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Customers of 5 merged banks to receive up to Tk 2 lakh this month
11:19 AM, 12 Dec 2025 FridayDepositors of the five crisis-hit Shariah-based banks will receive up to Tk 2 lakh from the insurance fund within this December. However, to withdraw the money, they must open a new account under the name of Samimilito Islami Bank (Unified Islamic Bank). Multiple sources from Bangladesh Bank and the newly formed bank have confirmed the information.
BNP–allies’ joint meeting rescheduled to Saturday
11:02 AM, 12 Dec 2025 FridayThe Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s scheduled meeting with allied parties involved in the joint anti-government movement has been postponed from Thursday evening to Saturday at 11:00 am.
US sanctions 6 ships after seizing Venezuelan oil tanker
10:56 AM, 12 Dec 2025 FridayThe US has imposed fresh sanctions on six more ships said to be carrying Venezuelan oil, a day after seizing a tanker off the country's coast.
MBBS, BDS admission tests begin
10:04 AM, 12 Dec 2025 FridayThe admission tests for the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) and Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) courses for the 2025-26 academic session began on Friday morning.
6.7-magnitude quake strikes northern Japan
09:21 AM, 12 Dec 2025 FridayA 6.7-magnitude quake took place off northern Japan on Friday, the weather office said, days after a 7.5-level tremor in the same region injured at least 50 people.
Two univ students killed as DNCC truck rams motorcycle
08:56 AM, 12 Dec 2025 FridayTwo university students were killed after their motorcycle was rammed by a Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) garbage truck in the Konapara area under Demra Police Station in Dhaka.
Thai PM dissolves parliament amid deadly border clashes
08:30 AM, 12 Dec 2025 FridayThailand's Prime Minister dissolved parliament on Friday after three months in office, a royal decree showed, paving the way for general elections early next year.
Joy turns to grief: Little Sajid dies after being pulled out
10:32 PM, 11 Dec 2025 ThursdayThe tears of relief that swept across Koelhat village in Tanore of Rajshahi on Thursday night turned into cries of heartbreak barely an hour later, when two-year-old Sajid, rescued alive after being trapped for nearly 36 hours inside a deep tube-well borehole, was pronounced dead at the hospital.
BNP hails polls schedule as ‘new chapter’ in Bangladesh politics
09:52 PM, 11 Dec 2025 ThursdayBNP on Thursday, December 11, welcomed the schedule for the long-awaited national election and the referendum on the Reform Charter, describing it as a ‘new chapter’ in Bangladesh’s political landscape.
Milestone tragedy: Victims’ families to get Tk 20 lakh
09:30 PM, 11 Dec 2025 ThursdayThe government will provide Tk 20 lakh one-time to each of the families of those killed in the fatal plane crash into Milestone School and College in Dhaka.
Miracle in Tanore: Little Sajid pulled alive from 200ft borewell after 36-hour
09:30 PM, 11 Dec 2025 ThursdayKoelhat village erupted in tears, prayers and disbelief on Thursday night as two-year-old Sajid – who had been trapped for nearly 36 hours inside the borehole of an abandoned deep tube well – was finally pulled out alive.
Hope fades as little Sajid remains trapped in borehole for 31 hours
09:10 PM, 11 Dec 2025 ThursdayThe sun has now set twice over Koelhat village in Rajshahi, but two-year-old Sajid remains missing somewhere beneath the earth.