Mazibur Rahman given current charge as BAEC chairman
Nuclear scientist Md Mazibur Rahman was given current charge as chairman of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission on Monday...
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Women artists paint Maimansingha Gitika character Kajol Rekha, her struggle
Women artists鈥� group Konna has organised its 10th group art exhibition titled 鈥楰ajol Rekha鈥檙 Deshe鈥�, painting Kajol Rekha, a women character in Maimansingha Gitika, and her struggle at Safiuddin Shilpalay at Dhanmondi in the capital Dhaka...
Zelensky warns against 鈥榬ewarding鈥� Russia
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said ahead of talks with Donald Trump on Monday that Russia should not be 鈥榬ewarded鈥� for its invasion, after the US leader pressed Ukraine to make concessions in exchange for peace...
EPB okays trade fair calendar
The Export Promotion Bureau on Monday held its 148th meeting of the Board of Directors at the conference room of its headquarters in Karwan Bazar, Dhaka...
Dubai police retrieve stolen diamond worth $25m
Dubai police said on Monday they caught three thieves just hours after they stole a precious pink diamond worth $25 million...
Games industry in search of new winning combo
The global games industry gathers for the vast Gamescom trade fair in Cologne this week, with hopes that upcoming heavy-hitters like 鈥楪TA VI鈥� can help the industry escape its doldrums...
Air Canada suspends plan to resume flights as union vows to continue strike
Air Canada on Sunday suspended its plan to resume flights over a strike by flight attendants that has effectively shut down the airline and snarled summer travel for its passengers around the world...
JBPLC opens 25-day foundation training course
Janata Bank Staff College Dhaka on Monday began a 25-day foundation training course for officers of batch 10/25, said a press release...
Coding the 鈥榖anality of evil鈥�
ABOUT a month ago, a military training aircraft crashed onto Milestone School in Dhaka, killing 30 people, including many children, in a fiery explosion. When I saw the news, I fell into silence. But strangely, I noticed something: I didn鈥檛 feel the same deep shock I once would have. A few years ago, such a tragedy would have devastated me 鈥� I鈥檇 have spent the day in...
Fresh Pakistan monsoon rains kill 20, halt rescue efforts
Fresh torrential rains in northern Pakistan killed at least 20 people on Monday, local officials said, as the region is ravaged by an unusually intense monsoon season that has left more than 300 people dead in recent days...
Spain, Portugal battle wildfires as death toll mounts
Thousands of firefighters backed by the military and water-bombing aircraft on Monday battled dozens of wildfires across Spain and Portugal, as the death toll increased to six since the outbreaks began...
Trump targets mail-in ballots ahead of 2026 US elections
US president Donald Trump聽said Monday he would lead a 鈥榤ovement鈥� against mail-in balloting as he sought to eliminate a voting method used by nearly a third of the country ahead of next year鈥檚 midterm elections...
Rains disrupt air, road travel in Mumbai
Heavy rains in Mumbai on Monday disrupted air and road travel, forcing nine flights to abort landing and perform a 鈥榞o-around鈥�, while one flight was diverted due to poor visibility and weather conditions, reports The Times of India...
PSG get Ligue 1 title defence off to winning start
Paris Saint-Germain got their defence of the Ligue 1 title off to a winning start on Sunday as Vitinha鈥檚 deflected strike proved enough to earn the European champions a 1-0 victory away to Nantes...
AIUB signs MOU with Bangladesh Fencing Federation
The American International University-Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Fencing Federation formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the AIUB Campus on Thursday.
Dhaka鈥檚 air quality continues to be in 鈥榤oderate鈥� zone with AQI score of 66
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 28th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 66 at about 9:30am on Monday morning...
Savar upazila declared 鈥榙egraded air shed鈥�
The government has declared the entire Savar upazila of Dhaka as a 鈥楧egraded Air Shed鈥� as the pollution in its air has reached a critical state...
Former Awami League lawmaker Opu arrested in Dhaka: DB
Detectives have arrested former Awami League lawmaker Shafiqul Islam Opu (Jhenaidah-2) at a house in Dhaka...
5 tankers of an oil tanker train derails in Chapainawabganj
Five tankers of an oil-tanker train derailed at the Amnura junction area in Chapainawabganj on Sunday.
Woman testifies she identified her burnt son seeing shoe, ID card
Shahina Begum, the mother of Sazzad Hossain Sajal who was allegedly burnt alive in a police pickup van, testified before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Sunday in a case of crimes against humanity against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her home minister Asaduzzaman Khan and former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun...
Body formed to redress grievances of retired military officers
The interim government has formed a nine-member committee led by retired Lieutenant General Abdul Hafiz to review applications of the retired Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy and Bangladesh Air Force personnel, who allegedly faced 鈥榙eprivation, injustice and vendetta during the previous regime between 2009 and August 4, 2024...
5 to die, 4 jailed till death in Dr Nitai murder case
A Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced five people to death and another four to imprisonment till natural death in a case filed over the 2012 murder of National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital associate professor Narayan Chandra Nitai...
Guardians return without submitting memo to Milestone
Bereaved guardians of the students, killed after a Bangladesh Air Force fighter jet crashed in the compound of Milestone School and College, on Sunday could not submit a memorandum to the education institution鈥檚 principal...
6 drown in 3 districts
Six people 鈥� three students and three children 鈥� drowned in separate incidents in Chapainawabganj, Gopalganj and Chattogram districts between Saturday and Sunday...
Pro-Jamaat union leader killed in Gaibandha
A local leader of Sramik Kalyan Federation, the labour wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, was stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha Saturday night...
Burundi lays foundation for country鈥檚 first railway linking to Tanzania
Burundi鈥檚 President Evariste Ndayishimiye on Saturday laid the foundation stone for a historic railway that will connect the country to Tanzania鈥攖he nation鈥檚 first rail network...
Air Canada to resume flights after govt directive ends strike
Air Canada said it will resume flying on Sunday after the country鈥檚 industrial relations board ordered an end to a strike by 10,000 flight attendants that effectively shut down the airline and snarled summer travel...
Prime Bank hosts seminar at AIUB
Prime Bank PLC, in collaboration with American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) and its AIUB Business Club, organised a high-impact seminar titled 鈥楩inancial Inclusion: Engaging and Inspiring Youth in Banking鈥� at the university campus...
Bank Asia honours top performers
Bank Asia PLC honoured its employees for their exceptional achievements in the Silver Jubilee Sales Campaign at an award ceremony held at Bank Asia Tower at Karwan Bazar in Dhaka recently...
European leaders to join Zelensky in US for Ukraine talks with Trump
European leaders will join聽Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his visit to Washington on Monday seeking an end to Moscow鈥檚 invasion, after President Donald Trump dropped his push for a ceasefire following an Alaska summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
