6+ hour, 11+ min ago   (246+ words) Some low-lying areas in Chapainawabganj have been inundated as water levels in the Padma, Mahananda and Punarbhaba rivers continued to rise yesterday due to an onrush of water from upstream, leaving over 4,000 families waterlogged. Over the past 24 hours till yesterday…...

4+ hour, 40+ min ago   (256+ words) A Bangladeshi man, who was injured in firing by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) across the border in Thakurgaon’s Pirganj upazila, died yesterday while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Uttar Dinajpur district, in India’s West Bengal. The deceased was…...

7+ hour, 8+ min ago   (165+ words) Ten Bangladeshis, who went missing after a boat capsized in the Padma river in Alimnagar Ghat area of Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila today, have been rescued from Indian waters by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF). However, another person who was…...

6+ hour, 19+ min ago   (384+ words) The government will take steps to align Bangla- and English-medium curricula and establish common minimum standards for students’ basic knowledge and skills, State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Bobby Hajjaj said today. He said students should receive a common…...

12+ hour, 3+ min ago   (353+ words) Three teachers of a madrasa in Gazipur have been arrested for allegedly beating two students and burning them with a hot iron. The arrestees are Mawlana Shoyeb Hossain, 26, director of Al-Madrasatu Darut Taqwa madrasa; Habibur Rahman, 26, of Mymensingh’s Trishal upazila;…...

11+ hour, 33+ min ago   (107+ words) The Daily Star A court in Habiganj yesterday sentenced two men to death for raping and murdering a girl in Nabiganj upazila, Habiganj, in 2021. Judge Syeda Minhaj Um Munira of Habiganj Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-3 handed down the…...

8+ hour, 44+ min ago   (133+ words) Three children, including two siblings, drowned in rainwater accumulated in a field in Pabna Sadar upazila today. The incident occurred around 2:00pm in Dashpara village under Chartarapur union. The deceased were identified as Sumi Khatun, 7; Khalid Hossain, 8, and his sister Afia…...

12+ hour, 45+ min ago   (338+ words) A pistol, two magazines and 20 rounds of ammunition looted from Araihazar Police Station during the mass uprising in August 2024 were found in a mosque near the police station today. The weapons and ammunition were recovered from Araihazar Bazar Mosque this…...

11+ hour, 53+ min ago   (532+ words) State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir yesterday said Bangladesh wants to “reset” its ties with India after what he described as an “uncomfortable” relationship over 15 years under an “authoritarian, corrupt and exploitative” regime. “We want to move towards a…...

12+ hour, 23+ min ago   (892+ words) The government has proposed amendments to the Cyber Security Act 2026, criminalising defamation and introducing prison terms and fines for “humiliation” and “bullying”, significantly expanding the range of online expression punishable under the law. If adopted, the changes, proposed by the…...