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4 cops injured in attack during anti-narcotics drive in Gazipur, 10 held

, Jan. 1 -- Four policemen were injured in an attack by a group of drug peddlers during an anti-narcotics drive in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur district early Thursday. Two of the injured were identifi... Read More


Sammilito Islami Bank starts restoring customer access

Dhaka, Jan. 1 -- Banking operations returned to normal on Thursday as five troubled Islamic banks in Bangladesh officially merged under a single entity, Sammilito Islami Bank, allowing depositors to a... Read More


Over 24 lakh students of mosque-based education project receive textbooks

, Jan. 1 -- A total of 24.30 lakh students under the Mosque-based Children and Mass Education project received their textbooks for the new academic year on Thursday. Religious Affairs Adviser Dr AFM ... Read More


E-cigarettes, emerging tobacco products fully banned in Bangladesh

, Jan. 1 -- cigarettes, vapes and other emerging tobacco products have been completely banned in Bangladesh as the Smoking and Tobacco Products Use Control (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 has come into ef... Read More


BPL drops Chattogram leg, revised schedule extends Sylhet phase

, Jan. 1 -- The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) will not be played in Chattogram this season, with the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) revising the tournament schedule and shifting all fixtures origina... Read More


India's Defence Minister condoles death of former PM Khaleda Zia

Dhaka, Jan. 1 -- India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visited the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi and expressed his condolences over the death of Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Khaleda Z... Read More


'Polli Kobi' Jasimuddin's 123rd birth anniversary today

Faridpur, Jan. 1 -- The 123rd birth anniversary of famous poet and litterateur Jasimuddin, widely revered as the 'Polli Kobi', is being observed on Thursday. The poet was born on this day in 1903 at ... Read More


Mild cold wave sweeps parts of Bangladesh: BMD

, Jan. 1 -- A mild cold wave is sweeping over parts of the country and it may abate in some places, Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said on Thursday. According to the Met office bulletin, ... Read More


Woman arrested with 300 yaba tablets in Sylhet

Sylhet, Jan. 1 -- Police in Sylhet's Gowainghat upazila arrested a woman with 300 yaba tablets on Monday night. The woman, identified as 30-year-old Sapna Begum, was arrested around 10:45 pm in Moham... Read More


Bangladesh cuts fuel prices by Tk 2 a litre at start of 2026

, Jan. 1 -- Bangladesh cut retail fuel prices by Tk 2 a litre from January 1, reversing an increase imposed a month earlier as part of its automatic fuel pricing mechanism. The Energy and Mineral Res... Read More