DSCC sets Tk 1,320.43cr revenue target for FY26
The Dhaka South City Corporation on Wednesday announced a budget of Tk 3,841.38 crore for the financial year 2025鈥�26...
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NSU hosts dialogue on democratic transition
In light of Bangladesh鈥檚 recent political landscape and the anniversary of the July uprising, the Centre for Peace Studies at North South University and Germany鈥檚 Arnold Bergstrasser Institute jointly organised a special dialogue and a three-day photo exhibition at the NSU in Dhaka on Wednesday...
Artists urged to play active role in protecting environment
Artists can play a vital role in protecting the environment while public art can ensure coexistence of ideas in a democratic society following the student-led mass uprising, said speakers at an event on Wednesday...
Rabindra University observes Tagore鈥檚 death anniv
Rabindra University, Bangladesh on Wednesday observed the 84th anniversary of the death of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, a Bengali polymath who worked, among others, as a poet, writer, playwright and composer...
EdTech Futures workshop explores prospects of technology-driven education
A daylong international workshop titled EdTech Futures: Bridging Innovation and Impact in Bangladesh has recently been held at the CIRDAP Auditorium in Dhaka recently...
PSTU VC urges to build corruption-free, discrimination-free country
Vice-chancellor of Pirojpur Science and Technology University Professor Md Shahidul Islam at a programme on Tuesday urged the people of the country to build a corruption-free, discrimination-free, happy, prosperous and self-reliant Bangladesh...
BWDB engineers鈥� association forms committees
The advisory and convening committees of the Bangladesh Water Development Board Engineers鈥� Association have recently been formed...
BNP hails Feb election plan as step towards democracy
Secretary general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday welcomed the announcement to hold the next national election in February 2026, saying that the party saw it as a step towards restoring democracy in Bangladesh...
Remain united for nat鈥檒 interest: Tarique
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Wednesday urged all to remain united for the sake of national interest...
Student, journalist testify against police, BRUR officials, BCL
Two key witnesses on Wednesday testified before the International Crimes Tribunal-1, implicating the police, Begum Rokeya University officials, and Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders in the killing of student protester Abu Sayeed during the July 2024 anti-discrimination movement...
Parties divided over July Declaration
Major political parties on Wednesday gave mixed reactions to the July Declaration and a time frame for the next national election announced by the interim government in the previous day...
RMG exports to US see 25pc growth in Jan-Jun
The readymade garment exports to the United States from Bangladesh witnessed a robust growth of 25.13 per cent to $4.25 billion in the first half of 2025, from January to June...
Block maker Maxcrete obtains LEED certificate
Maxcrete Limited, an AAC block and panel manufacturer, obtained the United States Green Building Council鈥檚 (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certificate...
Trump targets tariff evasion, with eye on China
As the United States ramps up tariffs on major trading partners globally, president Donald Trump is also disrupting strategies that could be used 鈥� by Chinese companies or others 鈥� to circumvent them...
NRB Bank celebrates 12th anniv
NRB Bank PLC has completed its 12th year of operations with accelerating growth through digital innovation, said a press release...
Finance adviser sees scope for further cut in US tariff
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Wednesday said that the country still had the scope for bargaining over the tariff rate the United States imposed on Bangladeshi exports to the US.
Meta working to thwart WhatsApp scammers
Meta on Tuesday said it shut nearly seven million WhatsApp accounts linked to scammers in the first half of this year and is ramping up safeguards against such schemes...
CA office sends letter to EC over Bangladesh national polls
The Chief Adviser鈥檚 Office on Wednesday sent a letter to the Election Commission鈥檚 senior secretary to make arrangements for the next national election in February, before the month of Ramadan...
Genocidal starvation in Palestine
WEAPONISATION of starvation is going on in Palestine to evict the remaining population to make more room for Israeli settlers. The unlawful transformation of Palestinians into refugees raises questions about the legitimacy of the genocidal starvation. This is a violation of the basic human right to access food. Palestinians are perishing silently, and their resistance...
Livelihoods, ATEC sign biodigester project
The Livelihoods Carbon Fund 3, in partnership with ATEC Global, is implementing a large-scale clean cooking initiative aimed at transforming energy access in rural Bangladesh, says a press release.
Towards a gender-just climate future
BANGLADESH is at the forefront of climate chaos. From scorching heatwaves to unrelenting floods, environmental stresses are remaking the nation鈥檚 social and economic fabric. Women, particularly poor and rural women, bear the brunt. But they are seldom viewed as the heart of climate leadership. In a world heating faster than expected, an equitable climate future...
Withdrawal of project of public interest not an option
THE government鈥檚 discontinuing its support for the national academy for children with special needs at a time when there are barely any facilities to ensure access to education for children with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders is disconcerting. The Planning Commission on August 4 decided to close the academy on the grounds that the implementation of the...
Govt should now concentrate on holding good elections
THIS is welcome that the chief adviser to the interim government has announced the date of the 13th national elections. The chief adviser, in his address to the nation marking the first anniversary of July Mass Uprising Day on August 5, unambiguously said that he would write to the chief election commissioner to make all preparations for holding the next national...
Hiroshima marks 80 years as US-Russia nuclear tensions rise
Japan marked 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Wednesday with a ceremony reminding the world of the horrors unleashed, as sabre-rattling between the United States and Russia keeps the nuclear 鈥楧oomsday Clock鈥� close to midnight...
Natural disasters caused $135b in economic losses in first half of 2025
Natural disasters caused $135 billion in economic losses globally in the first half of 2025, fuelled by the Los Angeles wildfires, Swiss Re said Wednesday...
Republicans, Democrats go to 鈥榳ar鈥� over US election map
Donald Trump is pulling hard on the levers of power to strengthen Republicans through redistricting in Texas and other states 鈥� the latest offensive in escalating moves by both sides to shape the battlefield of US democracy for the midterm elections...
Mohammadi warns of 鈥榯emptation鈥� of nuclear arms
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi warned Wednesday, on the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, that the 鈥榯emptation鈥� for countries to pursue nuclear arms was growing...
South Korean prosecutors question ex-first lady accused of graft
South Korean prosecutors questioned former first lady Kim Keon Hee on Wednesday over a litany of allegations, including stock manipulation and bribery...
One more patient dies of Covid in Ctg
One more person died of Covid and five new cases were detected in Chattogram in the past 24 hours.
Two members of forest robber gang arrested in Sunderbans
Members of Coast Guard arrested two members of forest robber gang Asabur Bahini along with firearms and ammunition from the Sunderbans on Tuesday...