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Politics Chittagong University holds AI workshop for students

Business Excelerate FSRU halts supply again as LNG runs out

Business Gas allocation keeps public-private KAFCO running as state-owned CUFL stays shut

Business IFC lends $30.7m to Popular Pharmaceuticals

Business Law & order

Business Law enforcement agencies cannot investigate their own rights abuses: Rights advocates

Politics 'Pray for me': Fakhrul breaks down in tears as he leaves parliament for Bangabhaban

Business Present govt not minimally liable for power crisis: Zahed

Business Over 66,000 complaints filed against mobile operators since 2021: BTRC

Business 'We came from the jaws of death': Bangladeshis recount horror of Kolkata hotel fire

Business BB allows Rupali Bank to release $3.2m loan, LC opening for S Alam power plant

Business BB, PKSF sign Tk5000cr deal to create 200,000 jobs

Business BFIU orders banks to report linked accounts when any account is frozen

Business Bida survey to map investment barriers, industrial potential across 64 districts

Business BSEC reconstitutes probe committee on Robi Axiata, extends deadline by 90 working days

Business BSEC sends 17 officials into forced retirement over 2025 protest

Business DSE loses Tk7,300cr in six consecutive sessions as turnover hits 3-month low

Business DSE names 138 marginable stocks as new lending rules take effect

Business NCC Bank to expand Shariah-compliant footprint with 20 new branches

Business Dignified repatriation of Rohingyas remains only durable solution: Shama Obaed

Business Qatar vows all-out support for Bangladesh's energy security

Business Water issues with Bangladesh to be addressed through bilateral mechanisms: India

Business Safety failures under scanner as 9 Bangladeshis dead in Kolkata hotel fire.

Business UK inflation hits four-month high as energy price shock squeezes households

Business TBS NEWS AT 8 PM, 19 August 2026

Politics China's Wang Yi in South Korea for talks amid Trump push to revive North Korea diplomacy

International Fish, ships and sovereignty: Iceland weighs its European future

Business Ipsos poll finds

Politics 4 of 5 Bangladeshis killed in Kolkata hotel fire from same family

Politics Baira demands opening Malaysian labour market to all valid agencies

Business BNP MPs meet ahead of presidential election

Business Abul Hasanat Abdullah ordered 'crossfire' killings of BNP leaders, witness tells ICT

Politics Ex-CJ Khairul Haque finally released on bail

Business Instagram influencer, associate arrested over porn sales, producing allegations

Politics Govt to buy LNG cargo at $23.93 per MMBtu from Aramco

Business Five new children's hospitals to begin operations by October: Muhit

Business 82% of children who died from measles were not exclusively breastfed: Study

Business Measles outbreak may take 2-3 months to control fully: State minister

Business No deficit in preparation for tomorrow's presidential election: CEC

Politics Telecom minister urges mobile operators to fix call drops, customer complaints

Politics 'We won't disappoint people': New ACC chief vows to restore credibility

Business Ecnec clears 10 projects involving Tk9,333cr

Business Ecnec puts tanker purchase, Turag protection projects on hold over duplication concerns

Politics Govt approves Tk4,963.67cr project to rehabilitate rural roads nationwide

Business BSEC sends 17 officials into compulsory retirement, cuts pay of 5 others

Politics Bangladesh 24th largest agricultural economy in the world

Politics Robots ask for tips, but who gets the money?

Politics 3°C warming puts 1.5b older adults in South Asia at risk: Lancet study

Business Messi 'at peace' after father's death, says Inter Miami coach

Politics Rights groups accuse Fifa of silencing dissent after COO Lamour's exit

Politics More walls, less safety: Rethinking how Dhaka protects itself

Business Can 3 minutes of high-intensity sprinting really beat 90 minutes of moderate exercise?

