Adviser Bashir Uddin made Biman鈥檚 board of directors鈥� chairman
Adviser to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism Sheikh Bashir Uddin has been appointed as chairman of the board of directors of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited...
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Fire service drill held at AUST
A fire service drill was held at the Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology in Dhaka on Wednesday, with the active participation of all members of the AUST...
Probe committee holds public hearing, 1 jailed
The investigation committee formed by the Cabinet Division against the backdrop of widespread looting of stones from Sadapathar and Railway Bunker area at Bholaganj under Companiganj in Sylhet said on Wednesday that the final report of the committee would be submitted as soon as possible...
Russia rejects EU troops in Ukraine, speedy Zelensky meeting
Russia pushed back Wednesday against the idea of European peacekeeping troops being deployed to Ukraine, and downplayed chances of a meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, in another blow to the chances of a peace deal...
13 Rohingyas among 16 pushed into Bangladesh
The Border Security Force of India pushed at least 16 more people, including 13 Rohingyas, into Bangladesh through a border point under Baralekha upazila in Moulvibazar on Tuesday morning...
Fakhrul warns of plot to disrupt elections, asks people to remain vigilant
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday alleged that a conspiracy was underway to undermine the upcoming general election and urged the people to remain vigilant...
Road collapse paralyses 12 villages in Cumilla
Hundreds of residents in 12 villages of Debidwar, Cumilla have been left stranded after a vital road, renovated less than a year ago spending Tk 1 crore, collapsed on Monday...
Rampant industrial pollution blamed for disease spread in N鈥檊anj
Green activists and local people at a discussion on Wednesday blamed industries for polluting water, air and soil in Narayanganj and spreading pollution-related diseases...
430 more dengue cases reported in 24hrs
Four hundred and thirty more new dengue cases were reported in the 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising the number of confirmed cases to 29,944 this year...
Man held with counterfeit 5 lakh Indian rupees in Jhenaidah
MEMBERS of the Border Guard Bangladesh have arrested a Bangladeshi national with counterfeit Indian currency notes worth 5,04,000 rupees from the Maheshpur border area in Jhenaidah...
RUCSU polls deferred, code violation goes on for DUCSU
The commission for the elections to the Rajshahi University Central Students鈥� Union and hall unions on Wednesday deferred the polls by 13 days, while candidates for the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union and hall union elections continued their campaign for the second day amid violations of the electoral code of conduct...
Israel ups pressure on Gaza City
The Israeli military pressed operations around Gaza City on Wednesday, as president Donald Trump prepared to host a White House meeting on post-war plans for the shattered Palestinian territory...
NBR transfers 225 tax inspectors across Bangladesh
The National Board of Revenue has transferred 225 tax inspectors from different tax zones to its offices elsewhere across Bangladesh on Wednesday...
EC likely to announce election roadmap today
The Election Commission has approved the final roadmap for the 13th National parliamentary elections and is set to publish it on Thursday, according to the commission鈥檚 senior secretary Akhtar Ahmed...
ICT begins trial in Abu Sayeed murder case
The deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina allegedly planned to execute student protesters of the July uprising, comparing them to war criminals known as 鈥榬azakars鈥�, according to a leaked phone call submitted to the International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Wednesday...
Former DUCSU leaders oppose army deployment during DU polls
Former Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union leaders on Wednesday expressed grave concerns about the university鈥檚 decision to deploy the army during the DUCSU elections scheduled for September 9...
No respite from high prices despite fall on global market
Despite a sharp decline in the commodity prices on the international market after a Ukraine war-induced surge, consumers in Bangladesh are still bearing the brunt of high prices of commodities as the domestic market remains indifferent to the global price fall...
Roads in 4 cities blocked as engineering students clash with police in Dhaka
The students of different engineering universities on Wednesday blocked roads in four districts including Dhaka where they clashed with the police as they took to the streets demanding reforms in the recruitment and promotion system of engineers in the public service...
Iran says return of IAEA inspectors not full resumption of cooperation
Iran said Wednesday that the return of UN nuclear inspectors did not represent a full resumption of cooperation, which was suspended in the aftermath of June attacks by Israel and the United States...
Pakistan blows up embankment as it braces for flood surge
Pakistan authorities blew up an embankment next to a monsoon-engorged dam on Wednesday as flooding submerged one of the world鈥檚 holiest Sikh sites...
Denmark summons US diplomat over Greenland 鈥榠nterference鈥�
Denmark summoned the US charge d鈥檃ffaires Wednesday after reports of attempted interference in Greenland, a Danish autonomous territory which US president Donald Trump wants to take over...
At Trump鈥檚 marathon cabinet meeting the show must go on and on
US president Donald Trump is famed as a political showman 鈥� and during a record-breaking three hour and 16 minute cabinet meeting, the show went on, and on, and on...
Thai woman jailed for 43 years for royal insult freed
A Thai woman who received one of the kingdom鈥檚 longest ever royal insult sentences was freed from prison on Wednesday under a mass pardon marking the king鈥檚 birthday...
China says hopes US will welcome more Chinese students
China said on Wednesday it hopes the United States will welcome more Chinese students, after President Donald Trump said he intended to allow 6,00,000 students to enter the country...
Cash outside banks soar amid public distrust
Cash held outside the banking system in Bangladesh climbed further in June, highlighting deepening public distrust in banks...
Nagad to be privatised
Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur on Wednesday said that new private investors will soon be sought for the mobile financial service provider Nagad, as part of a plan to privatize the platform as the postal department lacks the capacity to operate the MFS...
BIDA hosts consultation on pharmaceuticals
The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority on Wednesday organised a stakeholders鈥� consultation on the draft research report titled 鈥業dentification of the Key Challenges and Opportunities for the Pharmaceutical Sector in the Post-TRIPS Era.鈥�..
Bagherhat鈥檚 dried fish fetches Tk 6cr revenue
On the windswept shores of Dublar Char, at the southern edge of the Sundarbans and the Bay of Bengal, a seasonal economy thrives that sustains thousands of livelihoods and contributes significantly to Bangladesh鈥檚 national coffers...
50pc US tariffs on Indian goods take effect
US tariffs of 50 per cent took effect Wednesday on many Indian products, doubling an existing duty as President Donald Trump sought to punish New Delhi for buying Russian oil...