News

Bangladesh, US open new chapter in ties: Says Khosru

Diplomatic Correspondent

Power price hike hearin: PDB gets flak from consumers

Asifur Rahman

Govt will begin work on Teesta project: PM

BSS, Gazipur

Govt in talks with IMF for fresh $5b loan

Rejaul Karim Byron

Govt okays Tk 95cr for NTMC’s new equipment

Staff Correspondent

Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar. Star file photo/Anisur Rahman

UN, partners seek $710m for Rohingyas

Diplomatic Correspondent

Politics

BNP-Jamaat activists clash over Qurbani cattle market leasing in Netrokona

5 hour(s) ago Politics

Three injured in Purbadhala Upazila Parishad; leasing process suspended after police intervention

'Awami League's return': Asif Nazrul responds to Mahfuj Alam's post

8 hour(s) ago Politics

Awami League 'was always here,' says Nazrul

Supreme Court secretariat dissolve in Bangladesh

Opposition slams govt for dissolving Supreme Court Secretariat

9 hour(s) ago Politics

Jamaat ameer accuses government of undermining judicial independence

Jamaat draws up initial structure of shadow cabinet

20 May 2026, 00:00 AM Politics

NCP leader resigns, accuses party of right‑wing tilt

18 May 2026, 23:47 PM Politics

No violence, but not fair: Jamaat leader Azad on national election

18 May 2026, 21:38 PM Politics

Get ready to play effective role in parliament, PM tells BNP reserved seat MPs

18 May 2026, 20:16 PM Politics

Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin speaks at a programme today at the Election Training Institute (ETI) in Dhaka's Agargaon. Photo: Ahmed Deepto

CEC wants ‘bloodless’ local polls, urges parties to cooperate

18 May 2026, 18:28 PM Politics

NCP accuses Ctg mayor of ‘lying’ over July graffiti erasure

18 May 2026, 18:16 PM Politics

Islami Andolan announces mayoral candidates for Dhaka city corporations

18 May 2026, 17:06 PM Politics

Patwary alleges ‘election engineering’, threatens EC shake-up

18 May 2026, 15:25 PM Politics

Constitution amendment: BNP to again ask opposition to join panel

18 May 2026, 00:00 AM Politics

Movement to continue in house and on the streets

17 May 2026, 00:00 AM Politics

Crime & Justice

Brutality laid bare

5 hour(s) ago Crime & Justice

The accused in the gruesome murder of eight-year-old Ramisa Akter in the capital’s Pallabi on Tuesday confessed before a magistrate yesterday to raping and killing the child.

Woman found dead at in-laws’ house; family alleges dowry murder

7 hour(s) ago Crime & Justice

Police say Rajlaxmi’s husband has been absconding with their two-year-old child since the incident in Shariatpur

Prime accused arrested over murder of 9-year-old Ramim in Narsingdi

8 hour(s) ago Crime & Justice

Reaction / Before we called her a victim, she was a child

9 hour(s) ago Crime & Justice

SC upholds ex-chief justice Khairul's HC bail, no bar to his release

11 hour(s) ago Crime & Justice

Four sentenced to death, nine to life term in army officer Lt Tanjim murder case

11 hour(s) ago Crime & Justice

Neighbour confesses to rape, murder of 8-year-old in Pallabi: Police

20 May 2026, 16:51 PM Crime & Justice

Bidisha Ershad sentenced to 2 years in jail in fraud case

20 May 2026, 16:03 PM Crime & Justice

Prime suspect arrested in Dhaka murder of Saudi returnee

20 May 2026, 15:33 PM Crime & Justice

8-year-old girl found beheaded

20 May 2026, 00:00 AM Crime & Justice

Accidents & Fires

Boy dies after falling from train roof in Dhaka's Banani

7 hour(s) ago

Fire at Khulna Medical College Hospital triggers panic; ICU patient dies during evacuation

20 May 2026, 15:40 PM

Seven killed in road accidents across three districts in 24 hours

20 May 2026, 13:38 PM

2 children of a family drowned

20 May 2026, 00:00 AM

Fire at Bijoy Sarani market brought under control

19 May 2026, 09:11 AM

‘Road accidents in Bangladesh are preventable’

17 May 2026, 00:00 AM

N’ganj gas blast: Last family member dies

16 May 2026, 00:00 AM

Mother dies trying to save toddler after motorcycle fall in Chattogram

16 May 2026, 00:38 AM

Lightning strikes kill 3 in two districts

15 May 2026, 20:35 PM

Fatullah gas explosion death toll rises to 2 as teen dies after father

15 May 2026, 19:54 PM

Saudi, UAE returnees killed as truck hits motorcycle in Brahmanbaria

15 May 2026, 19:37 PM

Last survivor of Narayanganj gas explosion dies

15 May 2026, 13:25 PM

Narayanganj gas explosion: Two siblings die after father, sister

14 May 2026, 13:03 PM

A 12-year-old boy and his seven-year-old sister died at a hospital in Dhaka four days after they, along with their family members, suffered burns in a gas explosion at a residential building in Fatullah, Narayanganj, on May 10.