Politics $8b of World Bank finance stuck in long project procedures, design flaws

Politics We are under no pressure: new ACC chairman

Business Pakistani government files challenge against Imran Khan private hospital move

Politics Trump says no talks planned with Iran, Tehran says Strait of Hormuz still shut

International Iran warns regional states against assisting US Army

Politics Trump put thousands of soldiers on Washington’s streets. They seldom stop crime

Business ACC chairman appointment draws criticism from legal experts, advocates

Politics ACC operational again after 166-day void as new commission takes charge

International Writ seeks cancellation of Hannan Masud's MP seat over affidavit info concealment

Business Fatal gas leak: Ferdous Steel fined Tk5 lakh for illegal vessel cutting without renewed clearance

Politics FM for expanding jobs for Bangladeshis in Qatar

Business 60 modern life-support ambulances to be introduced on highways soon: RHD

International Lawyer appeals HC dismissal of writ challenging Article 70, presidential election schedule

Politics Kalurghat-Chaktai Marine Drive to open to all vehicles by December

Politics Cost-of-living pressures come from all fronts

Politics Watch | Politics has become worse, no escape from it yet: Badiur Rahman

Politics Why Bangladesh lags in global rice productivity despite topping South Asia

Business Bayern's Musiala diagnosed with neurological disorder after two on-field collapses

Politics Brazil football legend Roberto Carlos converted to Islam: Turkish MP

Business Can coastal Bangladesh turn salty wastewater into a new industry?

Politics Bangladeshis among 9 killed in hotel fire in Kolkata

International Meta Faces U.S. Lawsuit Over Allegedly Making Social Media Addictive for Children

Business Why Is Trump Claiming the Strait of Hormuz as U.S. Territory?

Politics Once shaped by court rituals, China's imperial cuisine survives into modern times

Business exit: What to know about Kolkata fire that killed 9

Politics UK inflation jumps 2.9% in July on higher energy bills

International Saudi Arabia tightens scrutiny of financial transfers to UAE: Sources

Politics DCs of Natore, Gaibandha and Rangpur, Rajshahi divisional commissioner withdrawn

Politics Madrasah students disrupt police cultural programme in Brahmanbaria, 20 injured in baton charge

Politics $8b of World Bank finance stuck in long project procedures, design flaws

Business Desco's Tk250cr caught in six troubled banks

Politics World Bank approves $250m project to strengthen Bangladesh's public institutions

Politics Governance crisis behind project delays

Politics World Bank, ADB lead in foreign loan disbursement in FY26

Politics Ecuadorean diplomat nominated as candidate to lead UN

Politics Bangladeshis among 9 killed in Kolkata hotel fire

Politics Trump posts map calling Strait of Hormuz 'New US Territory'

Politics France to expel two Iranian diplomats in coming days: Foreign Minister

Business Iran rejects UAE allegations over ballistic missile launches as Abu Dhabi suspends trade ties

Politics UAE says two missiles detected earlier were launched from Iran

Politics Florida Democratic socialist Nixon wins Democratic Senate primary

Politics US sanctions ICC president, senior trial lawyer in latest attack on court

Politics 14-year-old's body recovered after 3 days, 4 friends arrested in Ctg

Politics DMCH ENT department head attacked in Dhaka, 1 arrested

Politics Over 900 textile mills shut as gas supply shows no sign of improvement

Politics 'Stop using rivers as dumping grounds', urges environment state minister

Politics 92% of measles deaths among unvaccinated children, 16 lakh more children up for shots

Politics Indian businesses express investment interests in consumer goods

Politics Dipu Moni's husband Tawfique Nawaz passes away

Business Bangladesh's gross reserves hit $32.43b

Politics BB directs banks to open accounts for foreign workers

International Bangladesh, Qatar to form energy, finance working groups

Entertainment HBO renews 'It: Welcome to Derry' for a second season set in 1935

Culture Zahir Raihan: Remembering the architect of Bangladeshi cinema

International Strait of Hormuz crisis deepens as Iran issues new ultimatum to Washington

Technology Meta targeted children to boost Facebook and Instagram use, lawyer says as landmark trial begins