Friday Theatre School premiered the Pied Piper of Hamelin
The students at the workshop of the Friday Theatre School on Saturday premiered the classic tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin at Alliance Fran莽aise de Dhaka...
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Dhaka expects lowered US tariff before deal
Bangladesh would seek to lower the 20 per cent tariff announced by the United States administration before the deal is finalised...
Dhaka stocks end week lower
Dhaka stocks wrapped up the week lower, as all key indices and market turnover retreated on muted investor activity...
Lalon song exponent Farida Parveen passes away
Lalon Sangeet exponent Farida Parveen passed away at a hospital while undergoing treatment in Dhaka on Saturday.
DMP arrest ex-DIG Nahidul Islam in Dhaka
Detectives of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested former deputy inspector general of Police AKM Nahidul Islam in Eskaton area in the capital on Saturday...
Dhaka鈥檚 air continues to be 鈥榤oderate鈥� with AQI score of 59
Dhaka鈥檚 air quality continued to be in the 鈥榤oderate鈥� zone on Saturday morning...
Student politics must give priority to people鈥檚 dreams: Rob
Former Dhaka University Students Union vice president and聽 freedom fighter ASM Abdur Rob on Friday said that the main motto of the students should be to聽 pursue their education properly and at the same time work for implementing dreams of the country鈥檚 common people.
Hope for conserving Dhaka鈥檚 old trees kindles among environmentalists
Hopes of conserving Dhaka city鈥檚 old trees kindle among environmentalists amid a government move to recognise those as 鈥榟istoric鈥� trees.
Woman鈥檚 body found in sack in city
Police recovered the body of a woman in a sack in Kadamtali鈥檚 Muradpur area in the capital on Friday.
Sheraton Dhaka hosts wedding open day
Sheraton Dhaka has introduced wedding open day, a one-of-a-kind showcase where couples discover how their dream celebration can come to life.
Two youths suffer bullet injuries in Dhaka鈥檚 Shahjahanpur
Two young men sustained bullet injuries on Thursday night in the Jhilpar area under Shahjahanpur Police Station in the capital, reportedly over a dispute related to drug dealing.
Dhaka Div tops unemployed population
Dhaka division has the highest unemployed people of 6.87 lakh people Mymensingh division the least unemployed people of 1.04 lakh, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics...
DUCSU VP candidate Jalal gets bail in attempted murder case
An additional chief metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Thursday granted bail to Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union vice president candidate Jalal Ahmed in a case filed over the alleged attempted murder of his roommate at Haji Muhammad Mohsin Hall of the university...
Health sector contractor Mithu nabbed in ACC case
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Thursday sent controversial health sector contractor Motazzaroul Islam Mithu to jail in a case filed on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 75 crore...
Stocks rebound on both bourses
Stocks managed a turnaround from the short-lived correction phase, riding on late-session buying activity, as investors turned back to the market owing to positive expectations amid favorable macroeconomic developments...
DUCSU ELECTIONS:聽DU revises turnout from 78.33pc to 74.75pc
In Tuesday鈥檚 Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union and hall union elections, 74.75 per cent, not 78.33 per cent, of votes were cast, authorities said on Thursday.
Standing shorn of past glory
It certainly is a walk of pride for students, or anyone, down the Dhaka Collegiate School campus, now at 1 Lyall Street in Old Town of Dhaka, founded in 1835 as the first government high school in undivided Bengal...
Results unlikely to impact on nat鈥檒 polls, say parties
The results of Tuesday鈥檚 Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union elections were a bit surprising, which caught many political leaders off guard, a number of political leaders said on Wednesday...
23 DUCSU VP aspirants bag less than聽10 votes each
A total of 23 vice-president candidates bagged less than 10 votes each in Tuesday鈥檚 Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union elections...
Shibir bags 23 of 28 posts
Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed panel for the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union elections won 23 among 28 posts, including the vice-president, general secretary and assistant general secretary posts...
NCC Bank donates 1,000 umbrellas to DMP
NCC Bank PLC recently donated 1,000 umbrellas to members of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said a press release...
A wake-up call for democrats
THE win of the right-wing Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student front of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, in the elections to the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union, the yearly event that took place after a gap of six years on September 9, which were by and large free and fair, is a defeat of the centrist and left student political organisations. This needs to be recognised...
HC halts expressway extension thru Panthakunja, Hatirjheel
The High Court on Wednesday ordered the government to stop the construction of an elevated expressway extension from the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation to the Plassey crossing through the Panthakunja Park and the Hatirjheel water body in the capital...
2 beaten to death, 2 hurt on mugging suspicion in city
Two youths were beaten to death and two others were injured by local people on suspicion of mugging in two separate incidents at Mohammadpur in the capital Dhaka on Wednesday...
Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed candidates win top DUCSU posts
Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed candidates have won the key positions of Vice President (VP), General Secretary (GS) and Assistant General Secretary (AGS) in the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union election with significant margins.
Islami Chhatra Shibir leads in DUCSU polls marked by irregularities
The Islami Chhatra Shibir was in the lead, until submission of this report at 3:30am, in the elections to the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union and hall unions marked by allegations of irregularities....
DUCSU candidates allege vote rigging
Chhatra Dal-backed vice-president candidate for the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union elections, Abidul Islam Khan, on Tuesday evening alleged widespread rigging in the polls.
DUCSU POLLS: Sikkhak Network slams DU authorities over inefficiency
Sikkhak Network, a platform of university teachers, on Tuesday evening criticised the university authorities for their inefficiency in managing the DUCSU elections, which recorded nearly 80 per cent voter turnout.
Kader terms DUCSU elections BNP-Jamaat鈥檚 power sharing exercise
Boishommobirodhi Shikkharthi Sangsad panel鈥檚 vice-president candidate Abdul Kader on Tuesday evening termed the elections to the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union a power-sharing exercise between the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami....
Formation of governing bodies at all non-govt edn instts in Dhaka ordered
The Dhaka Education Board on Tuesday directed heads of all non-government educational institutions under the board to form governing bodies and managing committees.