Workers left out of FY26 budget priorities

The proposed budget for the fiscal year 2025-26 has drawn criticism from the government-appointed Labour Reform Commission, which had earlier called for formal recognition of workers and stronger financial and legal safeguards.
21 June 2025, 18:00 PM

Freelancing lifts Rabbani out of despair

Confined to a wheelchair with no control over his lower body and limited movement in both his arms, 23-year-old Golam Rabbani of Patuakhali’s Kalapara has defied all odds to become a successful freelancer, now earning around Tk 50,000 a month.
20 June 2025, 21:10 PM

DSHE urges schools, colleges to launch anti-covid, dengue awareness drives

The authority also instructed to engage both teachers and students in the campaigns
15 June 2025, 12:18 PM

BFF boss outlines 6-month roadmap

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president Tabith Awal faced the media yesterday in an extended press conference that lasted over two hours at a convention hall in the capital -- his most elaborate interaction since taking charge last October..While the agenda officially revolved aroun
15 June 2025, 03:30 AM

Youth killed, 10 injured in Narsingdi clash

A youth was killed and at least 10 others, including police personnel, were injured in a clash between residents of two villages in Narsingdi’s Belabo upazila yesterday morning.
12 June 2025, 19:58 PM

Interim govt adopts data-driven strategy to boost jobs for marginalised groups

The reallocation within labour programmes reflects a clear policy shift
12 June 2025, 11:29 AM

Children among 5 drown in 3 dists

At least five people, including two children, drowned in Kishoreganj, Sylhet, and Tangail districts yesterday.
11 June 2025, 18:53 PM
10 June 2025, 15:27 PM

13 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hrs

one Covid-19-related death was recorded on Thursday
10 June 2025, 14:36 PM

Main Eid congregation held at National Eidgah

With due religious solemnity and fervour, the main congregation of Eid-ul-Azha was held at the National Eidgah.
7 June 2025, 04:45 AM
5 June 2025, 13:25 PM

Dhaka’s silent sole keepers: Cobblers of the street

In Dhaka, we live almost a vertical life!
3 June 2025, 18:31 PM

Justice for hanged Jamaat leaders first, then reforms, polls

Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mujibur Rahman yesterday said those behind the “killings of party leaders in the name of justice” during the Awami League’s regime should be tried first, before reforms and polls.
31 May 2025, 21:33 PM

Yunus leaves Japan wrapping up four-day tour

He departed from Narita International Airport for Dhaka at 11:20am (Tokyo time) on a Singapore Airlines flight
31 May 2025, 03:11 AM

Boat movement suspended in Kaptai Lake

Rangamati DC Mohammad Habib Ullah confirmed the development
30 May 2025, 12:37 PM

48th special BCS circular published

Online applications will open at 10:00am on June 1
29 May 2025, 12:54 PM

BSF pushes back 40 through Moulvibazar, Habiganj

21 were detained in Moulvibazar, 19 in Habiganj
26 May 2025, 14:45 PM

Govt to bring back admission tests for polytechnic institutes from 2025–26

Move aims to improve academic standards, says technical education secretary
26 May 2025, 12:19 PM

Cotton waste being used as cattle feed!

Cotton bundles are purchased from abroad to make yarn at spinning mills
24 May 2025, 11:46 AM

A wall’s eye-view diary of a neighbourhood

Every locality in this city has stories, and none seem to speak louder than the anecdotes shared by walls! Case in point: Shantinagar! Having lived here for over four decades, I am no stranger to the tales they offer, and curiously, these narratives are ever-changing.
23 May 2025, 18:53 PM
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