progress reports required.
Woman arrested, Chhatra Dal leader expelled over assault on Mymensingh vet
A CCTV clip showing a veterinarian beaten after refusing an extortion demand led to an arrest and the expulsion of a Metropolitan Chhatra Dal leader from the party.
Government accountable to public despite crisis: Rizvi
BNP acting secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said war-driven energy shortages, not the government, caused recent hardship, and credited officials with restoring gas supply.
Junior Scholarship exam schedule published
The Dhaka Board set December 8, 10, 13 and 15 for this year's Junior Scholarship exams, with six special instructions issued for candidates.
Two young cousins drown in Srinagar
Two boys from Kathalbari village, whose fathers both work in Saudi Arabia, were found unconscious in a pond near their home and pronounced dead at hospital.
Saltha onion farmers weep in silence
A bumper harvest in Faridpur's onion belt has turned into a loss as market prices fall below production costs and up to half the stored crop rots on the racks.
2024 movement wasn’t the final war, but a rehearsal for one: Jamaat ameer
Dr. Shafiqur Rahman told a Seerat-un-Nabi seminar that the current government is walking the same road as its ousted predecessor, and accused it of erasing history from the July Museum.
Success in new sugarcane variety, organic fertilizer production
Carew & Company's MD said the sugar mill's losses have narrowed, sugarcane prices are rising for farmers, and its organic fertilizer set a sales record this year.
Villagers’ kindness gives ‘Opejan’ a home at 60
After years of destitution with her disabled daughter, Opejan Begum received a new house in Naldanga through a local BNP organizer's fundraising drive.
France to give Ukraine missile-defense systems
Macron pledged new interceptor missiles and production technology after a call with Zelensky following a deadly Russian drone strike on a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih.
Saltha onion farmers weep in silence
A bumper harvest in Faridpur's onion belt has turned into a loss as market prices fall below production costs and up to half the stored crop rots on the racks.
NTRCA to re-recommend wrongly-posted candidates this week
Education Ministry sources say 199 candidates assigned to incorrect posts under NTRCA's 6th and 7th notices will be reassigned after a ministry-ordered deadline.
Ukraine would split if elections held during war: Zelensky
Zelensky warned that voting amid Russia's invasion would be a “tsunami” dividing the country, criticizing calls from ex-minister Mikhailo Fedorov to find a way to hold one.
New president moves into Bangabhaban with family
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and his wife, Rahat Ara Begum, took up residence at the presidential palace after a mounted-police welcome and a guard of honor.
Gazipur auto-rickshaw driver murder solved, three arrested
PBI says two men strangled and beat driver Ataur Rahman to death for his vehicle; his 75-year-old mother died of shock hours later on hearing the news.
No alternative to technical education: education minister
Dr. A N M Ehsanul Haque Milon told a TVET dialogue that four new engineering colleges are planned as part of a push to turn Bangladesh's population into skilled human resources.
PM orders promotions based on merit and integrity
Tareque Rahman told the 2026 navy and air force selection board to weigh professional competence and loyalty over political ideology, then toured Air Force installations.
Israel using phosphorus shells in Lebanon: report
Lebanon's state news agency reported heavy Israeli shelling and airstrikes across southern villages, as Amnesty International renewed warnings over white phosphorus.
Power outage leaves hundreds of families in uncertainty
A single night's power cut stopped aerators at a Sharsha fish farm, killing thousands of market-ready pabda and costing owners an estimated 155 million taka.
Call to halt imports of Israeli settlement goods
Labour MP Emily Thornberry urged the UK government to ban trade with West Bank settlements, saying individual sanctions alone won't curb settler violence.
No one will get away with wrongdoing at DU: vice-chancellor
Marking “Black Day,” VC A B M Obaidul Islam said the university will never forget the repression of teachers and students in August 2007.
Boy, 12, was killer Siddhartha’s brother’s playmate — that bond proved fatal
Police say the Rangpur family's youngest child recognized his father's killers from a childhood friendship, and was smothered to keep him from identifying them.
BGB launches awareness drive against push-ins on Chuadanga-Meherpur border
6 BGB used loudspeaker campaigns in border villages, urging residents to report suspicious activity and help ensure the safety of anyone pushed across the border.
