3+ hour, 12+ min ago   (213+ words) There is no requirement for any educational qualification to contest local government elections, LGRD State Minister Mir Shahe Alam said today. “The five laws governing our local government system do not impose any educational qualification as a requirement for contesting…...

11+ hour, 47+ min ago   (847+ words) Bangladesh's medicine policy has once again reached a crossroads, but the debate risks focusing on the wrong problem. The legal objection was reasonable. A policy of this magnitude should not bypass the statutory body created to vet it. But there…...

15+ hour, 11+ min ago   (345+ words) A total of 15,717 children were reported missing across Bangladesh between January and July this year, of whom 2,038 remain untraced, Police Headquarters (PHQ) said today. In a press release, the PHQ said 13,679 missing children were rescued or returned to their families…...

15+ hour, 28+ min ago   (148+ words) Laboni Akhter, 29, an entrepreneur from Shariatpur, began farming laboratory mice in 2024 with just Tk 2,500. With a postgraduate degree in zoology, she bought four Swiss Albino mice and two cages and began breeding them for research laboratories. Many were surprised and…...

17+ hour, 13+ min ago   (428+ words) At least 224 students died by suicide in the first eight months of 2026, according to data from Aachol Foundation. Schoolgoers accounted for most reported deaths, while more than half of the deceased were female students. Among the deceased, 117 were schoolgoers, 50 university…...

6+ hour, 18+ min ago   (158+ words) Police recovered the body of a seven-year-old girl from under soil at a house in Madarganj upazila of Jamalpur early today, three days after she went missing. The deceased, Mariam Akter, daughter of Bahadur Ali of the Charlotabor area, was…...

6+ hour, 57+ min ago   (217+ words) Four people, including the bride’s brother and sister, were killed and seven others injured when a lorry hit a microbus carrying relatives returning home after a wedding programme in Karnaphuli upazila in Chattogram early today. The accident occurred around 2:00am on…...

13+ hour, 26+ min ago   (394+ words) With the local government polls approaching, the Election Commission has banned posters for campaigning while allowing limited use of billboards for the first time in the electoral history of local bodies. Banners, festoons, handbills and leaflets will be allowed if…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (162+ words) The High Court today rejected two petitions filed by Grameen Kalyan challenging National Board of Revenue (NBR) orders reassessing around Tk 666 crore in income tax for different tax years. Grameen Kalyan is a non-profit and charitable organisation founded by former…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (342+ words) Former ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, who is currently in jail in connection with different cases, was released on five-hour parole today following the death of his mother. Chattogram District Deputy Commissioner (DC) Mohammad Zahidul Islam Mia ordered his release…...