A severe heatwave sweeping Iran has disrupted water and electricity supplies in much of the country, with reservoir levels dropping to their lowest point in a century, state media said Tuesday...
Over 100 protesting students and 16 members of the security forces were injured as the students entered the Bangladesh secretariat bypassing security barricades and locked into clashes with the Bangladesh Army and police in the capital Dhaka on Tuesday, demanding mainly the resignation of the education adviser and the secretary for their alleged failure...
Banophool Adibashi Green Heart College has organised a reception programme for the meritorious students, who passed the SSC examination this year, at the college in the capital鈥檚 Mirpur...
Election commission has sought information of the returning officers, presiding officers, assistant presiding officers and polling officers, who served in the 10th, 11th and 12th parliamentary elections...
A large quantity of personal belongings including shirts, pants, T-shirts sarees and shoes seized from a Gulshan duplex of former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed will be put on auction this week...
A group of Rajshahi University students on Monday staged a sit-in, demanding the announcement of a full schedule for the Rajshahi University Central Students鈥� Union elections soon...
Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba clung on Monday even after an election debacle left his coalition without a majority in the upper house, as painful new US tariffs loom...
The European Central Bank is set to hold interest rates for the first time in almost a year when policymakers meet this week, despite concerns over the potential impact of higher US tariffs on the eurozone economy...
Scientists present at the latest effort to hash out international rules for deep-sea mining say it鈥檚 unclear if it is possible to restore damaged sea floor ecosystems 鈥� or how long it would take...
In a stunning development that shook North American trade diplomacy, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that the United States is 鈥榯erminating ALL discussions on trade with Canada鈥� in retaliation for Ottawa鈥檚 implementation of a digital services tax, DST, targeting US tech firms. Trump, known for his aggressive trade posturing, condemned Canada鈥檚...
The starvation and genocide in Gaza and Israel鈥檚 unconstrained colonial and imperial arrogance have reached a point beyond redemption. Benjamin Netanyahu鈥檚 endless wars now bleed into Syria, attacking the heart of Damascus with absolute impunity. Meanwhile, the United States, supposedly the world鈥檚 leading superpower, remains tragically mired in subservience to...
The faculty of electrical and computer engineering of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology signed a memorandum of understanding with the SBIT Limited Bangladesh at the CUET鈥檚 Syndicate Room in Chattogram on Sunday...
The schedule for the elections to the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union is likely to be announced on July 29, with voting expected in the second week of September...
Calm returned to southern Syria鈥檚 Sweida province on Sunday, a monitor and AFP correspondents reported, after a week of sectarian violence between Druze fighters and rival groups that killed more than 1,000 people...
At least nine people were shot dead Saturday while playing pool in a tourist city in southwestern Ecuador, the country鈥檚 prosecutor鈥檚 office said...
Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba鈥檚 coalition lost its upper house majority in elections on Sunday, local media projected, in a debacle that could end his short premiership...
A high-level delegation from the Government of Bangladesh led by Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun, executive chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) and the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA), has departed for China to promote and facilitate foreign direct investment...
Khulna Metropolitan Police has inaugurated traffic fine collection service through Community Bank Bangladesh PLC, said a press release...
Walton Digi-Tech Industries Limited is offering a maximum guaranteed cashback of up to Tk 25,000 on its BRTA approved electric bike series TAKYON, said a press release...
IT IS unacceptable that the authorities have yet to adequately respond to the issues that have disrupted the academic environment for the past year. A breakdown in the relationship between teachers and students, a series of protest movements by both groups, and the absence of functioning governing bodies or managing committees in many educational institutions...
Bangladesh Society of Water and Power Engineers has recently held a seminar titled Sustainable Infrastructure and Strategic Planning: The Role of Engineers in Future Leadership at the Mukti Hall of the Power Building in Dhaka...
BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday urged the people of the country and political parties to stay alert and watch closely whether any group, with the support of a section of the interim government, was trying to create a planned situation to derail the upcoming election...
Normal academic atmosphere in the education sector from primary to tertiary levels is yet to be restored in the country, even after a year of the student-led mass uprising in July and August in 2024...
The businesses urged effective market surveillance to protect the interests of consumers and businesses.聽..
US and European stock markets stalled or trimmed gains on Friday after a bullish week buoyed by US data and upbeat company earnings...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami nayeb-e-amir Mujibur Rahman said on Saturday that only Islamic laws should be followed in the national parliament in future, and there should be no place for man-made ideas or systems...
Secretary general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at a discussion in Dhaka on Saturday said that they had no compromise on the issues of the War of Independence and the democratic system...
Former inspector general of police Ashraful Huda on Friday said that intelligence failures were responsible for some of Bangladesh鈥檚 most critical national crises, including the assassinations of former presidents Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Ziaur Rahman, as well as the...
India has reiterated that it expects the forthcoming general election in Bangladesh would be inclusive and participatory.
The Election Commission has revoked the registrations of 96 observer organisations under its newly issued guidelines, replacing those approved under the previous policy.