Apratim’s killing leaves parents wrestling with safety, freedom, screen life

The killing of a 13-year-old schoolboy in Cumilla has deepened anxiety among parents over child safety, teenage independence, and how closely children should be watched

Gas cylinder blast at Ashulia garment factory kills 6

The explosion occurred while gas cylinders were being unloaded from a covered van, a Fire Service official says

Advani, Jaishankar, Dhankhar among top figures issued SIR notices

Poll officials have said receiving a notice does not mean automatic removal from voter rolls

Fuel prices jump Tk 20 a litre

The government cites soaring global prices, BPC losses and the risk of fuel smuggling as it raises prices across all four fuels

Trump to meet New York Mayor Mamdani at Gracie Mansion

Gazi Nazrul, wife taken for questioning after death of second wife

Iran, US trade threats as Houthi attacks escalate regional conflict

Far-right tops German state vote in blow to Merz

MP Gazi Nazrul’s second wife found hanging in NAM flat

ADHD 'masking' behaviours may drive burnout

All News

Cunha leveller spares Man Utd third defeat in a week

Atletico ride derby drama to beat 10-man Real

Isak ignites lacklustre Liverpool in win over Bournemouth

Exiled Russians vote abroad in defiance of Putin, Ukraine war

Salman Khan talks about being trolled over his ‘baldness’, rumours of hair transplant

Germany cuts energy tax

Raphinha hat-trick maintains Barcelona’s perfect LaLiga start

Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh welcome second daughter as family of four grows

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20mm of rain leaves Dhaka roads waterlogged

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Salman Khan talks about being trolled over his ‘baldness’, rumours of hair transplant

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Apratim buried near Cumilla home after large funeral turnout

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How the Houthis became a regional power

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Awami League leader among 4 held over Jatrabari blasts

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Passenger bus set on fire in Matuail amid overnight blasts

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Advani, Jaishankar, Dhankhar among top figures issued SIR notices

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Apratim’s killing leaves parents wrestling with safety, freedom, screen life

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Trump to meet New York Mayor Mamdani at Gracie Mansion

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Far-right tops German state vote in blow to Merz

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Gas cylinder blast at Ashulia garment factory kills 6

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Iran, US trade threats as Houthi attacks escalate regional conflict

Spotlight

Climate crisis may have primed Nepal glacier collapse

Nepal has sought financial support from a UN fund to help address the destruction caused by the floods

Men's Y chromosome loss may warn of cancer: study

The genetic change may occur in normal tissue before cancer becomes detectable

AI race reaches turning point after 10 days of turmoil

Researchers have warned that some AI systems have already breached safeguards and hacked other systems without companies knowing

When money is tight, student life can suffer in more ways than one

A new Bangladesh study finds intriguing links between what students can afford, what they eat, their mental health and how they perform academically

Sleep quality, not just duration, shapes disease risk: study

Poor sleep quality and irregular patterns raise the risk of anxiety and substance-use disorders

New cat species identified in Bolivia

Tilcayo cat,found in Bolivia's lush mountainous Yungas forest, is light brown, with rosettes across its body

Scientists crack mystery of black hole 'burps'

Black holes are "actually very messy eaters," says Dr Adelle Goodwin as new research finally explains the timing of their cosmic table manners

Have scientists found the root cause of Alzheimer's?

A single protein receptor could explain how abnormal nerve activity in the brain eventually erases memories, according to new research from South Korea

Opinion

Anamika Bhakta

Spectrum price: Will Bangladesh follow the global trend or continue on its perilous path?

