13-year-old girl raped, murdered in Dhaka
A 13-year-old girl, abducted from Dhaka鈥檚 Dakshinkhan, was raped and murdered by five attackers who dumped her body in Hatirjheel, the police revealed on Monday after recovering her decomposed body...
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IPF 2025 to begin Feb 12
The Bangladesh International Plastics, Printing and Packaging Industry Exhibition, also called IPF 2025, is going to be held from February 12 to 15 at ICCB Dhaka, said a press release...
Attacks on the police suggest fragile law and order
ATTACKS on the police and police stations in different parts of the country in the past few weeks suggest a worrying law and order situation. The attacks were perpetrated by activists of different political parties, including the ousted Awami League. In a recent incident, activists of the Awami League attacked a police vehicle at Sujanagar in Pabna on February 2 and...
Sufferings of injured July uprising victims unfortunate
IT IS unfortunate that the people injured during the July mass uprising had to take to the streets repeatedly to press home their demand for quality treatment and rehabilitation. On February 2, a group of injured persons, including several undergoing treatment at hospitals, blocked different roads in Dhaka as the government so far has failed to provide...
JU students demonstrate for JUCSU election schedule
Jahangirnagar University students demonstrated on the campus on Saturday, demanding the immediate announcement of election schedule for for Jahangirnagar University Central Students鈥� Union.
Dozens of migrants leave Albania after Italian court ruling
Dozens of migrants left Albania in Italian custody on Saturday, after a ruling by judges in Rome struck a fresh blow to prime minister Giorgia Meloni鈥檚 embattled third-country migration centres...
Singaporean eye specialists begin treating July uprising injured
A team of five renowned ophthalmologists from Singapore has begun treating the patients who suffered eye injuries during the July uprising in the country...
Extrajudicial killing reminds聽us of AL fascism: BNP
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday condemned and protested at the alleged extrajudicial killing of a Juba Dal leader in Comilla.
JCD leader seizes 10 buses after relative鈥檚 car 聽gets hit
A Jahangirnagar University unit Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal leader seized at least 10 Rajdhani Paribahan buses on the Dhaka-Aricha highway on Thursday night after a bus allegedly hit his relative鈥檚 car.
60-year-old devotee dies at Ijtema venue
A 60-year-old devotee passed away at the Ijtema venue in Tongi of Gazipur on Friday.
1st phase of Biswa Ijtema under way in Tongi
The 58th version of the Biswa Ijtema on the banks of the Turag River in Gazipur鈥檚 Tongi has begun with participation of tens of thousands of devotees from home and abroad.
End to sectarian attacks across Bangladesh, withdrawal of cases demanded
Leaders of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council on Thursday urged the interim government to take action against ongoing attacks on religious minorities across Bangladesh...
Nokia posts 89pc net profit in 2024
Finnish telecommunications equipment giant Nokia reported on Thursday an 89 per cent rise in net profit for 2024, with sales surging in the final three months of the year...
Shell annual profit drops
British energy giant Shell on Thursday announced a 17-per cent drop in annual net profit owing to weaker oil and gas prices as well as asset write-offs...
Fakhrul holds meeting with US envoy Tracey Ann Jacobson
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir met with ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson, charge d鈥檃ffaires at the United States Embassy in Dhaka, and discussed the country鈥檚 latest political situation and the upcoming election...
Mushrooms: from fungi to fortune
MUSHROOMS, often referred to as the fruiting bodies of fungi, have intrigued and nourished humans for centuries. While the term 鈥榯oadstool鈥� is frequently associated with poisonous varieties, mushrooms encompass a diverse range of species, many of which are both edible and beneficial for humans...
Security strengthened at Biswa Ijtema ground, says IGP
Inspector general of police Baharul Alam has said security at the Biswa Ijtema ground has been strengthened considering the overall situation...
Centre for Studies on Jogendranath Mandal鈥檚 Thoughts, Practices formed
Centre for Studies on Jogendranath Mandal鈥檚 Thoughts and Practices has been formed with the aim of practicing the political ideology and thoughts of the prominent politician of the undivided India and member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly...
DeepSeek, Chinese AI startup roiling US tech giants
Chinese startup DeepSeek, which has sparked panic on Wall Street with its powerful new chatbot developed at a fraction of the cost of its competitors, was founded by a hedgefund whizz-kid who believes AI can change the world...
SEB, Visa sign strategic partnership deal
Southeast Bank PLC has recently entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Visa, aiming to introduce innovative products and services that will enhance digital payment experience for customers, said a press release...
Belgian footballer Nainggolan arrested in cocaine trafficking probe
Former Belgian international Radja Nainggolan was arrested on Monday as part of an investigation into cocaine trafficking via the port of Antwerp, the Brussels prosecutor's office said.
Bangladesh, ADB sign deal to establish green digital data centre
The Asian Development Bank; Posts and Telecommunications Division under the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology; Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited; and the Public-Private Partnership Authority of Bangladesh have signed a memorandum of understanding for developing...
CUET Officers鈥� Association holds meeting
The Officers鈥� Association of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology held a general meeting at the CUET in Chattogram on Sunday...
Walton launches new 4K interactive displays
Walton Digi-Tech Industries limited has recently launched 12 new models of large-screen interactive displays with 4K IPS UHD screen resolution in the tech market, said a press release...
USAID Bangladesh suspends work聽聽
The United States Agency for International Development in a letter to its partners in Bangladesh, referring to US President Donald Trump鈥檚 executive order on holding foreign aid, has asked to suspend...
Students block highway for end to mugging
Over a hundred students from different educational institutions on Saturday held a demonstration blocking the Dhaka- Mymensingh highway demanding an end to mugging at Tongi in Gazipur...
National Bank holds business conference at Rajshahi
National Bank Limited鈥檚 Rajshahi regional business conference was held on Saturday at the conference room of Hotel Castle Swad in Bogura where Abdul Awal Mintu, chairman of the bank, was chief guest...
Bogura UP chairman arrested at JU
Former chairman of Shahjahanpur Union Parishad in Bogura Md Nuruzzaman was arrested at Jahangirnagar University Wednesday night...
Election delay to cause rise of 3rd force: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday warned that if the elections were delayed, other forces would rise and rob people of their aspirations.
JU Statistics Alumni Association鈥檚 AGM, reunion held
The annual general meeting-2024 and reunion of the Jahangirnagar University Statistics Department Alumni Association has recently held at Sripur in Gazipur, said a press release on Tuesday...
