All News
Israel strikes Lebanon after rocket attack
07:18 PM, 22 Mar 2025 SaturdayIsrael hit dozens of Hezbollah rocket launchers and a command centre in southern Lebanon Saturday, responding to three rockets fired into its northern town of Metula—the first breach of November’s ceasefire.
Night falls, flames rise: Sundarbans fire spreads across 3 acres
06:58 PM, 22 Mar 2025 SaturdayDusk cloaked the East Sundarbans Saturday, but a fire near the Kalamteji camp in Chandpai range refused to fade. Spreading across three acres, the blaze taunts forest guards and firefighters carving desperate fire lines in the dark. In a wilderness cut off from easy reach, the battle has just begun—and night is not helping.
Media Commission for Journalism Protection Law
06:52 PM, 22 Mar 2025 SaturdayMedia Reform Commission chief Kamal Ahmed on Saturday recommended for a Journalism Protection Law, backed by a draft ordinance submitted to the government.
Promised house construction for Ritu Porna faces obstruction
06:05 PM, 22 Mar 2025 SaturdayRitu Porna Chakma, a key member of Bangladesh's SAFF-winning women's football team, has alleged she is facing obstruction in the construction of a house promised by local authorities following her contribution to the nation's success.
Journalists' minimum wage should be equal to BCS Grade 9
05:43 PM, 22 Mar 2025 SaturdayThe Media Reform Commission, in a report handed to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus Saturday, wants the starting pay of journalists pegged to grade-9 BCS officers—Tk 22,000 basic, swelling past Tk 35,000 with perks.
Media Commission slams rigged TV TRPs
05:18 PM, 22 Mar 2025 SaturdayTelevision TRPs in Bangladesh are rigged, Media Reform Commission chief Kamal Ahmed declared Saturday after submitting the panel’s report to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna.
AL must be banned through trial, not executive order: Hasnat
05:07 PM, 22 Mar 2025 SaturdayHasnat Abdullah, southern chief organiser of the National Citizens Party (NCP), demanded Saturday that the Awami League (AL) be banned through a trial, not an executive order, citing its alleged role in disappearances and murders.
Gazipur RMG workers block highway
04:55 PM, 22 Mar 2025 SaturdayA spark of fury ignited in Sreepur of Gazipur Saturday afternoon, as 2,000 garment workers from Axis Knitwears Limited choked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway.
Commission pushes ‘one house, one media’ policy
04:42 PM, 22 Mar 2025 SaturdayThe Media Reform Commission on Saturday recommended barring companies or individuals from owning multiple media outlets, proposing a “One House, One Media” policy.
Commission finds extreme fraud in newspaper circulation audit
04:11 PM, 22 Mar 2025 SaturdayThe Media Reform Commission dropped a bombshell Saturday about the audit of Bangladesh’s newspaper circulation. “Extreme fraud,” called it the commission chief Kamal Ahmed, peeling back a scam where 15.1 million papers are claimed sold daily in Dhaka alone—yet the real number barely scrapes 1 million.
Yunus pushes for swift media overhaul
03:53 PM, 22 Mar 2025 SaturdayChief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday assured immediate action on the Media Reform Commission’s proposals, vowing to reshape Bangladesh’s press landscape pronto.
Heavyweight boxing great George Foreman dies
02:44 PM, 22 Mar 2025 SaturdayFormer heavyweight champion George Foreman, who lost to Muhammad Ali in boxing's iconic 1974 "Rumble in the Jungle" before reclaiming the title two decades later, died Friday aged 76, his family said.
Home adviser visits RAB, APBn headquarters
02:23 PM, 22 Mar 2025 SaturdayHome Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury visited the headquarters of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and Armed Police Battalion (APBn) in Uttara, Dhaka, on Saturday morning.
Media Reform Commission submits report to CA
01:53 PM, 22 Mar 2025 SaturdayThe Media Reform Commission has submitted its report to Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus. The commission members handed over the report at the state guesthouse, Jamuna, on Saturday.
Fakhrul avoids comment on AL ban
12:52 PM, 22 Mar 2025 SaturdayThe Secretary General of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, announced on Saturday that the party will submit its reform proposal to the interim government on Sunday. Mirza Fakhrul also expressed BNP's confidence in both the government and the army's role in organising a fair election by December.
RFL Water Pump’s free service for comfort in prayer during Ramadan
12:27 PM, 22 Mar 2025 SaturdayRFL Water Pump has started a special campaign called ‘Soshtir Prarthona’ to ensure a smooth environment for prayers during the holy month of Ramadan. Under this campaign, free water pump repair service is being provided to mosques and madrasas across the country.
Trump to revoke temporary legal status of 530,000 migrants
11:18 AM, 22 Mar 2025 SaturdayUS President Donald Trump's administration has said it will revoke the temporary legal status of more than half a million migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
Preference on sending remittances thru bKash growing among expats
11:01 AM, 22 Mar 2025 SaturdayDuring the first half of Ramadan this year, expatriates have sent over Tk 900cr remittances through bKash. This substantial volume reflects their growing preference on the platform's remittance service, which is easy, safe and instant. Especially, expatriates are using this service more to send remittances ahead of the holy Ramadan and Eid.
Constable among 6 arrested for selling looted police firearm
10:38 AM, 22 Mar 2025 SaturdayChattogram police have arrested a constable and five accomplices involved in the illegal sale of a firearm looted from a police station in the city on August 5, the day of the fall of the Awami League government. The arrests were made in the Patenga and Bakolia areas of the city on Thursday.
Argentina on brink after Almada strike sinks Uruguay
09:20 AM, 22 Mar 2025 SaturdayArgentina edged to the brink of qualification for the 2026 World Cup on Friday after a superb strike from Thiago Almada earned them a 1-0 victory over Uruguay in Montevideo.