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Politics Writ challenges Article 70 of Constitution, seeks stay on presidential election

Crime Enforced three-minute toilet breaks, electric shocks: Enforced disappearance victim recounts torture at TFI cell

Environment Severe gas crisis in Brahmanbaria sparks CNG drivers' highway blockade

Politics DU forms committee to investigate 'secret activities' of some teachers

Business Experts urge long-term solution to energy crisis

Technology Climate adaptation needs stronger local leadership, ownership and financing: Speakers

Politics Govt to introduce a unified regulatory policy for battery-run rickshaws

Politics NID birth date correction applications can now be processed at field level: EC

Politics UN warns of Al-Qaeda attempts to establish cells in Bangladesh

Business Rising debt, fiscal gaps weigh on Bangladesh economy despite easing inflation: BB

Politics BSEC eases mutual fund custodian rules for foreign banks

Business BSEC rejects Brain Station 23's bid to convert SME listing into IPO

Politics Morgan Stanley ends 3-year pause on Bangladesh index reviews, to resume in Nov

Politics Putin’s Kuril Islands visit draws strong protest from Japan’s prime minister

Politics Qusra families trapped without water or power as settler violence escalates

Politics TBS NEWS AT 8 PM, 13 August 2026

Politics All US military bases will be occupied if America uses nuclear bomb: Iranian official

Business Colombia earthquake response enters grim phase as hope for more survivors fades

Politics Iran's state media mock Trump over airplane switch, meme shows him hiding in a catering truck

Politics Former Gazipur-5 MP Akhtaruzzaman sent to jail after remand

Politics DMP reshuffles ADC, 3 ACs

Politics LNG supply cut at Moheskhali terminal causes low gas pressure in Ctg

Politics Gas crisis, bureaucratic hurdles holding back foreign investment: BKMEA chief

Politics Govt moves to cut aromatic rice exports after abnormal price surge

Politics Dengue claims 2 more lives as 693 hospitalised in 24 hrs

Business Measles: Death toll reaches 890 as 5 more children die in 24hrs

International If everything fits together, PM to visit India, Japan: Shama Obaed

Politics Govt's failures in power sector worsen energy crisis, says Jamaat

International Singapore interested in Bangladesh's Bay Terminal project

International Bangladesh-Saudi direct flights to jump 71% under new deal

Business Bajus raises 22-carat gold price by Tk 1,633 per bhori

Technology ADB delegation discusses banking sector reforms, financial stability with BB governor

Business City Group plans to raise up to Tk1,500cr from capital market

Entertainment Of wasabi, warm lanterns, and a slow afternoon at Uttara’s Kyoto

Entertainment Modi invites Tarique to New Delhi Brics Summit in September

Sports Strong assurances received on renewal of Ganges Water Sharing Treaty, JS body told

Technology World’s most valuable pharma brands 2026

Politics What is the impact of the increase in the price of Milkvita on the market?

Politics A son of Dutch football: Xavi honoured to be named Netherlands coach

Politics Microsoft retreats in China, but AI boom helps it keep a window open

International Who Could Be Mirza Fakhrul’s Potential Successors in the BNP and Government?

Politics Customers’ Money Vanished a Year Ago; Who Was Checking the Accounts?

Politics Iran, US make competing claims over control of Strait of Hormuz

Politics Putin visits disputed island near Japan, drawing Tokyo's ire

Politics Qatar, Morocco among six Arab federations backing Fifa's Infantino

Sports Court issues arrest warrant against ex-UCB chairman in Tk25cr embezzlement case

Business Truck driver murder case: Charge hearing against Sheikh Hasina, 33 others set for 1 Sep

International Govt plans three more FSRUs by 2029 to ease energy crisis: Minister

Business Severe gas shortage cripples transport, daily life in Ctg

Politics From academia to Bangabhaban: The life and political journey of Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir

Politics Fakhrul set to become new president of Bangladesh on BNP nomination

International Watch | Jamaat-led alliance submits Oli Ahmad's nomination papers for presidential polls

Politics Presidential election: BNP submits nomination paper for Fakhrul

Business AP Moller-Maersk Q2 revenue jumps 20% to $15.8b, raises full-year guidance

Business Person-to-person payments coming to Bangla QR; BB orders all apps to be ready by 31 Oct

International Bangladesh to showcase 17 companies at Texworld Paris 2026

Entertainment On the fish living underground

Technology Most expensive guitars sold at auctions

International 'Barbie 2' may be shelved as Warner Bros can't reach deal with Margot Robbie, Greta Gerwig, Ryan Gosling

Politics Naseeruddin Shah portrays 1947 partition’s legacy in back-to-back dramas

Politics Spotify to label AI-generated artists and remove them from recommendations

Business Darwin Test: Tigers dominate day 1 as Hasan mauls Australia with 6 wickets

Business Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Is BNP’s Presidential Candidate

Technology What was discussed between the prime minister and the US-Bangladesh business council?

Business Why is Jamaat criticizing the BNP's meeting at the Secretariat?

Sports Ambrey engaged in salvage of stricken tanker Caroline Bezengi off Omani coast

Politics Meta, 29 states head to court in biggest test yet of youth social media litigation

Politics UN chief calls for dialogue to resolve Gulf, Red Sea conflicts

Politics Trump says press secretary Leavitt to leave job at month's end

Business Conjoined twins from Kushtia die at DMCH

International Neo-JMB's 'Bomaru Mamun,’ released from prison 2yrs ago, behind recent bomb scares: Police

Entertainment Dhaka's air quality remains moderate today

Technology Govt plans to shift fiscal year from July-June to April-March

Politics High bids, weak competition drive Metro Line-1 cost surge by 130%

Politics Govt plans 3,000km national expressway, proposes 3 new metro rail lines

Politics July Mass Uprising Memorial Museum Act: 10 years' imprisonment for damaging artefacts

Business New policy planned to boost SME participation in exports

Politics BNP to announce presidential pick after meeting with Tarique

Culture With great power comes great drip: Dhaka’s Spider-Man fashion craze

Politics How Motijheel is losing the bustle that once defined it

Sports PSG retain UEFA Super Cup with 2-1 win over Aston Villa

Technology Meta says it has taken down 756,000 Australian teen accounts as ban enforcement looms

Business Young entrepreneurs' dreams are about to come true

Politics Why Is the Administration Silent Despite Zero Pass Rates?

Politics Earthquake response tests Colombia's new government as rescuers race to find survivors

Sports Venezuela reduces public sector workday to save energy

Sports Israel wants to 'remove Palestine from world's agenda': Erdogan

International 153 civilians killed in US strikes on Houthis last year: Pentagon review

Business Messi pens emotional tribute to late father, questions own future in the game

Sports Credible missile threat led to secret aircraft switch for Trump, source says

Sports Trump's cabinet members stayed aboard decoy plane after president's secret exit

Politics Ctg faces 40% gas deficit as LNG supply from Moheshkhali hit by technical, weather issues

International Gas supply collapse triggers widespread power outages, CNG queues

Sports Power crisis deepens as rural areas face hours-long load-shedding

Sports Woman dies nine days after being burned in Barishal bomb blast

Politics Why Are Indian Agricultural Products Facing One Ban After Another?

Politics Was Trump safe even after changing planes?

Politics Millions witness Europe's first total solar eclipse in 27 years