Youth Festival 2025 celebrated at BADC
A flagship programme under the Youth Festival 2025 was celebrated at the BADC High School at Mirpur in Dhaka on Wednesday.
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ACC asked to freeze 120 accounts of Saifuzzaman
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Thursday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze 120 bank accounts owned by former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, his family members, and their beneficiaries over graft allegations.
Engineer Shamsul Hoque鈥檚 death anniv today
The 17th anniversary of death of engineer of PWD and social worker Shamsul Hoque Mojumder will be observed today.
CUCSU polls on Oct 12 after 34 years
The authorities on Thursday announced that the elections to the Chittagong University Central Students鈥� Union and hall unions would be held on October 12.
JCD panel pledges modern, female-friendly, safe campus
The Abid-Hamim-Mayed panel, backed by Bangladesh Nationalist Party鈥檚 student wing Bangladesh Jatiatabadi Chatra Dal, on Thursday announced a 10-point manifesto for the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union and hall union elections scheduled for September 9.
No possibility of involvement in student union polls: army
The Bangladesh Army on Thursday said that it had received no directive from the government to perform duties in the forthcoming university central students鈥� union elections, nor was there any possibility of such involvement in the future.
I want justice before聽my death, father tells tribunal
Makbul Hossain, father of Abu Sayeed, who is the first deceased during the 2024 July uprising, on Thursday testified before the International Crimes Tribunal-2, stating that two police members shot his university-going son dead.
S Alam, others sued over Tk聽1,598cr embezzlement
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed two cases against S Alam Group chairman Mohammed Saiful Alam and others on charges of laundering and embezzling Tk聽1,598 crore from Islami Bank PLC.
Shutdown of聽engineering students goes on
The government has taken initiative to resolve the situation created by the protesting engineering students of all government and non-government engineering universities who observed the first day of a 鈥榗omplete shutdown鈥� across Bangladesh on Thursday.
Army chief returns from China
Chief of army staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman returned home Wednesday night after an official visit to China.
268 officers promoted to deputy secretary
A total of 268 officers have been promoted from senior assistant secretary to deputy secretary in the administration - the public administration ministry confirmed on Thursday.
Death penalty for forced disappearance
The government on Thursday approved a draft of the Enforced Disappearance Prevention, Remedies and Protection Ordinance 2025 in principle, which proposed the death penalty and other severe punishments for committing the crimes.
Pilot signalling system at seven intersections in Dhaka from Aug 30
Bangladesh interim government is going to operate a signalling system at seven intersections in Dhaka for two weeks from August 30.
Govt forms working group to review demands of engineering students
The committee, formed to resolve the ongoing movement of the engineering students, on Thursday formed a 14-member working group to work on the demands of the students...
Bangladesh interim govt shuts 3 land ports, suspends operations of another one
Bangladesh interim government on Thursday announced the complete closure of three land ports and suspension of operational activities of another along the Bangladesh-India border.