Sabir Mustafa

From BRICS to Makkah, Bangladesh misses two buses in one week

Mike Dolan

AI is too big to slow in a geopolitical race: Mike Dolan

Sabir Mustafa

Hasina’s road to Dhaka strewn with doubts and danger

Sport

Cunha leveller spares Man Utd third defeat in a week

His deflected effort in the 89th minute earns his side a 1-1 draw in the Premier League at Fulham

Atletico ride derby drama to beat 10-man Real

Isak ignites lacklustre Liverpool in win over Bournemouth

Man City edge Sunderland 5–3 to keep perfect league record

Raphinha hat-trick maintains Barcelona’s perfect LaLiga start

Martinez nets double as Inter come back to draw 2-2 with Roma

Latest Photos

Construction of the “Nagar Maitree” pedestrian bridge linking Dhaka’s Aftabnagar and Banasree was completed nearly two months ago, but it has yet to open to the public. Both ends remain barricaded with corrugated tin sheets. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

Homeless people pile up discarded plastic water bottles at the edge of a platform at Dhaka’s Kamalapur Railway Station. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Stagnant, damp water accumulated between the tracks alongside platforms at Dhaka’s Kamalapur Railway Station creates breeding grounds for mosquitoes. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Decomposing garbage and human waste on the tracks at Dhaka’s Kamalapur Railway Station emit a foul odour. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Refuse and litter remain scattered alongside the tracks at Dhaka’s Kamalapur Railway Station. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Plastic waste lies dumped on the railway tracks between platforms at Dhaka’s Kamalapur Railway Station. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

A pile of garbage at the far end of a platform at Dhaka’s Kamalapur Railway Station spreads a foul stench across the area. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Severe waterlogging and long traffic jams grip Motijheel after heavy rain, leaving vehicles stranded in a single line as both sides of the road remain submerged. Shamsul Haque Ripon

Three school and college students walk through flooded streets in Motijheel, carrying their shoes in their hands and bags on their backs. Shamsul Haque Ripon

City corporation workers take to the streets in Malibagh to clear the waterlogging caused by heavy rain. Shamsul Haque Ripon

The main road in Shantinagar is submerged as rickshaws and motorcycles carrying passengers splash through the floodwater. Shamsul Haque Ripon

A man pushes his bicycle through a flooded road at Dhaka’s Bailey Road after prolonged rain. Heavy rain floods a road in Shantinagar, leaving rickshaws, motorcycles and other vehicles navigating dangerously through deep water. Shamsul Haque Ripon

Prolonged heavy rain leaves Shantinagar’s roads completely submerged, with cars and other vehicles crawling through the water and sending waves across the street. Shamsul Haque Ripon

People wade through knee-deep water as they leave the DPDC office in Jatrabari’s Matuail. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Water fills the control room of the DPDC office in Jatrabari’s Matuail after heavy rain early Sunday, Sept 20, 2026. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

A transformer stands surrounded by floodwater at the DPDC office in Jatrabari’s Matuail after heavy rain early Sunday, Sept 20, 2026. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Poor drainage means the DPDC office in Jatrabari’s Matuail is frequently flooded after heavy rain. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Knee-deep water floods the customer service room of the DPDC office in Jatrabari’s Matuail after heavy rain early Sunday, Sept 20, 2026. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

When rainwater floods a power office

Dhaka streets disappear under rainwater

Kamalapur Station struggles with persistent waste

Checkpoints tighten Dhaka streets

Economy

Fed raises rates in search of 'timelier' drop in inflation, sees more tightening ahead

New projections show policy rate in 4.00 percent-4.25 percent range by end of 2026 and 2027

World Bank names Nobel laureate Michael Kremer as next chief economist

Asian markets make nervous start ahead of Fed decision

India's jobless rate slips to six-month low of 5percent in August

Tax return incentive draws 631,000 online filings in first quarter

Business

Shares tick higher as Fed hikes rates, dollar jumps with short-term yields

The US dollar hit a seven-week high against its major peers, underpinned by a jump in short-term Treasury yields

Bangladesh approves new metro rail as cost of two others doubles

Bangladesh garment exports to EU plunge 13.65% as China, Vietnam gain ground

Bangladesh waives tender rules to fast-track Tk 125bn fuel import amid West Asia crisis

