Bangladeshi youth injured in BSF firing along Maheshpur border
A Bangladeshi youth sustained bullet injuries after Indian Border Security Force allegedly opened fire along the Kusumpur border in Maheshpur upazila of Jhenaidah on Thursday night.
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NSU holds seminar on IP law
The North South University law department celebrated 鈥榃orld Intellectual Property Day鈥� with a seminar on contemporary Intellectual Property Law at the NSU in Dhaka on Wednesday...
Govt drafts two guidelines for electric 3-wheelers, rickshaws
The government has drafted two separate guidelines to manage and control electric three-wheeler vehicles and battery-run rickshaws...
Polytechnic students shut down institutes for 2nd day
The students of polytechnic institutes across the country kept their respective institutions locked for the second day on Wednesday under an indefinite campus shutdown programme to press home their six-point demand...
Bashundhara鈥檚 shares of Tk聽1,458cr seized
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge on Wednesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to seize 75.46 crore shares, worth Tk 1,458 crore, of 22 companies of the Bashundhara Group in connection with graft allegations...
Labour rights still far cry
The labour sector needs comprehensive reforms to ensure worker rights and welfare. The interim government has, however, received recommendations from the labour reforms commission...
Modernisation of interconnection exchange system demanded聽
The Association of ICX Operators of Bangladesh on Wednesday urged the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission to modernise the Interconnection Exchange system instead of eliminating it...
Balancing technology and student well-being
THE acceleration of digital learning tools has unlocked new opportunities for students, but it has also introduced fresh challenges, particularly concerning mental health. As universities embrace technology, the task of balancing students鈥� learning needs with their well-being has never been more critical. Bangladesh鈥檚 educational landscape has undergone significant...
Power sector managers need to ensure quality control
THE absence of a quality control mechanism in the power sector has led to extra fuel costs in power generation. A recent Power Development Board analysis shows that some plants consume up to 90 per cent more fuel than others do. The finding indicates an overall power management failure in stopping the leak of the already scanty supplies of imported fuels...
Speedy reforms needed to save economy : ICCB
Bangladesh鈥檚 banking sector faces deepening vulnerabilities amid looming US tariffs and stalled IMF loan disbursements, which require urgent structural reforms to protect the economy and restore financial stability, speakers said at a seminar on Wednesday...
Patkheer gets GI recognition
鈥楶atkheer鈥�, a traditional sweet from Sirajdikhan upazila of Munshiganj鈥� has been officially recognised as a Geographical Indication (GI) product...
US economy contracts in Jan-Mar
The US economy unexpectedly contracted in the first three months of this year, according to fresh data published Wednesday, due largely to a surge in imports ahead of the introduction of sweeping tariffs by president Donald Trump...
Samsung Electronics posts 22pc jump in Q1 net profit
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics reported a better-than-expected 21.7 per cent rise in first-quarter net profit on Wednesday as consumers rushed to buy smartphones under the looming threat of US tariffs...
13 killed as sectarian clashes near Damascus spread
Sectarian clashes between forces linked to Syria鈥檚 new authorities and Druze fighters spread overnight near Damascus, leaving 13 people dead, state media and a monitor said on Wednesday...
Any Rohingya to be dropped from voter list upon identification: EC
The Election Commission has adopted a zero-tolerance policy against the inclusion of Rohingyas in the national voter list, announcing that any person to be identified as Rohingya will be removed immediately.
EC publishes gazette notification declaring BNP鈥檚 Ishraque as DSCC mayor
The Election Commission published a gazette notification declaring BNP leader Ishraque Hossain as the mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation to implement a court verdict as no opinion was received from the law ministry within the stipulated timeframe, election commissioner Abdul Fazal Md Sanaullah said on Wednesday...
High-level body sought to modernise technical edn
The Citizen鈥檚 Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh on Tuesday proposed to form a high level committee for the modernisation of technical education...
BSCL, Sternula sign MoU
A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Bangladesh Satellite Company Limited and Danish company Sternula to make shipping safe and digital by installing satellite-based Automatic Identification System in the Bangladesh maritime sector...
Economy and environment
BANGLADESH鈥橲 meandering geographical landscape and low-lying delta topography make it susceptible to natural disasters. However, beyond these geographical challenges, there have been many more casualties, and all of them are directly or indirectly connected to reckless behaviour and flawed thinking frameworks. These problems mainly stem from unsustainable...
Govt should try all means to plug energy supply gap
A POOR state of the energy sector 鈥� where industries almost halve their production, power plants sit idle by the dozens, queues grow longer at filling stations and households wait until midnight to cook meals all because of constraining inadequacy in energy supply, especially gas 鈥� has come to be a grim reminder of a bad energy planning of the interim government...
HUAIHAI brings electric scooters
Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer HUAIHAI Global, in collaboration with NAMSS Motors Limited, has launched electric scooters called 鈥楽PARKY鈥� and 鈥楨-THUNDER鈥� on the Bangladeshi market, said a press release...
Polytechnic students shut down all institutes across Bangladesh
The students of polytechnic institutes across the country on Tuesday kept their respective institutions locked as they began an indefinite campus shutdown programme to press home their six-point demand...
High level committee proposed for modernisation of technical edn
Citizen鈥檚 Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh on Tuesday proposed for a high level committee for the modernisaion of the technical education...
3 BNP front orgs announce programmes for May
The Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal, Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak Dal and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, three front organisations of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, on Monday announced for May various programmes to be held in the country鈥檚 four...
BTRC holds 3-day workshop on policy, regulation, services
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission organised a three-day workshop on policy, regulation and services commenced in Dhaka on Monday with the participation of South Asian Telecommunication Regulators Council.
Experts for bringing informal labour sector under regulations
Experts and sector people on Monday suggested that the informal labour sector should be brought under stronger governmental regulations...
BTRC approves Starlink
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has given initial approval to Starlink to provide satellite internet services in Bangladesh...
More woman entrepreneurs in SME sector envisioned
Speakers at a seminar have highlighted that the small and medium enterprise sector should encourage more women entrepreneurs alongside simplifying and making more women-friendly the trade licensing processes and access to finance...
Walton records Tk 696.44cr profit till Q3
Walton Hi-Tech Industries PLC, country鈥檚 leading electrical and electronics manufacturing company listed in capital market, has recorded about Tk聽696.44 crore net profits during the first nine months (July鈥�2024-March鈥�2025) of the financial year 2024-25...
Politics, elections, and protocol of dignitaries
THE politicisation of police and the exertion of political control over law enforcement undermine the integrity and impartiality of policing. When police forces become subject to political influence, their priorities may shift from enforcing the law equitably to serving the interests of particular political groups or individuals. This erosion of neutrality can lead to selective...