Rajshahi City Corporation launches special drive to clean roads and drains
Rajshahi City Corporation has begun a special cleanliness drive, clearing weeds, mud and rubbish from roads, footpaths and drains to keep the city clean.
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Children of Jashore journalist families shine in SSC results
Several children of journalist families in Jashore have secured strong results in the 2026 SSC examinations, from GPA-5s to satisfactory passes.
Teenage student dies in Bheramara; police open unnatural-death case
A teenage school student has died in Bheramara, Kushtia, and police have registered an unnatural-death case, officers say.
Jamaat women's wing alleges attack on women's Quran gathering in Kushtia
Jamaat-e-Islami's women's wing has alleged that women were harassed and assaulted at a Quran gathering in Mirpur, Kushtia, and demanded the arrest of those involved. The claims are untested.
Players receiving lakh-taka allowances cannot play informal matches, minister says
Youth and Sports State Minister Aminul Haque questioned national footballers' participation in local informal matches while receiving monthly government sports allowances.
Fortis make history by reaching AFC Challenge League group stage
Fortis FC beat Kyrgyzstan's Muras United 1-0 in Dhaka to reach the AFC Challenge League group stage in their first continental campaign.
Three killed as bus collides with sand truck in Chandpur
Three people were killed and 15 injured when a passenger bus collided head-on with a sand truck in Shahrashti upazila, police said.
Chhatra League accused of setting fire to July memorial in Kushtia
Police visited a July memorial in Kushtia after a video circulated showing a man allegedly celebrating Sheikh Hasina and rejecting the July uprising.
Two MPs meet Satkhira district council chairman
Satkhira-1 MP Izzatullah and Satkhira-2 MP Abdul Khalek met the district council chairman to discuss development and water-management projects.
BNP activists vandalise UNO office in Gaibandha over family-card hiring list
Activists vandalised the upazila nirbahi officer's office in Fulchhari, Gaibandha, demanding the cancellation of a hiring list for family-card work they said favoured Awami League people.
Police detain three in Jashore's Chougachha, including two Awami League leaders
Police in Chougachha, Jashore, have detained three people, including two Awami League leaders, one of them a fugitive accused in a murder case.
Olympic Industries to buy 102 decimals of land in Araihazar for Tk2.29 crore
Listed company Olympic Industries PLC will buy 102 decimals of land in Narayanganj's Araihazar for Tk2.2950 crore to expand its business, the Dhaka Stock Exchange says.
Bhumi Pednekar takes food and solar lamps to flood-hit Assam
Bollywood actress Bhumi Pednekar has travelled to flood-hit Assam, handing families food, essentials and solar lamps and sharing the experience on Instagram.
Tasnim Sinha takes over as managing director of ACME Laboratories
Tasnim Sinha has taken over as managing director of the listed pharmaceutical company ACME Laboratories Ltd, effective 10 August, the Dhaka Stock Exchange says.
Actress Sohana Saba reveals she remarried a year and a half ago
The actress Sohana Saba has said she married again about a year and a half ago, to Faisal, after a relationship of nearly five and a half years.
Government ready to give investors every support, PM tells AmCham
There is a favourable investment climate in Bangladesh and the government is ready to give foreign investors all kinds of support, Prime Minister Tareque Rahman told a visiting AmCham delegation.
Businessman's Chattogram home shot at hours after Tk50 lakh extortion demand
Two rounds were fired at an expatriate businessman's house in Chattogram's Panchlaish hours after his son received a Tk50 lakh extortion demand from a foreign WhatsApp number, police say.
Parliament's third session to begin 27 August
The third session of the 13th National Parliament will begin at 3pm on 27 August, convened by acting president Hafiz Uddin Ahmad.
Analysis: Can Dhaka and Delhi move past Sheikh Hasina's long shadow?
Ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina's remarks in New Delhi have again strained Bangladesh-India ties. The two capitals now need careful, forward-looking diplomacy to move beyond her shadow.
Milkvita raises milk price by Tk10 a litre, citing higher costs
Milkvita has raised the price of its milk by Tk10 a litre from 5 August, citing higher collection and processing costs, its producer cooperative says.
Fertiliser dealerships to drop the BCIC-BADC divide under revised policy
The agriculture ministry has ordered a revised 2025 fertiliser-dealer policy that scraps the separate BCIC and BADC dealerships for a single, unified system and abolishes the sub-dealer network.
