Fisherman, farmer electrocuted in 2 dists
A fisherman and a farmer died after being electrocuted in Patuakhali and Natore on Saturday...
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National Press Club member AA Zafar Iqbal dies
Jatiya Press Club associate member and freedom fighter AA Zafar Iqbal died of old-age complications at a hospital in the city on Saturday...
Family dispute over land injure 6 in Meherpur
A family dispute over ancestral land at Kazipur under Gangni in Meherpur erupted into violence on Friday evening, which injured six family members...
AL leader arrested in Ctg over attack on Mirza Fakhrul鈥檚 motorcade
The police on Saturday arrested a fugitive accused from Chattogram city鈥檚 Pahartali area in the case filed over the attack on BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir鈥檚 motorcade in 2017...
Social sciences faculty of PUST holds national conference
The first national conference titled 鈥楾owards a Sustainable Future Economic Stability, Political Reforms and Socio-Cultural Transformation in Bangladesh鈥� by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Pabna University of Science and Technology was held on Saturday...
15 hurt as BNP factions clash over jhut business
At least 15 people were injured as two factions of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its associate bodies clashed over control of jhut business at Tongi in Gazipur...
Lyon can compete in Europe if they overturn relegation: club
Lyon have agreed a financial sustainability procedure with UEFA which will allow them to play in Europe next season if they win their appeal against relegation to the French second division, the club said on Friday...
Ancelotti tells Neymar to prepare well for World Cup
New Brazil coach Carlo Ancelotti considers Neymar 鈥榓 very important player鈥� and has urged the injury-prone star 鈥榯o prepare well鈥� for the 2026 World Cup.
H&M sales fall in Q2 on stronger currency
Swedish fashion giant H&M on Thursday reported a drop in sales and profit in the second quarter, as currency effects weighed on the company鈥檚 earnings...
Inter, Monterrey join Dortmund in Club World Cup last 16
Inter Milan kept their cool to beat nine-man River Plate 2-0 and reach the Club World Cup last 16 on Wednesday, while Mexican side Monterrey followed them through from Group E.
Seven Circle wins green factory award
Seven Circle (Bangladesh) Limited, producer of Seven Rings Cement, has won 鈥楪reen Factory Award 2025,鈥� said a press release...
X Ceramics Group wins green factory award
X Ceramics Group has won 鈥楪reen Factory Award 2025,鈥� said a press release...
Mirzapore, Zareen tea gardens win green factory award
Mirzapore Tea Garden and Zareen Tea Garden, both under Ispahani Group, have won 鈥楪reen Factory Award 2025鈥� in tea category, said a press release...
Japan conducts first domestic surface-to-ship missile test
Japan on Wednesday called its first surface-to-ship missile test within its territory necessary training given the current 鈥榮evere security environment鈥�, as it boosts military capacity to counter China...
Extreme heat, storms take toll at Club World Cup
Furnace-like heat and the threat of thunder and lightning are wreaking havoc at the Club World Cup -- and more of the same is likely at the 2026 World Cup.
Fazilatunnesa hall renamed Nawab Faizunnesa hall
Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall of Jagannath University, the only female residence hall of the university, has been renamed Nawab Faizunnesa Choudhurani Hall...
18 hurt as BNP factions clash at Nagar Bhaban
Two factions of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party鈥檚 workers union at Nagar Bhaban, the Dhaka South City Corporation headquarters, allegedly clashed on Tuesday...
17 banks post Tk 1.77 lakh crore provision shortfall
Seventeen banks reported a staggering provision shortfall of Tk聽1,77,650 crore at the end of March 2025, with six of them facing such deficits for the first time, indicating a sharp deterioration in their financial health amid a mounting crisis of non-performing loans...
Jalalabad Gas, LafargeHolcim sign 10-yr gas supply deal
Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution System Limited on Tuesday signed an agreement with LafargeHolcim Bangladesh for supplying gas at Tk 40 per cubic feet fixed by Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission...
Walton wins green factory award
Walton Hi-Tech Industries PLC on Tuesday received 鈥楪reen Factory Award-2025鈥� in electrical and electronics product manufacturing category, said a press release...
2 concerns of PRAN-RFL win green factory award
Habiganj Agro Limited and Chorka Textile Limited, sister concerns of PRAN-RFL Group, on Tuesday received 鈥楪reen Factory Award-2025,鈥� said a press release...
Trump鈥檚 TV jingle for N-weapons
AMERICA鈥橲 Operation Midnight Hammer, targeting three nuclear facilities in Iran, saw two unhinged nuclear weapons states jointly attacking one that had shunned the bomb by a religious edict...
HC asks for explanation over infant death in Ctg drain
The High Court on Monday issued a rule asking the government to explain why compensation should not be provided to the mother of a six-month-old infant who drowned after falling into an open drain in Chattogram鈥檚 Kapasgola area...
Oil prices wobble
Oil prices wobbled and stock markets wavered Monday as traders awaited Tehran鈥檚 response to US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend...
Govt needs to take measures to stop farmland loss
A GRADUAL loss of agricultural land poses a threat to food security. A Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics survey report says that farmland has been eroded by 3.75 per cent over eight years. The survey, covering 2015鈥�2023 and highlighting some critical environmental and climate issues, says that a lack of commitment to saving farmland and rapid, unplanned urbanisation...
Parts of Bangladesh capital goes dark after power grid fails
Large parts of Bangladesh鈥檚 capital Dhaka were plunged into darkness on Sunday night after a major power substation in Rampura went out of order, affecting areas covered by the city鈥檚 electricity distributors 鈥� Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited and Dhaka Electricity Supply Company Limited.
Farmland shrinks 3.75pc聽in 8 years, threatening food security, finds BBS
Bangladesh鈥檚 food production faces a significant threat and food security is increasingly at risk as agricultural land has been eroded by 3.75 per cent over the past eight years, driven by rapid urbanisation across the country.
CJ reaffirms need for separate judicial secretariat
Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Sunday reiterated the urgent need for establishing a separate judicial secretariat to ensure full administrative autonomy of the judiciary.
Bangladesh expresses concern over attacks on Iran
Bangladesh on Sunday expressed deep concern over the recent attacks targeting nuclear facilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Israel says 鈥榗hecking鈥� results of US bombing on Fordo
The Israeli military said on Sunday that it was checking the results of a US bombing raid on the deeply buried Iranian nuclear facility in Fordo, while continuing its own offensive against Tehran.
