US cuts foreign journalist visas to 240 days, limits Chinese reporters to 90 days

The Trump administration has announced sweeping changes to visa rules for foreign journalists, reducing the maximum stay for most international reporters in the United States to 240 days and limiting Chinese journalists to just 90 days, prompting criticism from press...

Flood-hit Ctg Board suspends all remaining HSC, equivalent exams indefinitely

All remaining Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations for 2026 under the Chattogram Education Board have been suspended until further notice in view of the overall post-flood situation in the affected areas and considering the physical and mental well-being...

BTTC reminded to submit report by July 25

The Ministry of Commerce has issued a strong reminder to the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) over an inordinate delay in submitting an updated feasibility study report required to push forward a proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with MERCOSUR,...

Flood risk shifts north

Floodwaters are gradually receding from several districts battered by days of torrential rain, but the threat is now shifting towards the northern and north-eastern river basins as major rivers begin rising again.Although inundation has eased in parts of Chattogram, Feni...

BD loses 242 lives daily to air pollution, $23b a year: Study

Invisible to the naked eye, fine particulate matter in the air is quietly claiming an average of 242 lives every day across Bangladesh's major cities, reports bdnews24.com.Several thousand are dying prematurely from non-communicable diseases linked to air pollution, including heart...

NGOs' foreign grant receipts hit 7-year high of $838.25m in FY'26

The volume of foreign grants received by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating in Bangladesh hit a seven-year high of US$838.25 million in the last fiscal year (FY) 2025-26.The amount was 5.46-percent higher than that of the previous fiscal, according to the...

One more child dies with measles symptoms

One more child died with measles-like symptoms in the past 24 hours until 8:0 am on Friday, according to the health authorities.With the latest count, the total death toll from measles and measles-like symptoms reached 780 since mid-March of this...

BFIU sounds alarm as illegal online activities surge

Bangladesh is seeing a growing number of people across income groups and professions participate in strictly prohibited online gaming, betting, and cryptocurrency-related activities.It raises concerns about financial crime, addictive spending, and the movement of illicit funds across borders.Analysing the flow...

World leaders meet on AI in Shanghai

Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology and Science and Technology Faqir Mahbub Anam is participating in the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) 2026 in Shanghai, China, where global leaders are discussing the future of artificial intelligence, emerging technologies and...

Domestic credit card spending jumps by 33pc in May

Credit card spending by Bangladeshi consumers continued to gather pace, driven by robust retail purchases despite persistent inflationary pressures.Domestic credit card transactions rose to Tk 42.88 billion in May 2026, up 10.85 per cent from Tk 38.68 billion in April,...

Two workers succumb to burn injuries

CHATTOGRAM, July 17 (UNB): Two of the 10 workers who suffered severe burn injuries in a fire at a salt factory in Boalkhali upazila of Chattogram died on Thursday night.The deceased were identified as Didar Alam, 34, of Satgaria Para...

Decomposed body spotted on Nijhum Dwip yet to be recovered

An unidentified, partially decomposed body that washed ashore on Nijhum Dwip in Noakhali's Hatia Upazila has remained unrecovered more than a day after it was first spotted, reports bdnews24.com.Local residents on Friday cited a "lack of coordination" between police and...

Sister-in-law held over housewife murder in Chandpur

CHANDPUR, July 17 (UNB): Police have claimed to have cracked the mystery behind the sensational murder of a housewife in Chandpur's Shahrasti upazila within days of the incident, arresting the victim's sister-in-law, who allegedly confessed to the killing before a...

Constable hangs himself at Demra Police Lines

A police constable has committed suicide by hanging himself in a multi-storey building at Demra Police Lines in the capital.The deceased was identified as Saidul Islam, (21).At around 11:30pm on Thursday, Saidul reportedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan with...

Flood aid will continue until rehabilitation ends: Khosru

Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said the government will continue relief efforts until rehabilitation of flood-affected people is complete, reports bdnews24.com.After distributing relief in Chattogram's Patenga on Friday, he said more than 700,000 people across the district remain...

