3+ hour, 42+ 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…...

2+ hour, 50+ 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…...

3+ hour, 20+ 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…...

5+ hour, 34+ min ago   (195+ words) The Daily Star New York commemorated the 25th anniversary of the devastating September 11, 2001 attacks yesterday with a ceremony marked by controversy over President Donald Trump’s absence and right-wing outrage over the attendance of the city’s first Muslim mayor. In an unusual…...

6+ hour, 1+ min ago   (231+ words) A fire damaged the internal server of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna, disrupting internet services at the plant for the past two days, officials said yesterday. The fire also damaged official documents, but officials said there was no…...

6+ hour, 3+ min ago   (846+ words) The third session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad, although shorter than the first two, offered several indications of the difficulties ahead. Tensions between the treasury and opposition benches became evident as the ruling party pushed through bills despite objections and denied…...

6+ hour, 41+ min ago   (273+ words) Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh today demanded amendments to the recently passed Transfer of Property (Amendment) Bill, 2026, claiming that its provisions concerning “hiba”, or gifts under Muslim law, conflict with the Quran and Sunnah. The organisation made the demand at an emergency meeting…...

8+ hour, 31+ min ago   (592+ words) Media policymakers have voiced concern about the proposed amendments to the Cyber Security Act, saying that certain provisions could potentially be misused against the media and other sectors. Leading industry figures have sought safeguards for the press after pointing out…...

9+ hour, 54+ min ago   (301+ words) Pulak Chatterjee, a former general secretary of the Barishal Press Club and former bureau chief of Bangla daily Samakal, was found dead at the newspaper’s Barishal bureau office this evening. Mamun-ul Islam, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station, said a journalist…...

8+ hour, 21+ min ago   (370+ words) President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today laid the foundation stone of Thakurgaon University, fulfilling a decades-old demand for a public university in the district. He laid the foundation stone at Maheshali village in Jamalpur union of Thakurgaon Sadar upazila around…...