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...
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...
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...
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 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�...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
THE initiative of the Dhaka North City Corporation to rent out road spaces where footpaths exist in areas such as Gulshan, Banani, Agargaon and Uttara can at best be construed as a means of earning some money. But as this could, as urban planners say, intensify traffic congestion in areas already grappling with the problem and obstruct pedestrians, this could prove to be...
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...
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.
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...
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.
City dwellers suffered for at least three and a half hours until 6:00pm on Sunday as different groups staged separate street protests and a road blockade in front of the Jatiya Press Club and its adjoining areas in the capital, mainly to press...
STUDENTS of several departments of Islamic University in Kushtia on Saturday filed a written complaint against Al-Quran and Islamic Studies chairman Professor Nasir Uddin Mizhi following the circulation of an audio clip in which he made derogatory remarks about...
The police on Saturday evening intercepted the Bangladesh Civil Service aspirants鈥� march towards the chief adviser鈥檚 residence Jamuna demanding that Professor Muhammad Yunus sign the 鈥楴on-Cadre Appointment (Special) (Amendment) Rules, 2025鈥� immediately.
A discussion titled Evidence-based Precision Oncology: Integration of Education, Research and Clinical Practice was held at the department of clinical oncology of Bangladesh Medical University in Dhaka on Saturday.
A partnership agreement has recently been signed between the Higher Education Acceleration and Transformation project implemented by the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh and the British Council to enhance leadership, teacher skills...
Bangladesh Medical University held a commemorative meeting on Professor Dr Mobin Khan, former treasurer of the BMU and founding chairperson of the department of haepatology, marking his first anniversary of death, at the Lecture Hall of BMU鈥檚 Super Specialised Hospital...
The City University students blocked a major road in Savar on Saturday, demanding formal apology and accountability from Daffodil International University over the last week鈥檚 violent clashes that left their campus vandalised.
The Dhaka North City Corporation has begun renting out roads adjacent to footpaths in several busy areas, including Gulshan, Banani, Agargaon and Uttara.
The assistant teachers of government primary schools on Saturday threatened to resume their movement if their demands for pay rise and promotion were not met by November 15.
UCSI University Bangladesh branch, located at Banani in Dhaka, has announced the launch of its Tk 3 Crore mega scholarship programme for students who have successfully qualified in the higher secondary certificate examination.
Younger political leaders on Saturday said that holding the next Jatiya Sangsad elections in early February, as declared by the interim government, could end the country鈥檚 political crisis.
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday directed the chiefs of the three armed forces to take all necessary measures to ensure foolproof security for the upcoming 13th Jatiya Sangshad elections to be held in the first half of February 2026.
Hazardous chemical and plastic businesses keep operating across Dhaka residential areas, posing severe health hazards and life risks to residents.