Young journalist found dead at Jashore home

JASHORE, July 17 (UNB): A young journalist was found dead at his residence in the Sheikhhati Taraf Nowapara area of Jashore Sadar upazila on Thursday night.The deceased was identified as Sakin Hossain, 27, Jashore district correspondent of satellite television channel...

Ex-RAB ASP Monir sacked over unauthorised absence

The government has dismissed former Rapid Action Battalion-8 additional superintendent of police and acting company commander Md Masudur Rahman Monir after finding him guilty of unauthorised absence, misconduct and desertion.In this regard, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday issued...

Tk 22m bridge in Chandpur raises quality concern

CHANDPUR, July 17 (UNB): A bridge under construction at a cost of around Tk22 million (Tk 2.2 crore) in Chandpur's Matlab municipality has developed major cracks before the work is even completed, triggering allegations of poor-quality construction and prompting residents...

Artistes performing at a dance festival titled "Ghonoghota" at Bakultola

Artistes performing at a dance festival titled "Ghonoghota" at Bakultola of the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka on Friday. Orthi Ahmed Dance Academy in collaboration with the Fine Arts Faculty arranged the programme for amateur dancers aged between...

SEU becomes champion at Techathon Nationals Summit

Students from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at Southeast University (SEU) emerged as champions in two prestigious competition categories at the Techathon Nationals & Rover Summit 2026, organised by the IUT Robotics Society, says a statement.Team 2R.JS...

Rear Admiral Khondkar Misbah Ul Azim named new Navy chief

Rear Admiral Khondkar Misbah Ul Azim has been named as the new chief of the Bangladesh Navy, reports BSS.According to the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), he will be promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral on July 23, and...

Veggies, fish, chicken, egg get costlier

Prices of vegetables, fish, chicken and eggs increased last week due to persistent rainfall and flooding in different parts of the country, which disrupted supplies and transportation, traders said.A visit to Karwan Bazar, Town Hall Kitchen Market and several other...

GoGrow project revives coastal livelihoods in Satkhira

A few years ago, Nil Komol, a farmer in Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira, was considering abandoning agriculture.Successive cyclones, rising soil salinity and an acute shortage of freshwater had sharply reduced the productivity of his land. Traditional rice varieties no longer...

Activists of Jatiya Chhatra Shakti brought

Activists of Jatiya Chhatra Shakti brought out a coffin procession in the Dhaka University area on Friday, demanding justice for the July genocide. — FE Photo

Govt failed to reduce northern disparity

KURIGRAM, July 17 (UNB): National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam on Thursday alleged that the current government has failed to eliminate the longstanding regional and economic disparities affecting Bangladesh's northern districts.He also claimed that the government's handling of the...

Ajit Doval seeks BIMSTEC cooperation for mutual benefit

Noting that BIMSTEC brings together the most significant and vibrant regions of the Indian Ocean, Indian National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval has said there is an urgent need for them to collaborate, take decisive actions for their mutual benefit,...

Work together for a new Bangladesh: Dy Speaker

FARIDPUR, July 17 (BSS): Deputy Speaker Barrister Kayser Kamal on Friday urged the countrymen to work together to build a new Bangladesh where no disappearances, crossfire will exist."We'll all work together to build our country in such a way that...

Stage collapses at Khosru’s relief event

A stage has collapsed while Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury was distributing relief to flood victims at Dohazari in Chattogram's Chandanaish Upazila, reports bdnews24.com.The stage gave way around 11:30am after becoming overcrowded, though local officials said no one was...

Jamaat urges Constitution Reform Council to prevent political conflict

NARSINGDI, July 17 (UNB): Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar on Friday urged the government to convene a session of the proposed Constitution Reform Council in Parliament instead of pushing the country towards "political confrontation.""If BNP wants to avoid...

Opposition misleading people on July Charter: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday reaffirmed his party's commitment to implementing every provision of the July National Charter, accusing the opposition of trying to mislead the public by claiming otherwise, reports UNB."We have always said that...