Five cops injured during raid in Habiganj
Five members of the police were injured in an attack during a raid to recover a stolen mobile phone about midnight past Tuesday at Nabiganj upazila in Habiganj...
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ACC raids Rajshahi railway office
The Anti-Corruption Commission conducted a raid on the Bangladesh Railway鈥檚 western headquarters in Rajshahi city on Wednesday, following allegations of misappropriation of nearly Tk 4 crore in the purchase of stones and other railway equipment...
Railway engineer dies in road accident in Moulvibazar
An engineer of the Bangladesh Railway was killed in a road accident Tuesday night at Kulaura in Moulvibazar while he was returning home after a rescue operation of a derailed train at Moglabazar in Sylhet...
BARD holds health cadre鈥檚 special basic training concluding ceremony
The 185th special basic training course for BCS health cadre officers was held at the Bangladesh Rural Development Academy in Cumilla on Wednesday...
Road adviser rides motorbike to avoid long tailback
Adviser to the ministries of road transport and bridges and railways Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan on Wednesday was compelled to take a motorcycle ride to reach his destination after being stuck in traffic gridlock for nearly three hours...
Arguments in ICT case against Hasina to begin Oct 12
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Wednesday set October 12 to begin hearing the arguments in the crimes against humanity case against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan and detained former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun...
13 former, 9 serving army officers face arrest warrant
The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunals on Wednesday filed charges of crimes against humanity against 28 people including 25 former senior officers of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence and the Rapid Action Battalion, for their alleged roles in enforced disappearances and torture in custody under their command...
Local govt expert Professor Tofail Ahmed dies
Local government expert Professor Tofail Ahmed died at a hospital in Bangladesh capital Dhaka Wednesday night...
Chapainawabganj鈥檚 betel leaf fails to satisfy farmers
In the lush fields of Chapainawabganj, where betel leaves have been nurtured since the days of the British Raj, a bountiful harvest has brought little cheer to the farmers...
Berger Paints to offer paint solutions for BTI projects
Berger Paints Bangladesh Limited on Tuesday entered into a strategic partnership with Building Technology & Ideas Limited...
PBPLC launches 鈥楤anking Products Campaign鈥� at National University
A 鈥楤anking Products Campaign,鈥� under the initiative of the Boardbazar branch of Pubali Bank PLC, was held National University campus recently, said a press release...
HSBC wins Best Cash Management Bank award
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited Bangladesh has been voted as the 鈥楤est Cash Management Bank鈥� in Bangladesh for the 16th time and 鈥楤est Cash Management Bank for Client Service鈥� in Bangladesh for the 8th time in a row...
鈥業鈥檇 have easily passed鈥�
Former national team captain Tamim Iqbal on Wednesday stated that he would have won easily in the recently concluded BCB elections but once again questioned the transparency of it...
Saif, Nasum improve on ICC rankings聽
Bangladesh batter Saif Hassan burst into the top 20 of the ICC Men鈥檚 T20I batting rankings for the first time after his performance in the recently concluded three-match series against Afghanistan...
Above the clouds
THEY say it is a Bangladeshi airline, but most of the staff are not deshi. They are from a neighbouring country. In London, commands in Hindi surprised me, as if it were the only parlance for a bunch of Bangladeshi expatriates waiting to start a journey to their homeland. I was flabbergasted why a Bangladeshi airline is hiring foreign people, while some of her expatriates...
Systemic failures behind frequent train derailment
FREQUENT incidents of train derailment have become a grim reflection of a declining railway system. Ageing infrastructure, inadequate maintenance and mismanagement have pushed the network to a critical stage, jeopardising passenger safety and crippling connectivity. The derailment of four compartments of the Sylhet-bound Udayan Express on October 7 at Moglabazar...
Dhaka鈥檚 air turns 鈥榰nhealthy for sensitive groups鈥� with AQI score of 132
Dhaka鈥檚 air quality turns 鈥榰nhealthy for sensitive groups鈥� on Wednesday morning...
Ukraine strike on Russia-held part of Kherson region kills four
A Ukrainian strike on the Russia-held part of Ukraine鈥檚 Kherson region killed four people, the Moscow-installed governor said Tuesday, as Kyiv stepped up retaliatory strikes against Russia...
DB nabs 2nd suspect in train roof robbery
The Dhaka railway detective branch police early Tuesday arrested a second suspect in connection with a robbery where passengers were held hostage on the roof of the Mahanagar Express train Saturday night...
Five AL activists arrested at Dhamrai in July uprising case
The police Monday night arrested five leaders of the Awami League, activities of which are now banned, and its associate bodies in connection with the murder of a student during the student-led July 2024 mass uprising at Dhamrai in Dhaka...
Chattogram Port sees record growth in container handling
Chattogram Port has reported record-breaking growth in container, cargo, and ship handling during the first quarter of the financial year 2025-26...
Regional business campaign held in Bhairab
Bhairab municipality hosted a two-day regional campaign on Local Economic Development on Tuesday at the upazila parishad field in Bhairab, focusing on municipal initiatives and the footwear sector, along with an expo showcasing women entrepreneurs and youth engagement activities...
India鈥檚 premier Darjeeling tea estates hit by extreme rains
Torrential rains that triggered deadly landslides and floods in India鈥檚 Darjeeling region also destroyed swathes of premier tea estates, officials said Tuesday...
30 women entrepreneurs receive training thru 鈥楢mrai TARA鈥� initiative
BRAC Bank, in collaboration with the Bangladesh Open Source Network, organised a three-day training programme titled 鈥楢mrai TARA鈥� to empower 30 promising women entrepreneurs with knowledge, skills and networks needed to expand their businesses...
Entrepreneurs receive training, loans thru NCC Bank
Entrepreneurs received development training and loans through a month-long programme in Mymensingh organised by the Bangladesh Bank in collaboration with NCC Bank PLC, said a press release...
Japan鈥檚 Takaichi eyes expanding coalition, reports say
Japan鈥檚 incoming new prime minister Sanae Takaichi has approached an opposition party with a view to expanding the governing coalition to give it a working majority in parliament, reports said Tuesday.
OpenAI unveils ChatGPT app integration feature
OpenAI on Monday unveiled a new feature for ChatGPT, the leading generative AI model with 800 million weekly users, enabling it to interact with everyday apps like Spotify and Booking.com...
Rail link with Sylhet restored after three-hours following train derailment
Rail communication between Sylhet and the rest of Bangladesh was restored on Tuesday morning, three hours after four bogies of a train derailed at Moglabazar in Sylhet district...
Dhaka鈥檚 air continues to be moderate with AQI score of 97
Dhaka鈥檚 air quality continued to be in the 鈥榤oderate鈥� zone on Tuesday morning...
Western parts found in Russian drones, missiles: Zelensky
Ukraine has found tens of thousands of foreign parts, including Western-made, in the drones and missiles Russia fired in a weekend air attack on the country, president Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday...