Girl who sat SSC exams with father's body at home earns GPA-5, dreams of civil service
With failures running high in the SSC humanities stream, Ritu Khatun of Chougachha — who sat her exams while her cancer-stricken father's body lay at home — has secured a GPA-5. Having lost the…
Chhatra Dal and Shibir reach understanding at Dhaka Alia, agree to coexist
A reconciliation meeting has been held to defuse recent tensions between activists of Chhatra Dal and Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir on the Dhaka Alia Madrasa campus. Leaders of both organisations agreed to ensure a…
Teacher recruitment to go to managing committees; ministry decision 'final'
The Education Ministry has taken a "final" decision to hand the power to recruit teachers at private educational institutions to their managing committees or governing bodies. As a result, the Non-Government Teachers' Registration and…
BGB operation on Naikhongchhari border seizes 246,000 yaba pills, pistol and bullets
In a special operation on the Ghumdhum border of Naikhongchhari upazila in Bandarban, the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized nearly 246,000 yaba pills, a foreign pistol and five rounds of ammunition after acting…
Father passes SSC at 54 after raising a doctor son and nurse daughter
Having raised his son to be a doctor and his daughter a nurse, a 54-year-old father has fulfilled his own unfinished dream by passing the SSC exam. Ali Akbar sat the 2026 exam under…
Police SI found dead in Mirsarai hotel room; wife, infant found injured
Police have recovered the body of a sub-inspector, Aminul Islam, 35, found hanging in a Mirsarai hotel room, with his wife and 10-month-old child found injured in the same room; the cause is under…
SSC and equivalent results out; overall pass rate 62.25%
This year's SSC and equivalent results have been published, with an average pass rate of 62.25% across the 11 education boards and 116,676 students earning GPA-5.
Beyond garments, Bangladesh eyes NZ market for medicines and IT
Bangladesh has taken new steps to expand non-garment exports — pharmaceuticals, IT, jute, leather and textiles — to New Zealand, and to attract NZ investment in agri-tech, dairy processing and the cold chain.
Time to rebuild this fragile state, PM Tareque Rahman says at SDG conference
Prime Minister Tareque Rahman says the time has come to rebuild a Bangladesh left fragile by “fascist” rule, aligning national development with the SDGs through a five-year strategic economic framework.
Lalmonirhat farmers block highway demanding fertiliser at fair price
Several thousand Aman farmers blocked the Lalmonirhat-Burimari highway at Kaliganj demanding adequate fertiliser at government-set prices, before clearing after the UNO promised distribution within two days.
Bangladesh Bank warns lenders on deducting tax at source on deposit interest
Bangladesh Bank has warned banks to deduct tax at source correctly on interest paid on deposits and to deposit it into the state treasury on time, and to properly preserve the records.
India's RAW chief Parag Jain arrives in Dhaka on official visit
The head of India's external intelligence agency RAW, Parag Jain, has arrived in Dhaka on an official visit as Delhi and Dhaka work to normalise ties, a diplomatic source says.
Bangladeshi killed at Kulaura border; BSF withholds body after 36 hours
More than 36 hours after Tara Miah (20) was shot dead by India's BSF at the Alinagar border in Kulaura, the BSF has still not returned his body. As of Monday afternoon, no information…
Eight held with drugs in separate Alamdanga raids
Police have arrested eight people wanted in various cases, including drug cases, in special raids at different places in Alamdanga, Chuadanga, on Monday morning, recovering Tapentadol tablets and cannabis.
14 audit objections on 430-crore-taka haor schools project
A 430-crore-taka project to upgrade school infrastructure in Kishoreganj's haor region is dogged by slow progress, construction defects, weak supervision and procurement delays, an IMED study finds, with 14 audit objections flagging some 34.23…
Drug dealer held with 97 bottles of Phensidyl in Benapole
Benapole Port police have arrested Md Sujan Mondal (31) with 97 bottles of illegal Winserex cough syrup (Phensidyl) in a special raid in Jashore, also seizing an Android phone allegedly used to sell drugs.
Chougachha girl who sat SSC with father's body at home earns GPA-5; higher study in doubt
With failures running high in the SSC humanities stream, Ritu Khatun of Chougachha — who sat her exams while her cancer-stricken father's body lay at home — has secured a GPA-5. Having lost the…
Broiler farmer mysteriously missing from his farm in Chuadanga
A broiler poultry farmer, Rajabul Islam (39), has gone mysteriously missing from Osmanpur village in Alamdanga upazila, Chuadanga, while staying overnight at his own farm. He had messaged his wife that he was frightened…
42 more loan-defaulter groups tied to money laundering
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has identified 42 loan-defaulter groups that laundered money abroad after taking bank loans. Some $221.9 million of laundering by four of them has been traced, and banks have…
Internationally renowned painter SM Sultan's birthday today
Today marks the 103rd birthday of the internationally renowned painter SM Sultan, born on 10 August 1924 in Machimdia, Narail. Known as the "painter of soil and people", Sultan won the Ekushey Padak and…
Islami Bank files 500-crore-taka embezzlement complaint against Chuppu
Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC has filed a formal complaint with the Anti-Corruption Commission against former president Md Sahabuddin Chuppu, S Alam and 38 others over the alleged embezzlement of 500 crore taka in the…
Frequent load-shedding torments life in Kushtia
Severe power load-shedding — 40% to 60% over 24 hours — has left people in Kushtia in distress, with the elderly, children, the sick and power-dependent businesses hit hardest amid intense heat.
