India pushes 123 people into Bangladesh
At least 123 people were forced to enter Bangladesh from the Indian side through different bordering points in Khagrachari and Kurigram on Wednesday, creating a tense situation along the border with India...
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Polytechnic students to return to classrooms relaxing shut-down
The protesting students of the polytechnic institutes across the country on Wednesday decided to relax their ongoing shutdown movement for the time being and go back to classrooms...
BU students continue movement demanding VC鈥檚 removal
Barishal University students continued their movement for the third consecutive day on Wednesday to realise their one-point demand that vice-chancellor Professor Suchitra Sharmin be removed...
Consensus commission holds talks with Nagorik Oikya
National Consensus Commission on Wednesday held talks with Nagorik Oikya as part of its ongoing discussions with political parties to build a consensus on reform proposals of various commissions.
2,248 pilgrims leave for Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj
A total of 2,248 pilgrims left Dhaka for Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to perform this year鈥檚 Hajj.
India's BSF detains 4 Bangladesh nationals near Thakurgaon border
Members of Indian Border Security Force detained four Bangladeshi nationals near Jagadal border of Ranisankail upazila of Thakurgaon district early Wednesday.
Barishal Nursing College students starts 鈥榗omplete shutdown鈥�
Students of Barishal Nursing College on Wednesday morning started an indefinite 鈥榗omplete shutdown鈥� to press home their six-point demand.
Five fake detectives held in Keraniganj
Five people posing themselves as detectives were detained while committing a robbery on Dhaka-Nawabganj road under Keraniganj model police station of Dhaka district on Tuesday night.
GERC鈥檚 Imtiaz wins 2nd place at BUET energy fest
Md Imtiaz Abedin, research assistant at the Green Energy Research Center of Independent University, Bangladesh, secured the second place in the 鈥楩uture energy technology award鈥� category at the Renewable Energy Fest 2025 held on April 23鈥�24...
Teenager among two killed in rival groups鈥� clash聽
Two individuals, including a teenager, were killed and several others injured in a clash between two rival groups at Raipura in Narsingdi on Tuesday morning.
End to opposing women affairs commission report demanded
Leaders of the Ganatantra Mancha, a combine of six political parties, on Tuesday demanded stopping of a certain quarter鈥檚 demand for the cancellation of Women Affairs Reform Commission report.
Cancellation of AL-favoured proposed Orion power project demanded
Green and human rights activists on Tuesday demanded the cancellation of the proposed 635-megawatt coal-based power plant at Matarbari in Cox鈥檚 Bazar, citing illegal and undue favours given to the proposed power project by the authoritarian...
Two schoolgirls, four farmers killed in lightning strikes
At least six people, two of whom were schoolgirls and four farmers, were killed in three separate lightning strikes in Sunamganj, Kishoreganj and Jhenaidah districts on Tuesday, according to reports by Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha.聽聽
UGC working to meet new generation鈥檚 expectations: chair
The chairman of Bangladesh University Grants Commission Professor SMA Faiz on Tuesday said that the UGC was working as a supporting organisation of the country鈥檚 higher education institutions to fulfil the expectations of the young generation of the new Bangladesh.
3F4D reduces arsenic in rice, finds BAU research
A new study, led by researchers at Bangladesh Agricultural University under the JICA-GoB Funded Safe and Nutritious Rice project, found that a modified intermittent irrigation method known as 3F4D significantly reduced the level of inorganic arsenic in rice.