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Fuel prices hold steady for another month

Dhaka, Oct. 29 -- Fuel prices will remain unchanged in November, marking a second consecutive month without a revision after the government again raised rates in September. An order issued by the Ene... Read More


Rooppur gets go-ahead for power startup

Dhaka, Oct. 29 -- Bangladesh has cleared another hurdle towards generating power at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, authorising its first unit to begin power startup after physical-startup tests. Th... Read More


PM's flight leaves Japan after five-hour delay

Dhaka, Oct. 29 -- Bangladesh's national carrier has flown Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and his entourage out of Japan after a five-hour delay caused by a mechanical fault. The flight departed Narita... Read More


'Midnight parting': What Tahsif's friend says happened

Dhaka, Oct. 29 -- Retired Air Force flight lieutenant Tahsif Souri left home on Tuesday evening after a call from Ahmed Shahriar Reza Dwip and stayed with him until around midnight, Dwip has said. Dw... Read More


5 of a family injured in Gazipur gas blast

Dhaka, Oct. 29 -- Five members of a family have sustained burn injuries in an explosion caused by gas that had accumulated inside a room in Gazipur's Kashimpur. Doctors at the National Institute of B... Read More


Pentagon releases photo of top-secret Chinese spacecraft

Dhaka, Oct. 29 -- The United States has published a declassified, high-resolution photograph of a top-secret Chinese space plane currently orbiting Earth, reports The Independent. Captured in 2024 by... Read More


Bangladesh claw back with late wickets

Dhaka, Oct. 29 -- Bangladesh's morning collapse threatened to hand West Indies control, but three late wickets hauled the hosts back before rain and bad light ended the second day in Mirpur. West Ind... Read More


Raihan murder in police outpost: Ex-SI Akbar to die

Dhaka, Oct. 29 -- A Sylhet court has sentenced dismissed police sub-inspector Akbar Hossain Bhuiyan, the prime suspect in the murder case of Raihan Ahmed, who was tortured to death at the Bandarbazar ... Read More


PM's Biman flight delayed by technical glitch

Dhaka, Oct. 29 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and his entourage's flight from Japan to Bangladesh has been delayed due to a technical glitch. A senior official from Biman's flight operations depart... Read More


Thakurgaon by-election voting ends

Dhaka, Oct. 29 -- Voting has ended on schedule in the Thakurgaon-1 by-election, held after Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir became president and vacated the seat. Counting began after 4pm on Thursday, sai... Read More