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Journalist Shaukat Mahmood taken into DB custody
05:30 PM, 07 Dec 2025 SundayDhaka Metropolitan Police's Detective Branch of police took journalist Shaukat Mahmood into custody on Sunday afternoon. A team of DB police brought him from his Malibagh residence to the agency's office, said DMP Media and Public Relations Division Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Talebur Rahman.
Govt mulling subsidy for potato growers: Jahangir
05:25 PM, 07 Dec 2025 SundayThe government is considering providing subsidies or incentives to potato growers who suffered losses in the last season, said Agriculture Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury.
2 die of dengue; 561 hospitalised in 24 hours
05:11 PM, 07 Dec 2025 SundayTwo dengue patients died, while 561 patients were hospitalised across the country in the past 24 hours as of Sunday morning, according to the Health Emergency Operations Center and Control Room of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Noakhali cemetery yields hidden cache of guns
04:19 PM, 07 Dec 2025 SundayPolice recovered six newly made firearms from a cemetery of Chandraganj Purba Bazar area under Begumganj upazila in Noakhali on Sunday.
17 lives lost in migrant boat sinking near Crete
04:14 PM, 07 Dec 2025 SundayAt least 17 migrants died after their overcrowded boat capsized off the southern coast of Crete, Greek authorities said on Saturday. Two survivors were rescued but remain in critical condition.
Polls schedule any day this week: EC Sanaullah
04:08 PM, 07 Dec 2025 SundayThe schedule for the 13th parliamentary elections will be announced on any day of this week, said Election Commissioner Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah. “The schedule will be announced at any time this week, and ballot papers will be sent to the polling stations at night before the voting day,” he said.
A Tk 20,000 blower ends the era of onion crises
04:01 PM, 07 Dec 2025 SundayIn 2025, something extraordinary has happened: Bangladesh has imported precisely zero tonnes of onions in the past year, domestic prices have held steady at Tk 110-120 per kg even in the lean winter months, and farmers are building new houses with their profits.The weapon behind this quiet revolution? A blower!
Australia hammer England to go 2-0 up in Ashes series
03:48 PM, 07 Dec 2025 SundayEngland's Ashes hopes are all but over in fewer than six days of cricket after an eight-wicket defeat by Australia in the second Test at the Gabba.
Inflation soars to 8.29% in Nov as food prices defy seasonal trends
03:21 PM, 07 Dec 2025 SundayBangladesh’s inflation rate rose to 8.29 per cent in November, marking a slight but notable increase at a time when food prices typically ease with the arrival of winter.
Wholesale onion prices drop Tk 40 per kg in a day
03:05 PM, 07 Dec 2025 SundayThe wholesale market in Khatunganj, Chattogram, has seen onion prices fall by Tk 40 per kilogram within a day.
Illegal political funding breeds extortion: Planning Adviser
03:00 PM, 07 Dec 2025 SundayPlanning Adviser Dr. Wahiduddin Mahmud has said that politics financed by illegal money inevitably leads to extortion, land grabbing, and abuse of power.
Venezuela swears in 5,600 new troops amid US military pressure
02:24 PM, 07 Dec 2025 SundayVenezuela swore in 5,600 new soldiers on Saturday as tensions rise with the United States, which has deployed a fleet of warships and the world’s largest aircraft carrier to the Caribbean, citing anti-drug operations.