Massive corruption blocking end of Ukraine war: former defense minister
Sacked minister Mikhailo Fedorov said networks tied to public funds have slowed decision-making, and alleged an anti-corruption probe touched Zelensky's own office.
Farmers break into warehouse, loot fertilizer in Kurigram
Farmers in Bhurungamari allege a dealer was hoarding urea to sell above the government price; police recovered part of the 190 sacks taken after a warehouse break-in.
New president begins work at Bangabhaban
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir received a mounted-police welcome and a guard of honor from the President's Guard Regiment on his first day of official duties.
Israel maintains secret contact with Turkey to avoid war
An Israeli defense official said Tel Aviv is exchanging messages with Ankara through covert channels after strikes in Syria raised tensions between the two countries.
Four killed at night in Rangpur, killers fled next afternoon after drug binge in between
Police say two young men high on yaba killed retired teacher Ganapati Chakraborty and his family after he caught them on his roof, then staged the scene as a robbery.
Fear grips Bangladeshi tourists fleeing Kolkata
After a hotel fire killed nine, including seven Bangladeshis, near New Market, tourists describe unlicensed guesthouses with no fire exits and are rushing home.
Security tightened in Dhaka’s diplomatic zone
DMP's diplomatic security unit says it suspects a scam behind threatening emails sent to the Chinese and Russian embassies, though monitoring has been reinforced.
Two cases filed after man tortured to death on suspicion of cattle theft in Kaliganj
Habib died after a mob hung him upside down and beat him in Jhenaidah's Kaliganj; a second man, Sumon, remains hospitalized as police investigate more than 200 unnamed suspects.
Britain’s aid to Bangladesh falls by more than 50 percent
A Sundarbans climate project is closing two years early after UK funding cuts, leaving about 20,000 people without expected support, The Independent reports.
CU announces likely admission test dates
Chittagong University's 2026-27 undergraduate admission tests will run from late January into February 2027, held for the first time in Dhaka and Rajshahi as well.
Bihar raises concerns over Farakka Treaty
India's foreign minister assured Bihar its long-standing complaints over Farakka Barrage water-sharing will be raised when the Bangladesh treaty comes up for renewal.
Three more children die of measles; total deaths rise to 933
DGHS reported 1,228 new measles infections and three more deaths in 24 hours, with the confirmed and suspected caseload since March 15 topping 149,500.
Energy crisis not the government’s fault, but a natural one: Rizvi
BNP acting secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said war, not the government, caused the recent gas and power shortages, and credited the administration with fixing them.
Local elections will follow constitutional rules: local government minister
Dr. Abdul Moyeen Khan said the government will not hold elections the way they were held under the previous administration, and will not tolerate corruption.
Trump posts map claiming Hormuz Strait as ‘US territory’
Iran rejected Trump's renewed claim over the strategic waterway and warned any country aiding Washington's sanctions campaign would be treated as an enemy.
Russia withdraws ambassador from Britain
Andrei Kelin quietly stepped down as Moscow's envoy in London in July with no successor named, deepening a diplomatic chill amid rising tensions over Ukraine.
No room left to bury the dead in Gaza
With more than 73,000 killed since October 2023 and dozens of cemeteries destroyed, families like Omar al-Sawahi's are burying relatives in overcrowded, unmarked graves.
Man killed by nephew in Kotchandpur
Police say Md Tabibur Rahman, 45, who had a mental disability, was fatally attacked by his uncle and a relative after he assaulted his aunt in a family dispute.
Armed forces chief tours secret underground missile factory
Iranian state media reported Maj. Gen. Ali Abdollahi's visit to an underground weapons complex, where he said suicide-drone production capacity has tripled.
IPDC Finance shares see 1.48 billion taka in trading
IPDC Finance topped DSE's weekly turnover list, closing at 33.80 taka after posting EPS of 1.11 taka for the year ended December 2025, up from 89 poisha.
More than 20,000 US troops sexually assaulted in 2025
A Pentagon report found an estimated 20,492 service members experienced sexual assault in fiscal 2025, even as harassment rates and victim counts declined from 2023.
Teachers, staff told to submit documents for retirement benefits
The Teachers' and Employees' Retirement Benefit Board asked applicants who haven't yet received payment to submit updated bank and ID documents, warning against brokers.