Madrid extend Liga lead
Kylian Mbappe struck twice as Real Madrid romped to a 4-0 win over Valencia on Saturday to move seven points clear at the top of La Liga...
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U-19 series rescheduled
The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Sunday changed the schedule for the remaining three matches of the Youth ODI series between Bangladesh Under-19s and their counterparts Afghanistan in Rajshahi...
BSEC, CSE host AML workshop
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission and the Chittagong Stock Exchange on Sunday jointly organised a daylong training workshop on 鈥楢ML/CFT Compliance and Risk-Based Supervision鈥�.
Mazid, Mahidul hit fighting tons
Abdul Mazid hit a hundred as Mymensingh continued their dominance against Rangpur on the second day of the second round match of the National Cricket League at the Cox鈥檚 Bazar Academy Ground on Sunday...
Israel warns of intensifying attacks against Hezbollah in south Lebanon
Israel warned Sunday that its military would step up its attacks against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, a day after the Lebanese health ministry reported four people killed in an Israeli air strike...
Sundarban Courier celebrates 43rd founding anniv
Courier service provider, Sundarban Courier Service (Pvt.) Ltd, celebrated its 43rd founding anniversary with a daylong series of programmes at its corporate headquarters in Uttara, Dhaka, says a press release.
Obama campaigns with US Democrats ahead of key state elections
Former US president Barack Obama hit the campaign trail Saturday for fellow Democrats ahead of closely-watched state elections, laying into Donald Trump over his 鈥榮hambolic鈥� policies and warning of the dangers facing American democracy...
Death becomes a growing business in ageing, lonely S Korea
Rows of coffins line a university classroom in the South Korean port city of Busan, ready for use in training the funeral directors of the future in a rapidly ageing country...
US strike on alleged drug vessel in Caribbean kills three
A US strike on an alleged drug-trafficking vessel in the Caribbean killed three people on Saturday, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said, the latest such attack in international waters...
Andrew to lose his last military rank
The UK government said Sunday it would move to strip the former prince Andrew of his honorary title of vice-admiral, his last remaining military rank...
Mexico shooting kills mayor during public event
Gunmen shot dead the mayor of a Mexican city during a public event on Saturday, authorities said, in an area plagued by violence and organised crime...
US seeks to reboot military channels with China
US defence secretary Pete Hegseth said on Saturday that during talks with his Chinese counterpart, the two sides had agreed to reboot military-to-military links to 鈥榙econflict and deescalate鈥�...
Shippers鈥� Council chairman to attend annual alliance meeting in Bali
Rezaul Karim, chairman, Shippers鈥� Council of Bangladesh and vice-chairman, Asian Shippers鈥� Alliance left Dhaka for Bali, Indonesia on Sunday for attending Asian Shippers鈥� Alliance and Global Shippers鈥� Alliance annual meeting scheduled to be held on November 5 to 7 at the聽聽 Discovery Kartika Plaza Hotel, Bali, Indonesia organised by Indonesia National Shippers鈥� Council.
Expatriates鈥� voter registration under way in 11 countries, says Akhtar
The senior secretary of the Election Commission Secretariat, Akhtar Ahmed, on Sunday said voter registration and National Identity Card services for expatriate Bangladeshis are currently under way at 21 stations in 11 countries.
Israel鈥檚 internationally enabled crime
GAZA does not mark the end of the settler colonial project. It marks, I fear, its final phase. Western states, enriched by their own occupations and genocides 鈥� in India, Africa, Asia, Latin America and North America 鈥� are returning to their roots as they face a global climate crisis and the obscene levels of social inequality that they engineer and sustain...
Reality of practicals in public examinations
EDUCATION in Bangladesh has fallen victim to corruption, inefficiency, mismanagement, and neglect for decades. Both print and electronic media often expose many of these malpractices. However, some education illnesses don鈥檛 seem to come to the limelight for whatever reasons. There appears to be no one to take action on them...
NCP accepts 鈥榳ater lily bud鈥�
The National Citizen Party has backed down from its previous rigid demand for the 鈥榳ater lily鈥� as its election symbol and agreed to accept 鈥榳ater lily bud鈥� as its symbol.
Not to profit from poverty
FOR over four decades, microfinance has been hailed as a revolutionary tool for poverty alleviation. From the villages of Bangladesh to the favelas of Latin America, it promised to transform the unbanked into entrepreneurs and empower women through credit. Yet, as the model has evolved, its soul has been compromised. What began as a humanitarian effort to...
Good governance must begin with environmental stewardship
BETWEEN 1950 and 2017, the world produced 9.2 billion tonnes of plastic, most of it intended for single use. Only nine per cent has ever been recycled and 12 per cent incinerated, leaving approximately 79 per cent accumulated in our environment. This accumulation has led to global plastic pollution, posing a planetary health threat. Plastics break down...
Decade of neglect, delay in chemical warehouse relocation
THIS is deplorable that the authorities have failed to relocate chemical warehouses from residential neighbourhoods in Dhaka even 10 years after the project was initiated. Despite repeated disasters at Nimtali, Chawkbazar and, most recently, Rupnagar, the relocation of chemical warehouses remains mired in a cycle of missed deadlines and unfulfilled pledges. The failure has...
Bangladesh now has 127,612,384 voters, says EC
The number of voters in the country is currently 127,612,384. Of them, 64,760,382 are male voters, 62,850,772 are female and 1,230 are transgender voters.
Five dengue patients die, 1,162 hospitalised across Bangladesh in 24 hours
The dengue crisis in Bangladesh continues to deteriorate as five more patients died and 1,162 were admitted to hospitals across the country in the 24 hours leading up to Sunday morning...
Shafiqur Rahman re-elected as Jamaat Ameer
Shafiqur Rahman has been re-elected the amir of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami for the next three years.
BB proposes full ministerial rank for governor
Bangladesh Bank has proposed a significant elevation in the rank of its governor, seeking to grant the position the full status and privileges of a cabinet minister...
UK train stabbing wounds 10, two suspects arrested
UK police arrested two suspects after a mass stabbing on a London-bound train late Saturday that left 10 people in hospital, nine likely with 鈥榣ife-threatening injuries鈥�.
Price of 12 kg LPG cylinder reduced by Tk 26
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission has reduced the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas for November...
Decision on Zakir Naik coming to Bangladesh hinges on relevant ministries: adviser
Bangladesh interim government religious affairs adviser AFM Khalid Hossain on Sunday said that Islamic preacher Zakir Naik can visit Bangladesh only with approval from the home and foreign ministries.
ICT charges Inu, Hanif
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Sunday charged detained Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal鈥揓asod president Hasanul Haq Inu, absconding Awami League joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif and three other absconding Kushtia AL leaders...
Bishwa Ijtema to be held after polls: Khalid
Religious affairs adviser AFM Khalid Hossain on Sunday said that the next 鈥楤ishwa Ijtema鈥� of Tablighi would be held after the national elections.
BNP declares 10-day programme marking Nov 7
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday announced a 10-day programme to observe with due respect 鈥楴ational Revolution and Solidarity Day鈥�, marking the 鈥榗ivil-military uprising鈥� on November 7, 1975...