‘I just want to know where my husband is’

14 May 2026, 00:00 AM

A man from Mongla upazila in Bagerhat has remained missing for over a month, his family alleged yesterday.

Narayanganj gas blast: 7-year-old girl dies two days after father

13 May 2026, 20:58 PM

Kotha died with 52 percent burns

12 injured in gas explosion at power plant canteen in Narayanganj

13 May 2026, 14:58 PM

The severity of their burn injuries is still being determined. Details will be provided later

Bodies of two missing madrasa students recovered from DND lake in Narayanganj

12 May 2026, 12:27 PM

They went missing while bathing in the lake

Governance

Advisory committee to finalise media reform proposals: Info minister

10 hour(s) ago Governance

Zahir Uddin Swapan says the government will act as a stakeholder and coordinator, not the sole driver of reform

Discipline vital to maintaining public trust in forces: PM

20 May 2026, 13:44 PM Governance

Tarique Rahman asks Ansar-VDP members to uphold chain of command and professionalism in duties

Mirana Mahrukh made Power Division secretary

19 May 2026, 18:27 PM Governance

Govt plans to begin local government elections from September–October

19 May 2026, 14:56 PM Governance

PM to lead new high-level committee on national security, social stability

18 May 2026, 19:44 PM Governance

Rab may get new law or new identity: Home minister

18 May 2026, 17:01 PM Governance

Editors’ Council submits list of 282 journalists to PM, flags murder cases against 94

17 May 2026, 17:29 PM Governance

PM leaves Dhaka for Chandpur visit

16 May 2026, 10:28 AM Governance

Government offices to remain open May 23 ahead of Eid‑ul‑Azha holidays

14 May 2026, 19:13 PM Governance

Govt to launch ‘Shishu Swarga’ for children with special needs

13 May 2026, 19:18 PM Governance

Education

DUET ‘shutdown’ over VC appointment enters seventh day

20 May 2026, 14:26 PM

Pakistani officials ask what drove Bangladesh’s literacy progress

19 May 2026, 21:45 PM

Section of JU students demand arrest in attempted rape case, condemn targeting of proctor

18 May 2026, 16:13 PM

Blockade enforced at Duet as section of students reject VC appointment

18 May 2026, 12:55 PM

new primary education curriculum in Bangladesh

Primary students to get new curriculum in 2028: Bobby Hajjaj

17 May 2026, 19:57 PM

More Education

Healthcare

Ex-DG of DGHS Mohammad Abul Faiz wins WHO public health prize

3 hour(s) ago

‘Would you eat it?’ Health minister blasts hospital kitchen over patient meals

10 hour(s) ago

Hypertension now a ‘silent killer’

17 May 2026, 00:00 AM

You don’t have PCOS, but you have PMOS

17 May 2026, 00:00 AM

As measles spreads, vitamin A emerges as a lifesaving shield

17 May 2026, 00:00 AM

More Healthcare

Migration

Qatar seeks more skilled Bangladeshi workers for development projects

18 May 2026, 18:55 PM

Dhaka division receives half of Bangladesh’s March remittance: Central Bank report

17 May 2026, 17:10 PM

Analysis / Move for zero-cost recruitment to Malaysia raises hope

3 May 2026, 14:20 PM

Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh

174 Bangladeshis return from Libya

23 April 2026, 16:44 PM

Missions working 24/7 to protect Bangladeshis in war-hit countries: Shama Obaed

12 April 2026, 18:06 PM

More Migration

Transport

Launch a basic Dhaka-Gazipur bus rapid transit service

18 May 2026, 20:33 PM

Commuters suffer as bus strike resumes in Habiganj

17 May 2026, 18:54 PM

Road collapse before opening: GCC reinstates two engineers suspended by state minister

13 May 2026, 20:58 PM

Eid-ul-Azha 2026 train tickets Bangladesh

Rush for Eid train tickets: 33 lakh online attempts in 15 minutes

13 May 2026, 17:01 PM

Commuters continue to suffer as bus strike on Habiganj-Sylhet routes enters second day

13 May 2026, 12:56 PM

More Transport

Technology

Next Step / Bangladeshi-born founder’s startup raises $51 million in series B

Next Step Desk

19 May 2026, 15:14 PM Tech & Startup

Next Step / Nectar Social raises $30 million Series A to build AI operating system for marketing teams

Next Step Desk

19 May 2026, 15:08 PM Tech & Startup

Nectar Social, an AI-powered platform that automates marketing workflows across social media, creator management, and commerce, has raised $30 million in a Series A round led by Menlo Ventures and its Anthology Fund, which was established in partnership with Anthropic.

Views / When machines lie with confidence

Palash Mallik

5 hour(s) ago Tech & Startup

From phantom airline discounts to silent hiring rejections, automated systems are making consequential decisions that no human seems prepared to defend.