DMP arrests 186 in special operation in 24hrs
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police in a special operation arrested 186 suspected criminals in different parts of the capital in the past 24 hours...
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DNCC to manage fields, parks on community-based model
Dhaka North City Corporation is moving away from the club-based model in the management of the fields and parks under the DNCC and moving towards community-based management...
No security threat around August 5: home adviser
Home adviser Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Wednesday said that there was no security threat centring on August 5...
Trader hacked to death in Brahmanbaria
A trader was hacked to death on his way home from a local market at Sarail in Brahmanbaria on Tuesday night...
Two electrocuted in 2 dists
Two individuals died from electrocution in Habiganj and Lalmonirhat on Wednesday...
Two schoolgirls drown in Kishoreganj
Two schoolgirls drowned in the Narsunda River at Ashtaka Manikpur village of Gundhar union under Karimganj in Kishoreganj on Wednesday...
3 held with Phensedyl in Sylhet
The Rapid Action Battalion arrested three drug peddlers along with 200 bottles of Phensedyl in Sylhet on Tuesday night when they were preparing to send a parcel of the contraband drug through a courier service provider...
Speakers call for collaborative actions
Security agency officials and policymakers at a discussion on Wednesday reaffirmed Bangladesh鈥檚 commitment to combat human trafficking, recognising it as a grave violation of human rights and a serious form of organised crime...
Naogaon potato growers demonstrate demanding fair prices
Potato growers in Naogaon formed a human chain on Wednesday and also dumped potatoes on the road, demanding fair prices for the crop, similar to paddy and wheat...
Fundraising for July prog at RU sparks criticism
Fundraising for a July uprising programme at Rajshahi University has come under heavy criticism after the move went viral on social media...
Cultural activities needed to build inclusive, discrimination-free society: seminar
Cultural activists said on Wednesday that following the 2024 student-led mass uprising, cultural activities were needed to build an inclusive and discrimination-free society...
National seminar of PME department held at CUET
The department of petroleum and mining engineering at Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology held a national seminar at the Central Auditorium of CUET in Chattogram on Wednesday...
BMU, ICESCO hold meeting on academic鈥搕echnical collaboration
A meeting on academic鈥搕echnical collaboration between the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation and the Bangladesh Medical University held at the conference room of the Super Specialised Hospital of the BMU in Dhaka on Tuesday...
BNP, NCP activists clash in Cumilla
A clash broke out between leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the supporters of local government adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain and National Citizen Party, after a rally was organised at Cumilla鈥檚 Muradnagar in protest at the alleged conspiracy targeting adviser Asif...
BAU researchers identifies 25 highly hazardous pesticides
A team of researchers from the department of entomology at Bangladesh Agricultural University, led by Professor Gopal Das, has identified 25 highly hazardous pesticides currently registered in the country...
ICT to decide on framing charges against 30 on Aug 6
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Wednesday set August 6 to decide whether charges will be framed against 30 accused, including former Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur vice-chancellor Hasibur Rashid, over the murder of student Abu Sayeed during the July 16, 2024 protests...
EC approves draft delimitation of parliamentary constituencies
The Election Commission has approved the draft delimitation of parliamentary constituencies ahead of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad election...
Myanmar junta mandates prison sentences for election critics
Myanmar鈥檚 junta said Wednesday it has enacted a new law dictating prison sentences for critics or protesters of their planned election, which is being boycotted by opposition groups...
Physicists still divided about quantum world, 100 years on
The theory of quantum mechanics has transformed daily life since being proposed a century ago, yet how it works remains a mystery 鈥� and physicists are deeply divided about what is actually going on, a survey in the journal Nature said Wednesday...
Thailand, Cambodia trade allegations of truce breaking
Thailand and Cambodia exchanged allegations on Wednesday of breaching a ceasefire deal which has largely halted the open combat that engulfed their frontier...
Plaster falls off ceiling at DU Shahidullah Hall
The plaster of ceiling of a building at a Dhaka University student hall frequently fall off exposing residential students to danger...
Conspiracy hatched, reform process interrupted: NCP
National Citizen Party convener Nahid Islam at a rally on Wednesday said that conspiracies were hatched and the reform process was interrupted in the past one year going against the dream of building a new Bangladesh...
Tarique warns govt against missteps, democratic backslide
Acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party Tarique Rahman on Wednesday warned that any wrong decision by the interim government could put the country鈥檚 democratic journey at serious risk and open the door to the rise of fascism, extremism and radicalism...
Cultural progs decrease across country
Cultural activists have said that the activities of cultural institutions and organisations across the country decreased after the student-led mass uprising in July and August in 2024...
Parties divided over ways of July Charter implementation
Major political parties were divided on Wednesday over the procedures of implementation of the the July National Charter 2025...
Yunus stresses moving forward for LDC graduation
A high-level review meeting on the country鈥檚 preparation to graduate from Least Developed Country status to a developing country was held today with chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus in the chair...
TOAB demands revision of tour operator rules
Tour Operators Association of Bangladesh on Wednesday demanded revision of the Bangladesh Tour Operators and Tour Guides (Registration and Operation) Rules, 2024...
Govt keen to enhance export from 4 sectors
The government has formed a 16-member inter-ministerial committee, headed by the principal secretary to the Chief Adviser鈥檚 Office, for reviewing the possible measures for enhancing the export competitiveness of four sectors namely leather and leather goods, jute-made goods, agricultural and agri-processed goods and pharmaceuticals sectors...
BSCIC Sirajganj begins plot allocation
The much awaited plot allocation program for 鈥楤SCIC Industrial Park, Sirajganj鈥� was inaugurated on Wednesday as some 72 individuals were allotted plots...
Ataur Joins Bank Asia as independent director
Md Ataur Rahman has recently joined Bank Asia PLC as an independent director, said a press release...