Election-irregularity allegations in Satkhira-1; Jamaat hits back
BNP's defeated candidate in Satkhira-1, Habibul Islam Habib, has alleged vote-rigging in the last national election and branded a local Jamaat leader a "Rajshahi University terrorist". Kolaroa Jamaat has rejected the claims as "entirely…
Jashore board SSC results decline; pass rate falls 7.42 points
The Jashore Education Board 2026 SSC pass rate is 66.27 percent, down from 73.69 percent a year earlier, with GPA-5 numbers also lower.
Trade deficit hits three-year high
Bangladesh's trade deficit has risen to a three-year high of $27.28 billion in FY2025-26, up 34% in a year, as import costs rose sharply and export earnings fell. Strong remittances of a record $35.58…
16 Bangladeshis killed in Riyadh sofa-factory fire, embassy says
Sixteen people, all Bangladeshis, were killed in a fire at a sofa factory in an industrial area of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the Bangladesh embassy in Riyadh says.
Chinese man travels to Jashore village over an online friendship
A 42-year-old Chinese man, Yu Liangliang, travelled from China to a remote village in Jashore's Manirampur to meet a young woman he had befriended online three months earlier, drawing crowds of curious onlookers.
SSC and equivalent results out at 10am today; here's how to check
This year's SSC and equivalent exam results will be published at 10am on Monday, 10 August; students can check via the education board websites, SMS or their institution.
Chuadanga holds monthly law-and-order committee meeting
Chuadanga's district law-and-order committee held its monthly meeting, reviewing the overall law-and-order situation, public safety and other issues, chaired by the deputy commissioner.
Probe committees formed over poor saplings in Chuadanga planting drive
Two committees have been formed to investigate allegations of poor-quality saplings and bamboo poles supplied for the tree-planting programme in Chuadanga, after media reports on the matter.
Green chilli price halves in Benapole markets after India imports resume
Green chilli prices have fallen by half in markets in Jashore's Sharsha, including Benapole, from 300 taka a kg five days ago to 150-180 taka now, after 80 tonnes were imported from India through…
PM Tareque Rahman urges energy-source diversity on Matarbari plant visit
Prime Minister Tareque Rahman urged ensuring a diversity of energy sources while visiting the 1,200 MW Matarbari coal power plant in Cox's Bazar, stressing economic viability, environmental impact and the public's long-term interest.
Opposition now speaks 'Hasina's language,' minister Mirza Fakhrul says in Rangpur
Local Government Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told an event in Rangpur that the opposition had begun speaking in the same language as Sheikh Hasina, and urged the region to back the ruling BNP…
Jashore grower turns white sandalwood 'green gold' into a rooftop enterprise
In Jashore, Sajjad Hossen is raising some 350 rare white sandalwood plants on his rooftop and about 4,000 saplings in a nursery, in what he hopes is the start of a valuable new agricultural…
Rights groups say hundreds detained in Bengaluru in 'Bangladeshi' drive
Four civil-rights, lawyers' and workers' groups allege that hundreds of migrant workers, including women and children, were detained across Bengaluru in a drive to identify 'Bangladeshis,' with claims of illegal detention and beatings.
Kushtia literary-cultural council holds discussion meeting
The Kushtia Sahitya Sangskritik Sangsad held a discussion meeting and dua mahfil in Kushtia, with speakers and young artists marking the occasion.
Poly net houses bring quality vegetable seedlings to waterlogged Khulna
In the waterlogged Bil Dakatia belt of Khulna, poly net house technology is letting farmers produce quality vegetable seedlings locally, turning a limitation into a new opportunity in Dumuria upazila.
BNP activists besiege Kumarkhali UNO office over family-card hiring
BNP and Chhatra Dal activists besieged the Kumarkhali UNO's office and burned her effigy, demanding family-card enumerator and supervisor jobs and alleging that Awami League and Jamaat people were hired; the UNO denied the…
Kushtia's bamboo craft has promise but artisans quit as raw bamboo runs short
Some 500 families in Kushtia live off bamboo crafts, but a shortage of raw bamboo is hitting the cottage industry, and many artisans are leaving the trade, even as BSCIC moves to strengthen the…