Nurul Hasan smashed his career-best innings to put Dhanmondi Sports Club back on winning track as they beat Shinepukur Cricket Club by 97 runs in the ongoing Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League at the BKSP-3 Ground on Sunday.
SOMETHING that is unpleasant to hear is also unpleasant to happen. This is what the Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner appears to have missed out on when on March 15 he requested journalists to use the phrase 鈥榬epression on women鈥� instead of the word 鈥榬ape鈥� in reports. The city police chief, who has attended as chief guest the inauguration...
The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority organised an iftar party at the WASA Bhaban of Karwan Bazar in Dhaka on Wednesday.
EVERY nation faces moments that define its future, crossroads where it must decide whether to cling to a broken past or embrace the promise of transformation. Bangladesh stands at such a crossroad. The July mass uprising was more than a protest; it was a declaration that the people refuse to be silent...
UNIVERSAL health coverage aims to provide everyone with essential healthcare services without financial strain. However, despite global pledges to achieve universal health coverage by 2030, more than half of the world鈥檚 population still lacks access to basic health services. The Health Care Financing Strategy 2012...
PRAN on Sunday became title sponsor of Ikramul Hasan Shakil, who aims to reach the Mount Everest from sea level by covering the longest distance in the shortest time, in an event in Dhaka, said a press release...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed two separate cases against former commerce minister Tipu Munshi and his wife Irena Malabika Munshi on charges of acquiring illegal assets worth around Tk 10 crore...
As February marks the month of language, it is an opportune time to reflect on the profound significance of language in shaping societies, movements, and individual lives. Language, as a tool of communication, holds immense power 鈥� it can inspire revolutions, unite communities, or incite chaos. Yet, it is also a double-edged sword, capable of both creation and destruction...
Galatasaray have accused Fenerbahce manager Jose Mourinho of making 鈥榬acist statements鈥� following a 0-0 draw between the bitter Istanbul rivals.
Masato Kanda today officially assumed office as the 11th President of the Asian Development Bank...
Legends of Rupganj on Saturday have roped in ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan for the forthcoming Dhaka Premier League, starting next month.
The government on Thursday made associate professor Sohel Hasan Galib, also a poet and essayist, an officer on special duty and attached him to Shyamnagar Government Mohsin Degree College in Satkhira...
IN 2009-2010, I was on research leave from the University of Dhaka to do a postdoctoral stint at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. I was going to work on a project titled 鈥楩rom Rokeya to Taslima: Trends in Muslim Feminism in South Asia鈥� 鈥� a topic related to my doctoral research completed at the University of Portsmouth, UK, in 2007 under the supervision of...
THE media landscape in Bangladesh has undergone a seismic transformation over the past few decades. From the era of a single state-run television channel, BTV, to the proliferation of private TV networks and the meteoric rise of digital platforms, the industry has witnessed both unprecedented growth and daunting challenges. As traditional media faces steady decline...
Police arrested 20 Rohingyas, including women and children, after local residents detained them in Chattogram city early Monday...
The Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Monday placed poet and essayist Sohel Hasan Galib on a two-day remand over allegation of making derogatory remarks on Prophet Muhammad (SM) in a poem...
The programmes of Jatiya Basanta Utsab 1431 were foiled on Friday in the capital鈥檚 Uttara area as local youths, branding the organisers as the collaborators of the fascist Awami League, opposed the celebration of the first day of the spring there....
Cultural organisation Samageet on Friday celebrated the arrival of Basanta organising a music festival and dedicated it to the student-led mass uprising that ousted Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League regime on August 5 in the past year.
Two American astronauts who have been trapped on the International Space Station since June could return to Earth earlier in March than expected, NASA said on Tuesday...
Sri Lanka pulled off a stunning comeback against world champions Australia to clinch a 49-run victory in the first one-day international on Wednesday after a century by captain Charith Asalanka.
Pacer Hasan Mahmud and Khaled Ahmed have been roped in by the Bangladesh Cricket Board to aid the preparation of the national team ahead of the forthcoming Champions Trophy...
OVER 10 million Bangladeshi migrant workers send home an estimated $22 billion in remittances annually, making it the country鈥檚 second-largest source of foreign exchange after garment exports. More than 60 per cent of this originates from the Middle East, with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Kuwait leading the way. At the same time...
Environment, forest and climate change adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan at a seminar on Wednesday said that the government was working to discourage use of single-use plastic to curb pollution and encouraging safer alternative to save environment...
IF YOU live in Bangladesh, you live under the shadow of Dhaka. Whether it鈥檚 for higher education, advanced healthcare, legal proceedings, or career opportunities, the capital city is the unavoidable nerve centre of the country. Yet, its overburdened infrastructure, worsening pollution, and staggering congestion tell the story of a country trapped in an...
Alvaro Morata is set for a loan move to Galatasaray from AC Milan after the Turkish champions announced on Sunday that negotiations between the two clubs had begun.
Captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz helped Khulna Tigers to secure playoffs of the ongoing BPL, beating Dhaka Capitals by six wickets in their must-win game at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday.
Khulna Tigers captain Mehdiy Hasan Miraz said it was everyone鈥檚 responsibility not to bring disgrace to the country鈥檚 cricket, as Durbar Rajshahi have been at the centre of the controversy in the ongoing BPL.
The High Court on Monday stayed for three months the appointment of 3,534 junior instructors (technical) and physical education instructors at various polytechnic institutions under the Technical and Madrasah Education Division of the education ministry...
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser press secretary Shafiqul Alam on Sunday said Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, former home minister of the deposed Sheikh Hasina government, was the butcher of Bangladesh.
Tanzid Hasan smashed an unbeaten 90 runs off 54 balls to keep Dhaka Capitals afloat as they beat Chittagong Kings by eight wickets in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Wednesday...