Security beefed up in Gopalganj over Sheikh Mujib killing day
Authorities have heightened security across Gopalganj district on Friday over Sheikh Mujib killing day.
Bangladesh
Appointment criteria for Revenue Division secretaries made
Knowledge, skills and experience will be the determining factors for the appointment of top officials to the newly proposed two divisions created by splitting the National Board of Revenue, said officials...
ICT asks govt to ensure security for witness in Chankharpool case
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Thursday directed the government to ensure security for a prosecution witness who had recently testified in the case of crimes against humanity committed in the capital鈥檚 Chankharpool area during the 2024 July uprising...
35,000 families marooned as Teesta, Padma keep swelling
The number of marooned families in Lalmonirhat increased on Thursday as heavy rain and the opening of all the gates of the Ghazaldoba Barrage in India worsened the flood situation inundating new areas...
3 demolition workers killed as roof of abandoned building collapses in Netrakona
Three workers were killed and two others seriously injured when the roof of an old building collapsed during demolition work at the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation鈥檚 Irrigation Office in the Nagra area of Netrakona town...
Man stabbed to death outside 鈥榮hisha鈥� bar at Banani
A man was beaten and stabbed to death on the stairs of the second floor of a shisha (flavoured tobacco) bar at Banani in the capital Dhaka early Thursday...
AHZ hosts pre-departure event for UK-bound students in city
AHZ hosted a pre-departure event, celebrating the journey of nearly 1,000 Bangladeshi students who are set to begin their studies at leading universities across the United Kingdom, at the Gulshan Shooting Club in Dhaka...
BGB destroys drugs worth Tk 1,322cr in Cox鈥檚 Bazar
The Border Guard Bangladesh on Wednesday destroyed drugs worth over Tk 1,321 crore seized in anti-narcotics operations conducted by the BGB battalions under the Cox鈥檚 Bazar region...
BWDB DG exchanges views with all staffs
Director general of Bangladesh Water Development Board Md Enayet Ullah held an exchange of views with all levels of officers and employees of the BWDB at Pani Bhaban on Green Road in Dhaka on Wednesday...
CUFL workers stage protests in Ctg for pay hike
Workers and employees of the Chittagong Urea Fertiliser Company Limited at Anwara upazila in Chattogram staged a protest rally on Thursday, demanding an end to disparity in pay structure...
Students鈥� Federation observes 1st death anniv of Shakil
Dhaka city unit of the Students鈥� Federation of Bangladesh, the student wing of Ganosamhati Andolan, on Thursday observed the first anniversary of death of its former leader Julfikar Ahmed Shakil...
Prof Golam Abu Zakaria receives Harold Johns Medal from the IOMP
The International Organisation for Medical Physics awarded Bangladeshi-origin German medical physicist Professor Golam Abu Zakaria with the Harold Johns Medal 2025...
Asif says he goes to Westin at late night if restaurants in 300 feet closed
Local government and rural development adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan on Thursday said that he often visited restaurants at Neela Market in the 300 Feet area at Rupganj of Narayanganj late at night to eat duck meat, and if the restaurants there were found closed, he sometimes went to the Westin Hotel in the capital Dhaka...
BGB to discuss security concerns over allowing arms to indigenous people
The Border Guard Bangladesh, during the upcoming director general level conference with its Indian counterpart, will raise the issue of possible security risks along Bangladesh鈥檚 borders with the Indian state of Assam over allowing arms to the indigenous people...
Sedition charge pressed against Hasina, 285 others
The Criminal Investigation Department of the police on Thursday submitted a charge sheet against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 285 others in a sedition case filed with the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in March this year...