Dhaka, May 8 -- Lutfur Rahman, the controversial local government leader who formed a new party called Aspire after leaving Labour, has been re-elected executive mayor of Tower Hamlets at the heart of... Read More
Dhaka, May 8 -- A Bangladeshi-origin Labour politician has become the new mayor of Newham, a London borough that is home to a sizeable population of migrants, including Bengalis. Voting was held on T... Read More
Dhaka, May 8 -- A housewife has been killed in Manikchhari Upazila of Khagrachhari. Police have arrested her husband in the incident. The body of the housewife was recovered from the East Gachchhabil... Read More
Dhaka, May 8 -- The body of a transport worker has been recovered from a pond in Khagrachhari Sadar Upazila. The body was recovered from a pond in front of the forest department's Sadar Range Officer... Read More
Dhaka, May 8 -- The Department of Prisons has set a target to generate up to 18MW of electricity by using rooftops of its facilities across Bangladesh in solar power generation. The initiative, imple... Read More
Dhaka, May 8 -- China has acknowledged for the first time that it provided "on-site technical support" to Pakistan during its four-day war with India in May 2025, reports the South China Morning Post,... Read More
Dhaka, May 8 -- A fire has burned down three shops in Narail's Lohagara Upazila. The blaze broke out at Lahuria Bazar early on Friday, according to Md Sohaguzzaman, station officer of Lohagara Fire S... Read More
Dhaka, May 8 -- The escalating measles outbreak in Bangladesh is not only claiming young lives but also pushing families into financial ruin, as the hidden costs of prolonged hospital stays and a lack... Read More
Dhaka, May 8 -- Two children have drowned to death in two separate locations in Gazipur's Sreepur Upazila. The incidents occurred on Friday afternoon in Nagarhowla and Jainabazar, according to Mohamm... Read More
Dhaka, May 8 -- Police have submitted a final report to the court on the death of Sornomoye Biswas, a graphic designer at the newly-launched online news portal Dhaka Stream, concluding that she took h... Read More