US Senate fails to advance sweeping cryptocurrency bill in blow for industry

Entertainment

British-American novelist, commentator Bonnie Greer dies at 77

Fashion

Michael Kors brings graphic stripes and sculptural influences to NY Fashion Week

Society

Tobacco, nicotine products are major obstacle to achieving SDGs: PROGGA-ATMA

People

Children’s writer Amirul Islam to be laid to rest in mother’s grave in Mirpur

Lifestyle

Japan's centenarian population crosses 100,000 as overall population shrinks: report

Struggling to hit 10,000 steps? Walking faster may work just as well

K-pop helped take it global. Now Bangladesh is riding the ’80s AI photo wave

Only woman director of Venice fiction film says industry remains unequal

The 'plastic bag' effect: Why laid-back men can be the hardest to date

THE LONG READ

How two Israeli brothers are driving a West Bank settler land grab

Libi family is in the vanguard of a hardline movement to seize West Bank land. The Israeli government has given Libis factory license, grazing permits and agricultural grant

From dance floor to war: China readies humanoid robots for combat

Procurement records show defense establishment's growing interest in humanoids

From hunger to obesity: Developing world faces growing threat to child health

Indonesia is home to millions of children facing obesity, part of a broader nutritional crisis affecting millions across low and middle-income countries

Tech pilgrims flock to China as global innovation race heats up

Investors and entrepreneurs are paying thousands of dollars for access to Chinese factories and technology companies

Hit by deadly floods, Nepal renews push for Chinese data and early warnings

Chinese officials say they lack the mandate to sign an agreement covering Nepal’s wider requests for glacier monitoring

China’s humanoid robots aren’t smart enough to take your job – yet

Industry executives say the machines still struggle when tasks require intuition or departures from programmed routines

Mark Zuckerberg had a bold plan to replace Meta staff with AI - here’s how it imploded

Internal documents reveal how Meta's radical AI workforce overhaul quickly unravels after employees rebel and the technology disappoints

Instagram head Mosseri, at children's addiction trial, says few teenagers knew of safety feature

Adam Mosseri says few teenagers used “Take a Break” feature before it became a default setting in 2024

Politics

ICT investigating alleged torture of PM aide Rashed Khan during 2018 quota protests

Mirza Abbas travels to Malaysia for follow-up medical check-up

Chhatra Dal detains ex-MP in Dhaka, hands him over to police

Chinese Ambassador Yao Wen meets Rizvi

Rahul Gandhi takes veiled swipe at vegetarian BRICS Summit menu

32 Awami League activists arrested in Dhaka

French extreme candidates steam ahead in 2027 presidential race, poll shows

NCP’s Asif Mahmud to contest in Dhaka North, Nasiruddin Patwary Dhaka South

Travel & Tourism

Locked cockpits, liquids and scanners: How flying changed after 9/11

The attacks transformed global aviation security, but many of the airport rituals travellers know today emerged only after later plots exposed new vulnerabilities

Bosnia's UNESCO Vjetrenica 'wind cave' provides heatwave relief

The cave’s constant 11 degrees C temperature makes it a refuge for biodiversity and humans

As Nolan's ‘The Odyssey’ draws global audiences, Sicily's Favignana braces for film tourism

The tiny island expects film fame to bring visitors, but fears a summer tourism crush

Near-record low water levels disrupt tourism on Danube

Several cruise ships remain stranded while operators wait for river levels to rise

Sajek tourist spots close over landslide fears as heavy rain looms

Tourist resorts, trails and other attractions will remain closed until further notice

Woman killed, 1,700 evacuated in beach hotel fire in Dominican Republic

Emergency services say three people were taken to medical facilities and six others were treated on site

Woman killed, 1,700 evacuated in beach hotel fire in Dominican Republic

Guests have been relocated to nearby hotels after evacuation from the resort

At Cuba's once bustling tourist sites, foreign visitors are increasingly scarce

Major travel operators are scaling back their presence on the island